This equipment can be any of the following:
- home dialysis machine
- home ventilator
- home respirator
- home parenteral or enteral feeding device
- oxygen concentrator
- heart pump
- suction pump.
You can also get the payment if you use any of the following:
- infant apnoea monitor, medically prescribed
- nebuliser, used daily
- positive airways pressure device
- phototherapy equipment
- air bed vibrator
- electric wheelchair
- insulin pump.
You might know the equipment by a different name.
You can’t get this payment for any other equipment. But you may get it for heating or cooling used for medical needs.
Equipment with non-rechargeable batteries is not eligible.
You can’t get this payment for a mobility or electric scooter. A mobility scooter is not essential medical equipment for EMEP and is not eligible.