Medequip is proud to be the first UK Community Equipment Service provider to gain accreditation to
CECOPS (the Community Equipment
Code of Practice Scheme) Part 3, covering clinical and professional responsibilities.
The achievement demonstrates clearly that Medequip is supplying safe, good quality and efficient services,
whilst enabling compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
David Griffiths, Managing Director at Medequip, stressed the importance of the achievement -
“Accreditation at Kirklees underlines the integrity and comprehensive range of our quality management system,
operational on all sites for each of our CES contracts. We now have external validation that our clinical
governance structure and processes meet and exceed the CECOPS specifications.”
Medequip’s drive to earn accredited status began in 2014, when the company won the contract to supply community
equipment services (CES) to Kirklees Council in Yorkshire. It was a contractual target for Medequip to achieve
CECOPS Part 3 accredited status within the first year; a visionary specification for Kirklees, which is now the
first local authority in the UK to have been assessed to these new standards focused entirely on CES.
Medequip’s successful accreditation to CECOPS Part 3 has given commissioners in Kirklees the assurance that
every element of our CES provision meets the necessary standards,
- stated Stewart Horn, Leading Commissioner
for Kirklees. In addition, the accrediting body professed themselves to be very impressed with the Medequip service.
The move demonstrates the increasing importance of the role CES plays in supporting hospital discharges, helping
with growing clinical pressures by enabling people to return home and regain independence quickly and efficiently,
with the right levels of assessment, equipment and support.
Medequip began work in Kirklees on 1 April 2014. Alongside embedding in the new CES contract and delivering optimum
levels of performance for service users, the company has undergone an external validation process carried out by world
leading certification body DNV GL, achieving CECOPS accreditation well within the timescale specified by Kirklees.