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I’d be interested to know what the state of play is with the English wheelchair service is these days. Is it the same for the whole of England? And if you need / qualify for a wheelchair, what do you get? Do you get the chair you need or is there a voucher scheme in place?
Thanks.
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Wales any help? (use menu to left)
In England, I think it is set into area’s – NE for example.
The only experience we have of NHS England wheelchair service was around 15 years ago. Mrs Joe wanted something lightweight she could easily put in the boot and get out of the car herself at work. There was nothing suitable on the NHS. She found a lightweight Quickie fully foldable (flat) wheelchair at £2500 (15 years ago). But they wouldn’t fund it. She then discovered Access to Work who funded it with her employer, she had to pay two seventh’s of the cost as she worked 5 days and would have personal use for 2 days a week which she had to pay for (🙄).
Back then Access to work needs a letter from NHS wheelchair services to say they could not provide her with a suitable chair. They absolutely hated doing this, we had to contact them 3 times to get a letter saying they could not provide her with a suitable chair. It left me thinking it was an outsourced company who did not want to lose a sale. 🤔
Wales sounds similar to Scotland. My current chair has had a couple of major failings recently so had a visit to the wheelchair services and a new chair was placed, online, there and then.
That English link @kezo is clear as mud! How much funding will you get? The amount will be based upon what it would cost the NHS to meet the person’s assessed postural and mobility needs via the wheelchair service currently commissioned by their ICB.
Jeepers!!
Anyone received funding in England for a chair?
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