National Minimum Standards for Community Equipment Services

27 July 2009

The purpose of this document is to highlight significant risks and concerns relating to the delivery of community equipment services (CES) and the impact this is having on clients, organisations, and the English and Welsh welfare economies as a whole. In view of these issues the document goes on to stress the need for introducing National Minimum Standards, demonstrates the benefits this would bring, and identifies what areas of service delivery these should apply to.

The 107 page independent review has been written by Brian Donnelly, and presents a strong case for National Minimum Standards by exposing the seriousness of potential breaches in legislation.

Wales is set to become the first country in the UK to introduce national minimum standards for the provision of community equipment service. A Department of Health spokesperson said it had no plans to introduce minimum standards in England though the issue would be kept under review.

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