§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
What contracts the Department of Health has had with the British Cardiac Patients Association and the Children's Heart Federation about making available on prescription the strips used in home tests by patients requiring oral anticoagulation therapy on a long-term basis, in the same way that Type 2 diabetes patients are able to obtain their testing strips; and whether current policy is being reviewed. [HL2542]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe British Cardiac Patients Association and Children's Heart Federation have written to the Secretary of State requesting a meeting with Ministers to discuss the issue of making strips to allow self-testing of blood by patients requiring oral anti-coagulation therapy. A meeting will be arranged.
We are currently considering whether to list such strips in Part IX of the drug tariff, so enabling them to be prescribed by general practitioners on the National Health Service.