The second set of key messages deal with stoma
accessories (Table 2), which according to the
authors have had a large increase in product
availability. Again, through unverified sources,
it is claimed that the authors’ local CCG spent
over £1 million on accessories in 2012. A ‘stoma
accessory’ is classified as a product that is used
in addition to a stoma appliance (Rudoni and
Dennis, 2009). There has been an abundance
of these products in the last few years, a