The Department of Health has written to each of the 10 regions asking them to submit proposals for agreed work with Primary Care Trusts and other local partners that will help transform the way disabled children receive equipment and services as part of the £500,000 initiative.
The call for funding proposals comes following an independent report on options for delivering improved children's equipment and related services that is yet to be published by the government.
Christine Lenehan, director of the Council for Disabled Children, said: "This announcement is a very welcome development in a neglected area of provision.
"This funding will help streamline the way essential equipment, which supports disabled children to be independent, is purchased."
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