URGENT help about home oxygen please

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It's for my neighbour, I need to help him.

He is on home oxygen from a concentrator. He doesn't currently have an O2 canister for emergencies/powercuts or for going out of the house.

He needs one urgently so he can go to visit his dying wife in hospital Next day or so.

How can we help him arrange one quickly? The GP practice say they can't help. I know a little bit about it but not enough to sort it out for them, IYKWIM. Will pop back in a bit

Is all sorted I think. I have advised the relative to ask them to prescribe some as 'urgent' and rather unwillingly they have. It should be here in the next couple of hours then they are taking him to visit this afternoon.

Not sure about travelling to hospital for appts TBH, I don't think the PTS ambulances have O2 available but I'm not sure. He hasn't been out of the house for many months and is normally seen at home by the Respiratory team outreach nurses/community matrons.

He has just got the carers sorted and they will start this evening

I think normally the phone number for his o2 provider would be on the side of the home o2 box somewhere. Glad to hear you've got it somewhat sorted, what a fab neighbour!

It might also be worth phoning the ward his wife is on and explaining the situation, they may be kind enough to taxi over a cannister.