Wheelchair provision - short-term loans: guidance

Action Points

Health Boards, local authorities and Integration Authorities must have suitable arrangements in place to meet any eligible needs for a wheelchair on short-term loan, for up to a maximum of 6 months, to ensure no gaps in service provision.

These arrangements must also be monitored, and reported within the Integration Authority.

Options should include:

• exploring the opportunity to utilise local Community Equipment service joint stores which offer the logistics and systems to easily provide, maintain, and monitor this provision;
• where there is limited infrastructure via joint store services, consideration of commissioning other services e.g. Red Cross to provide this service