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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