Skip to main content

Warning notification:Warning

Unfortunately, you are using an outdated browser. Please, upgrade your browser to improve your experience with HSE. The list of supported browsers:

  1. Chrome
  2. Edge
  3. FireFox
  4. Opera
  5. Safari

Approved medicines and appliances

You can get a medical or surgical appliance from your local health office. For example, an insulin pump.

You can get a consumable appliance from your community pharmacy. For example, syringes, needles and diagnostic strips.

You may need medicines or equipment that is not approved. Your community pharmacy can apply for you under the scheme.

Lists of approved medicines (July 2024)

Acute leukaemia
Cerebral palsy
Cystic fibrosis
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus (gestational diabetes not included)
Epilepsy
Haemophilia
Hydrocephalus
Intellectual disability (mental handicap)
Mental illness - people under the age of 16 years
Muscular dystrophy
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Parkinsonism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Spina bifida
Thalidomide conditions

Page last reviewed: 6 October 2022