(2) whether his Department has undertaken a disability impact assessment of the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
The weight range referred to in Annex A of the consultation “Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances—and related services—to Primary Care. Revised Proposals” was determined using a sample of data provided by the Prescriptions Pricing Division of the NHS Business Services Authority which was used to:
estimate the average weight of an item within a prescription; and
estimate the average weight of a prescription, assuming that a prescription has an average of 2.2 items in it.
The review of Part IX of the Drug tariff in relation to stoma and incontinence appliances is ongoing. The Department is preparing an Equality Impact Assessment and this will be published. All parties will have an opportunity to comment on it.