ccg Archives - Access and Mobility Professional

Pressured wheelchair service claims it is ‘showing signs of improvement’

Contracts & tenders by Joe Peskett on November 8, 2018

Recruitment drive and £2m cash injection initiated as part of improvement plan for Kent and Thanet wheelchair service

Wheelchair providers accused of being ‘too slow to recover equipment’

Wheelchairs by Joe Peskett on September 11, 2018

Families claim children are being left without important mobility equipment because aids are not being picked up quickly enough when they are no longer needed by patients

‘Alarming’ figures show wheelchair provision is ‘still postcode lottery’, say charities

Equipment Research by Joe Peskett on September 4, 2018

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Figures reveal that children requiring specialist equipment are still waiting considerably longer than those needing more standard wheelchairs

Croydon wheelchair service commissioning ‘withdrawn from NHS trust’

Contracts & tenders Wheelchairs by Joe Peskett on August 22, 2018

New arrangements to be confirmed as service battles to reduce wheelchair waiting times for children and adults

New CCG boss to work with partners to drive improvements

Appointments People by Joe Peskett on August 14, 2018

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Morecambe NHS commissioning group appoints chief officer whose task is to improve health and care services in the area by working with partners

Millbrook agrees additional funding with CCG to clear equipment backlog

Contracts & tenders Wheelchairs by Joe Peskett on July 26, 2018

Community equipment provider Millbrook Healthcare and NHS Thanet CCG have agreed more funding is needed to clear the backlog of people waiting for wheelchairs, assessments and repairs in Kent. The company and CCG have jointly

CCG’s new hubs distributing mobility equipment to ‘keep people away from hospital’

Equipment by Joe Peskett on July 18, 2018

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Wakefield CCG’s new £6m hubs that are designed to connect health and social care to prevent avoidable hospital admissions have

Wheelchair service provider given £1m from CCG to clear user backlog

Service & support Wheelchairs by Joe Peskett on June 22, 2018

Wheelchair services provider Opcare, which is part of Ability Matters Group, has received £1m from commissioners in Kirklees and Calderdale

Lancashire CCGs could be merged under one body

Business by Joe Peskett on June 7, 2018

Lancashire’s two clinical commissioning groups (CCG) could soon be joined together to be run under a single body. East Lancashire

Wheelchair funding policy needs rethink, says service-user who has to fork out £8k

Wheelchairs by Joe Peskett on May 2, 2018

The NHS must rethink its funding policy on wheelchairs, says a student who is having to find £8,000 of funding

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