Do you want to make a difference and improve your care equipment?
**UPDATE the forum is no longer running but you can engage with Medequip by leaving a review on our website here . Medequip have open access to these reviews and aims to respond to everyone individually***
To find out more about our work with Medequip please or to express your interest in future activities where you can express your experiences of community care equipment and be heard by the providers please send an email to: info@healthwatchkirklees.co.uk or call our friendly team on 01924 450 379
Calling Kirklees residents your thoughts and opinions on mobility aids and community care equipment in Kirklees are needed.
Healthwatch Kirklees and Medequip are talking to local people about their experience of using community care equipment. Their NEW Independent Living Forum is your opportunity to share views with frontline staff at Medequip who will listen and improve services based on what you tell them.
Register for the first Zoom forum taking place on the 3rd of November at: https://independent-living-forum-1.eventbrite.com where MedequipUK and Healthwatch Kirklees will be there to listen to your views.
Do you have mobility and care equipment needs for yourself or others?
By joining the Independent Living Forum you can connect, share your stories and help others like you. The forum offers a welcome space for you to talk about what works for you and what would make your life easier so services and products can be improved based on what you think and need.
Medequip is the largest provider of Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) in the UK. They provide equipment, aids, and minor adaptations to support health and disability needs and enable you to remain independent in your own home.
Medequip actively encourages you to improve and maintain individual health and wellbeing through independent living. They are keen to improve services based on feedback from those who benefit from what they do most.
Changes do happen
You said: Last year via a similar forum 500 of Medequip’s most vulnerable customers in Carlisle said they loved the personal alarm systems and they’d feel even safer if there was someone they could contact 24/7.
We did: In response, in May 2021 Medequip launched the Connect Service, providing a 24-hour Emergency Response service developed to provide total protection for elderly and vulnerable users in Carlisle.
Don’t miss your chance to take part
The first forum takes place on Wednesday 3rd November from 2-3pm via Zoom. The Operations Manager Mark Rance from Medequip will be on-hand to listen to your views as will staff from Healthwatch Kirklees.
If you can’t make it to this first event but would like to find out more, share your views or express your interest in future forums please get in touch with our friendly team via phone: 01924 450 379 or email: info@healthwatchkirklees.co.uk
Or register for the event online at: https://independent-living-forum-1.eventbrite.com
Join the Zoom Meeting Wednesday 3rd November 2021 2-3pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82122216179?pwd=TWtTc2wvdUNZMFp4NlV4MDVLSlJ2UT09
Meeting ID: 821 2221 6179
Passcode: 426792
