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Transforming Community Equipment Services - Community Equipment provides a gateway to independence for millions of people
Added on
05/05/2009
Updated on
23/06/2010
Community equipment, either simple aids to daily living such as eating and drinking utensils, grab rails and raised toilet seats or more complex equipment such as beds, hoists and lifts, help millions of people to be independent. Yet there are real and growing problems with the existing way this service is provided to users.
The Issues
The current service:
- Struggles to meet the needs of the population who would benefit from equipment
- Does not meet the needs of the whole population
- Will not meet the needs of increased demographics
- Is at risk where local budgets are under pressure
- May not promote independence, choice and control for all
The Solution
- A New Service Delivery Model
- Move simple aids to daily living (SADLs) into the retail marketplace (90% of current volume activity)
- Address affordability by creating efficient and sustainable alternatives to public provision through:
- stimulation of the retail marketplace
- leveraging the strengths of the third and private sectors
- Empower individuals to self help
- Create a more efficient supply chain for complex aids to daily living (CADLs)- currently through 138 CES stores
Benefits
- Helps deliver independence, choice and control for the whole population - and puts users at the heart of the service
- Improves access to products that aid daily living, via the normal retail environment
- Improves delivery mechanisms - products available immediately
- Increases flexibility - state supported users can 'top up' to a product more suited to their lifestyle
- Allows easier access to information and advice
- Enables state practitioners to refocus on re-ablement and rehabilitation activities
- Creates capacity to meet demands of demographic growth via a dynamic retail market
- Provides better access to assessment outside the state, i.e. independent needs assessors, self assessment tools
For further information email csed.info@dh.gsi.gov.uk
- TCES London Programme Briefing - September 2009
This document sets out the implementation plans for London's 2-year roll-out of the retail solution for simple aids to daily living. - Transforming Community Equipment Services Useful Links
Useful links: this is a list of links to sites belonging to partner and stakeholder organisations to the TCES programme. - Transforming Community Equipment Services FAQs
"FAQs. this is a full set of Questions and Answers on the Transforming Community Equipment Services programme for local authorities and health partners, addressing potential questions from users, prescribers...
TCES National Shared Learning Events
The national TCES team is holding a series of 'shared learning' events in London. These events are designed to equip local sites with the knowledge and understanding of how to implement the retail model without further direct support from the national TCES team. The aim is to ensure local authorities and their health partners have full access to the tools and methodologies to lead their own implementation plans and assume ownership from the national team as it completes its role in September 2010.
The majority of modules are aimed at key staff members, typically the head of the occupational therapy service, senior occupational therapists or senior commissioners. Module 2 on Financial Modelling is specifically aimed at LA/PCT financial/budget/service/ICES accountants.
To book these events, please contact:
Please note that this is the last opportunity to get help directly from the national team.