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• News story: Children given sports prostheses to help them get active

  07-01-2017 01:30 via gov.uk
  
  Children across England are being given specialised sports prostheses from the NHS to help them run, swim and play sport, and even become the next Paralympians.This follows the creation of a £1.5 million fund by the Department of Health, announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt during last summer’s Paralympic Games in Rio.The money has been split between funding for NHS limb centres to fund requests for prostheses and investment in a Child Prostheses Research Collaboration, bringing
  
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• Guidance: Children’s sports prostheses funding: how to apply

  07-01-2017 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  The Department of Health is making available £750,000 to fund prostheses in England for children who have suffered limb loss or were born with a limb deficiency, to enable them to take part in physical activity and sports. The funding is available until the end of March 2018.NHS limb centres in England may request funds for individual prostheses they have prescribed up to the value of £5,000 per limb (not per child), including all the associated costs of fitting the new limb, such as
  
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