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Please can anyone tell me can my American husband get a oxygen concentrator for free on the NHS thank you

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stone-UK

Hi

If you husband as a national insurance number and is registered with a GP, and as been assessed as needing oxygen therapy then he will be entitled to any oxygen equipment that is suitable for his needs.

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shadow4me

If he lives in the UK and qualifies to use the NHS then yes .

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midian09

assuming he is entitled...

if he hasn't yet been assessed then you need to get him assessed. the GP will help.

I was sent to a pulmonary rehab course and they found i needed it. the GP etc didn't pick it up as my O2 only drops on exertion. so if i am sitting my O2 was fine (as you are during a consultation). it was only on the course where I was made to exercise that the problem became obvious.

the course tutors then sent to the respiratory nurse who first gave me liquid oxygen. but i didn't get on with it. then I got a POC which i find very helpful.

btw the equipment is not mine. it is on loan from the NHS. if anything happens to me it must be returned to the NHS.

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