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Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE

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82 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74<br />

The majority of units providing services to the NHS are registered with the British<br />

Hyperbaric Association which is not regulatory, but aims to provide standards for<br />

benchmarking purposes and to facilitate research. j There are 18 centres member of the<br />

British Hyperbaric Association (Table 32).<br />

Table 32. Hyperbaric chambers in the UK<br />

Location Chamber category<br />

Aberdeen 1<br />

Gosport / Cosham 1<br />

Great Yarmouth 1<br />

Guernsey 1<br />

Hull 1<br />

Isle of Cumbrae 3<br />

Isle of Man 2<br />

Jersey 3<br />

London (Whipp's Cross) 1<br />

London (Highgate) 1<br />

Manchester 4<br />

Oban 2<br />

Orkney 2<br />

Peterborough 4<br />

Plymouth (DDRC) 1<br />

Poole 1<br />

TWI Technology Centre unknown<br />

Wirral 1<br />

Source: http://www.hyperbaric.org.uk/memberChambers.htm<br />

6.3.2 Covered indications<br />

Unlike those countries in which the range of health care benefits covered under social<br />

or private health insurance plans is defined explicitly, the NHS does not specify an<br />

explicit list of services to be provided. 136 District health authorities are free to contract<br />

service agreements with hospitals and other providers, specifying what services are to<br />

be provided and the terms on which they are to be supplied. For HBOT, district health<br />

authorities tend to use the UHMS guidelines, 8 but more and more of them are only<br />

paying for HBOT when there is RCT evidence to back its use. Some health authorities<br />

only fund the treatment of decompression illness.<br />

6.3.3 Fees for HBOT<br />

Fees are determined under the service agreements contracted between the different<br />

district health authorities and providers. As no national fixed fees are set, these may<br />

vary widely from district to district. Based on personal communication with Plymouth<br />

Hyperbaric Medical Centre, the cost range per hyperbaric session is as follows at<br />

DDRC (Diving Diseases Research Centre UK):<br />

• Standard session of 90 minutes: £96 - £240 (for non-emergency cases)<br />

• Emergency < 5hrs: £5 736.42 / 2 hrs + £1 032.55 /h<br />

• Emergency 6 – 17 hrs: £9 695.53 + £860.47 /h<br />

• Emergency >18 hrs: £19 274.35 + £114.72 /h<br />

• USNTT6: at the same rate of emergency treatments<br />

Emergency cases are for CO intoxication and diving accidents, necrotising fasciitis or<br />

gas gangrene. It is, however, difficult to compare the incidence and prevalence of<br />

indications between countries because of possible differences in definitions. CO<br />

intoxication, for example, appears to occur less frequently in the UK: only 36 fatalities<br />

and 128 casualties were recorded in 2006 for the whole of the UK, 137 compared to<br />

j Source:<br />

www.dh.gov.uk/en/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/SpecialisedServicesDefinition/DH_400<br />

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