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ITEM EX11
- ANNEX 2
EXECUTIVE
– 1 OCTOBER 2002
INTEGRATING
COMMUNITY EQUIPMENT SERVICES
A Vision
for an Integrated Equipment Service for Oxfordshire
In
line with the recent Department of Health document ‘Integrating Community
Equipment Services’ and the Audit Commission report ‘Fully Equipped’,
Oxfordshire Health and Social Services proposes the development of a modernised,
flexible, user-centred, integrated equipment service to meet the needs
of sensory impaired and disabled people of any age and their carers supporting
all life stages through: -
- Establishment
of a reference group of all stakeholders
- Partnership
working between statutory, voluntary and independent sectors
- Establishment
of a Disabled Living Centre, Centre for Enablement or Centre for Independent
Living for information, demonstration and the provision of non-specialist
equipment in line with agreed criteria
- Easy and equitable
access to specialist assessment, information and provision of specialist
equipment in line with agreed criteria
- Development
of a quality management system for continuous service improvement,
including keeping pace with technology
- Ensuring user
and carer involvement throughout the process
- Pooling budgets
where appropriate
- Development
of standards of assessment and provision
October 2001
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