Litcham Red Cross

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Litcham Red Cross

Owing to the superbugs scare we are only allowed to loan out wheelchairs.
Items such as commodes etc are considered a risk unless one has a completely sterile environment to keep them.

My stable certainly does not qualify!

Litcham Red Cross run a medical loan service that is meant for emergency use rather than the long term. We try to avoid lending items like wheel chairs for more than three months as social services should supply these for permenant use. People recovering from operations, accident victims or elderly patients find the equipment makes all the difference, and often enables them to be nursed at home. In all we lend a total of approximately 150 items each year.
Recently the doctor's surgery in North Elmham has started referring patients to us because the depot in Dereham has closed. This has increased the number of loans considerably.

The Red Cross has been running in the village for over thirty years and is pround to be a part of the Norfolk Red Cross which is the leading county in the UK for medical loans.
For further details contact Hermione Birkbeck 01328 701 389.