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Children’s sports prostheses funding: how to apply

Guidelines on the eligibility criteria and how NHS limb centres in England can apply for funding for children’s activity and sports prostheses.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 7 January 2017
• Last updated: 11 April 2018
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  1. 11 April 2018

     Information on available funding up to March 2020 has been added. The following attachments have been updated: eligibility criteria and how to apply, P1 application form, P2 application form.

  2. 24 January 2017

     Added the P1 application form

  3. 7 January 2017

     First published.

Documents

Children’s activity and sports prostheses: eligibility criteria and how to apply

PDF, 147 KB, 3 pages

Children’s activity and sports prostheses: P1 application form

MS Word Document, 61.9 KB

Children’s activity and sports prostheses: P2 monitoring form

MS Word Document, 59.1 KB

Details

The Department of Health and Social Care is making £1 million available (£500,000 per financial year) to fund prostheses in England. The fund is for children who have suffered limb loss or were born with a limb deficiency, to enable them to take part in physical activity and sports. The funding is available until the end of March 2020.

NHS limb centres in England may request funds for individual prostheses they have prescribed up to the value of £5,000 per limb (not per child). This includes all the associated costs of fitting the new limb, such as a new socket or liner.