Health Centres: Medical Equipment
(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the provision of hoists in health centres to help transfer patients to examination beds.
This question was answered on 12th September 2017
General practitioner practices are required to comply with the provisions in the Equality Act 2010 – including the requirement to make reasonable adjustments.
Wherever possible, we would expect health centres to take into account the needs of their patients, and make reasonable adjustments for those individuals who have restricted mobility and may need assistance with movement during an examination.