Cumbria Equipment Retailers Service - Supply of Care Equipment for Daily Living (Simple Aids by Prescription) Framework
This is a large award for Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.
The aims of the Cumbria Equipment Retailers service will be to support NHS and CCC service users and people who fund their own equipment, to live independently and safely in their own homes.
It also aims to support carers who are looking after people wishing to remain in their own homes.
The service operates on the basis of a Retail Model that was initially a Department of Health led initiative which used a national specification and tariff price list.
Cumbria introduced the Retail Model in October 2010.
The Contract was renewed in 2017 and is due to end in March 2022.
Under this Model, Customers are prescribed Care Equipment by Practitioners.
Customers then redeem these prescriptions at the Retailers' premises which is closest to their geographical location.
This gives customers the opportunity to view the equipment, seek advice from the Retailer and top up their prescription with other equipment if they choose to.
Practitioners are also able to prescribe delivery and fit.
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The aims of the Cumbria Equipment Retailers
The aims of the Cumbria Equipment Retailers service will be to support NHS and CCC service users and people who fund their own equipment, to live independently and safely in their own homes.
It also aims to support carers who
It also aims to support carers who are looking after people wishing to remain in their own homes.
Practitioners are also able to prescribe delivery
Practitioners are also able to prescribe delivery and fit.
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