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Fully equipped
— the provision of equipment to older or disabled people by the NHS and social services in England and Wales | | Corporate Author | Audit Commission |
| Publisher | Audit Commission, London, March 2000 |
| Pages | 102 pp (Promoting independence 2) |
| Source | Audit Commission Publications, Bookpoint Ltd, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD. |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Assistive technology ; Equipment ; Social Services Departments ; National Health Service ; Coordination ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The quality of services received by the 4 million users of disability equipment services can make the difference between an enriched, independent life and an isolated, unproductive existence. This report provides evidence of shortcomings and problems of access to orthotic services, prosthetic services, wheelchair and seating services, and audiology services. Effective joint working between the NHS and local authorities is essential to ensure the provision of high quality community equipment services that can enable low-cost independent living in the community. Improvements in these services require leadership at a national level to reorganise the current fragmented arrangements and to deliver more integrated services. At a local level, senior managers need to give equipment services a higher priority to provide effective services. This report reflects the Audit Commission's commitment to examine services from users' and carers' perspectives, and is the second in a series of reports on the theme of promoting independence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000628204 B |
| Classmark | BN: M: YW: PF: L4: QAJ: 4C |
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