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<p>The prosthetic centres do not produce limbs. Limbs, and the components thereof,
are supplied through the NHS Supply Chain, directly from the manufacturers. The NHS
Supply Chain ensures that all regulatory quality assurance requirements are met.</p><p>National
Health Service prosthetic providers do not hold a waiting list for the provision of
limbs. Patients will be assessed and prescribed an appropriate limb, when clinically
appropriate, following amputation. This will depend on the time required for the residual
limb to heal to allow a prosthesis to be fitted, and will vary between patients. NHS
England commissions 35 prosthetic centres, which are listed below:</p><p>- Birmingham
Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- University Hospitals Dorset NHS
Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Sussex Community NHS Trust;</p><p>- North Bristol NHS Foundation
Trust;</p><p>- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- North
Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust;</p><p>- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust;</p><p>- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- University
Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Royal Devon University
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership
Trust;</p><p>- North East London NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Hull University Teaching
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Isle of Wight NHS Trust;</p><p>- Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust;</p><p>- Leicester Specialist Mobility Centre;</p><p>- Liverpool
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Imperial College Healthcare NHS
Trust;</p><p>- Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- St George’s Healthcare
NHS Trust;</p><p>- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust;</p><p>- Bedfordshire
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>-
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Northampton General Hospital
NHS Trust;</p><p>- Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust;</p><p>- Nottingham
University Hospitals NHS Trust;</p><p>- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust;</p><p>- Livewell Plymouth;</p><p>- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust;</p><p>-
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p>-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; and</p><p>- The Royal Wolverhampton
NHS Trust.</p>
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