A community equipment service provides daily living aids such as crutches, commodes, profiling beds, etc. This service might be known under a different name locally, such as a joint equipment store or an equipment loan service. The service may also provide other equipment in addition to daily living aids.

1. Is an outsourced organisation (or organisations) used to deliver the service? If so, what is their name?
Berkshire Community Equipment Supplies.

2. Does the service provide other services or equipment in addition to daily living aids? If so, what are they?
Detailed on their website: https://www.westberks.gov.uk/bces

3. For how long has the outsourced organisation(s) been providing the service?
All contracting information is available on our public contract register, available on our website.

4. If your service is shared or commissioned with other authorities, please name the other authorities and state who is the lead/coordinating commissioner?
Hosted by West Berkshire Council, details available on their website: https://www.westberks.gov.uk/bces

5. When was the service last tendered?
All contracting information is available on our public contract register, available on our website.

6. When will the service next be tendered?
All contracting information is available on our public contract register, available on our website.

7. When does the current contract expire? Please provide details of any potential contract extensions.
All contracting information is available on our public contract register, available on our website.

8. Is equipment purchased separately, e.g. through a framework agreement rather than via the provider organisation? Please state the names of any agreements if so.
No.

9. How much was spent on the service in the last financial year?
All contracting information is available on our public contract register, available on our website.

10. What is the size of the population covered by the service?
Local Authority population is available from ONS website. Numbers of service users broken down by type of service are reporting for each LA and published on the gov.uk website

11. How many registered users does the service have?
We don't hold this information.

12. Re: patient choice. Does the service routinely operate on Saturday or Sunday?
For emergency deliveries only.

13. Re: patient choice. Does the service routinely operate after 5pm, Monday to Friday?
For emergency deliveries only.

14. Re: patient satisfaction. Please provide the results of the latest patient survey?
We don't hold this information. Please contact Berkshire Community Services directly.