The Wheelchair Delivery & Collection Service covers areas including, Bristol, Bath, Weston-Super-Mare, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Cheltenham, Gloucester,Tewkesbury, Radstock area and the Forest of dean. Collection and/or delivery will be arranged with you.
Delivery
The Wheelchair Delivery & Collection Service delivers wheelchairs and accessories that have been issued by the Wheelchair & Special Seating Service to users’ homes, place of work, day care centres, and respite care places. The service also delivers wheelchairs to your home, on behalf of the Wheelchair Service, for demonstration and assessment purposes.
Your delivery driver will show you how:
- The wheelchair folds and unfolds
- The footrest is attached/detached to the chair
- To remove and replace the armrest for transfer
- A power chair is recharged and how often it requires charging
- A lap strap works and is adjusted
Collection
The Wheelchair Delivery & Collection Service collects wheelchairs that are no longer required by you including wheelchairs that are worn out, too small, too big, unreliable or where the user is deceased.
Wheelchairs issued by the NHS remain the property of the NHS throughout their lifespan and should always be returned when no longer used or required by the user they were issued too.
Rearrange Delivery or Collection
If you need to rearrange your delivery or collection please telephone 0117 4144900
If we try to make a delivery or collection and you are not available we leave a card with a direct telephone number on it for you to rearrange.