Charities disappointed by equipment proposals

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 6 June 2007

The Department of Health is urging charities to open shops selling community equipment such as wheelchairs and hearing aids.

But the department's plan to overhaul the way such equipment is provided falls short of sector expectations. Charities had hoped the Government would hand over large-scale NHS contracts to organisations such as the RNID, the charity for deaf people, and the British Red Cross. But under proposals published by the...

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