Publish date: 18 March 2022
CCICP is delighted to announce the opening of a new purpose-built Wheelchair Service facility to help deliver excellent services to patients situated within the East Cheshire, South Cheshire and Vale Royal areas.
Previously located at Congleton War Memorial Hospital, the service provides initial and on-going assessment and prescription of manual and powered wheelchairs, specialised seating, modifications, accessories, and pressure cushions for wheelchairs. It provides a comprehensive service for people of all ages with long-term mobility problems and associated postural needs, in accordance with statutory requirements.
The brand-new purpose-built facility, located at Infinity House, Crewe, features two clinical rooms which include a multi-direction and bariatric specialist hoist, a workshop area, a spacious waiting area and an extensive storage room which stores numerous styles of wheelchairs available for patients to potentially take away on the day of their appointment.
Tony Mayer, Associate Director of CCICP, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be able to offer such an amazing purpose-built facility for patients across East and Central Cheshire. The wheelchair services team have always provided an excellent service and now they have the facilities to match their high standards.”
The workshop area will enable engineers to fix and modify a patient’s wheelchair to suit their needs and in addition, allows a quicker service for patients using the service.
Mary Foulerton, Advanced Clinical Specialist for Wheelchair Services, said: “It is great to provide our patients with a smart, spacious and well kitted out facility. We have had a lot of positive feedback about the new location and have seen the benefit of patients using the extra space to test out equipment. Having a second clinic room also means we can have two clinics operating at one time thereby shortening service users’ waiting times.”
