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Equipment

Information on the equipment provider and mandatory training for practitioners

Equipment

Camden Community Equipment service is provided by NRS Healthcare, as part of the Integrated Community Equipment Scheme (ICES).

This section provides information about ICES and what NRS Healthcare can support with. Guidance is available on how to report delays with ICES equipment and when to raise a safeguarding concern.

Care homes provide their own equipment and guidance is avaiable to distinguish equipment that is provided by Care homes and ICES.

In addition to community equipment that is loaned from the Integrated Community Equipment Scheme (ICES), care homes have their own range of general equipment.

Guidance has been developed to provide clarification as to what equipment care homes should be providing and what specialist equipment should be provided by the Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES).  

The Guidance for Equipment in Care Homes clarifies the responsibility and funding for the provision and maintainence of equpiment in care homes in the London Borough of Barnet, Camden and Enfield.  

The Guidance for Provision of Community Equipment in Care Homes presentation also provides a summary of definitions and examples of what is considered:

  • Standard equipment
  • Specialist equipment
  • Duties regarding care home assessments and reassessments for equipment provision
  • Moving and handling assessments
Last updated: 02 May 2024