Community equipment service
A community equipment service (CES) is
jointly commissioned and run by NRS National Care on behalf of the
County Council and West Sussex Health, the provider arm of NHS West
Sussex.
The County Council is the lead commissioner for the
service, and our contract with NRS is managed by a small team based
in Goring-by-Sea.
Following assessment by an occupational therapist, community
nurse or physiotherapist, the community equipment service will
provide equipment to help people with physical and sensory
impairments of all ages - including children - to live more
independently.
Any equipment provided is on loan, and there are no financial
assessments or charges.
Most wanted equipment amnesty
Each year up to £250,000 worth of loaned equipment is not
returned and 'lost' across West Sussex.
As a consequence, West Sussex Community Equipment Service is
currently holding an amnesty for the return of items that are now
desperately required by other residents in need. The 'Most Wanted'
items are:
- Pressure care mattresses
- Portable hoists
- Hospital beds at home
- Adjustable height commodes
- Bed rails/safety sides
- Bath lifts
- Perching stools
- Slings (for lifting with hoists).
Recovered equipment has been found in attics, garden sheds,
garages, dumped in rivers and ditches or skips, at GP surgeries or
has found 'alternative' uses, for instance, as a TV stand.
Any unwanted equipment will be collected free of charge –
provided it has a barcode - and will then be cleaned to the highest
possible standards and loaned to another person who is in current
need.
To arrange a free collection call 0845 127 2931 or email
collections@westsussex.nrs-uk.net
Types of equipment
The community equipment service can provide items such as:
- bath seats, toilet frames and grab rails
- hoists and manual handling equipment
- nursing equipment such as special beds and pressure prevention
mattresses
- equipment for people with sensory impairments, such
as blind, partially sighted, Deaf, deafened or hard of
hearing
- specialist equipment for children with physical
disabilities
The service will deliver the equipment to you, make sure
that it is is safely fitted, and show you how to look
after it.
Contact
If you think this sort of equipment would help
you, please speak to your GP or contact
us for an occupational therapy assessment.
If you already have equipment and no longer need it we are
keen to collect it so that it can be cleaned, repaired and
re-issued to someone else. Please contact the community
equipment service direct if you have equipment to return.
Enquiries: enquiries@westsussex.nrs-uk.net
Collections: collections@westsussex.nrs-uk.net
Phone: 0845 127 2933
But if your condition has changed and the equipment is failing
to meet your needs, please contact us again so that we can reassess
you.
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