Re: Anyone got a helmet NHS funded in England ?

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Hi Pamela,

Apologies for not mentioning that my daughter's asymmetry was moderate at 12mm

but she has severe brachy 93% and we got her banded when she was 8 months old.

In our case, it was a plain 'no' across the board. It may be due to her case not

being severe. By the time we saw the GP & Ped at the local NHS hospital we had

already decided to go ahead with the treatment privately so we didnt really push

for NHS to fund it.

I have recently found a health group called " plagiouk " . Was wondering whether if

you post something on that group you may get more help/advice.

With best wishes,

Kausar

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> > > Has anyone in England managed to get NHS to fund their childs helmet? My

> > daughter is anxious to go ahead regardless with her baby's band as the

> > plagio has been diagnosed by Dr Blecher at Ahead4babies as 'severe' at 25mm

> > asymmetrical , rather than wait for the slow wheels of applying to the NHS ,

> > but does anyone have experience of either waiting and going this route, or

> > applying retrospectively ? Ive heard a couple of NHS like Bristol accept it

> > as a matter of course, but whats the procedure if you live outside such an

> > area? I read somewhere that NICE is re evaluating helmet wearing - dont know

> > whether its true, but the part of their website on policy for that issue has

> > been suspended.

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