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NHS and rising energy prices
Rising energy prices: are people choosing between oxygen and heating?
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2250 (Published 20 September 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o2250
- Matthew P Doré, consultant palliative care
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
- mattsharondore{at}gmail.com
While NHS leaders warn of “intolerable” winter pressure from rising energy prices,1 and hospitals are due to be hit with “eye watering” bills,2 we need to look at the energy costs of the medical equipment we provide to patients at home.
UK inflation is at the highest rate in 40 years and the cost of living …
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