Community Equipment Service

(1) For your local authority area can you confirm who provides your community equipment service? 

If outsourced, how long is the provider contracted for? 



(2) Are riser recliner armchairs available through your community equipment service?

(2a) If yes, what is the eligibility criteria?

(2b) If yes, what make and model are supplied?

(2c) On average what are the timescales from referral to delivery?

                                                   

i.     1 - 2 months

                                                  

ii.     2 - 3 months

                                                 

iii.     3 - 4 months

                                                

iv.     4 - 5 months

                                                  

v.     5 - 6 months

                                                

vi.     6 months +



(3) If yes, how many riser recliner armchairs were supplied in 2024 and 2025?

(3a) If yes, how much do you pay per unit?

 

(4) How many individual funding requests have you considered for seating (in 2024 and 2025)? 



(5) If your community equipment service doesn't provide seating, what is the process for a resident who is assessed as needing a riser recliner armchair? 



(6) Would your local authority be interested in re-using/refurbishing equipment such as riser recliner armchairs if it was available for local collection?  

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 (1) Publicly available information (Millbrook Healthcare, 3 years direct award)

(2) No not as a standard contract item. If the individual meets the eligibility criteria a non-contract special is assessed for and request form is sent to the NCS panel for discussion
(2a) Guidance is currently being reviewed - enabling independence to prevent further moving and handling equipment being needed and/or prevent/reduce formal care costs or need for informal care.
(2b) on the individuals needs. Accora is preferred supplier due to the modular aspect of their Comfort chair and the recyclability.
(2c) Unable to state - Depends on the OT waiting list and the individuals circumstances.


(3) This is not kept by the OT service
(3a)? Unable to provide data - this is not kept by the OT service

(4) Seating will be considered as part of an OT assessment if appropriate - cannot distinguish these cases from our service data.

(5)  If the individual does not meet our criteria, advice will be given regarding self-purchase or possible charitable funding.

(6) Chairs provided via the community equipment service as NCS items are already recycled within the service.