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Hospital Crutch Amnesty
MERSEYSIDE and West Lancashire
Patients who ahve been given NHS crutches to help in their recovery are
being asked to give them back when they are no longer needed. Southport and
Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust issues hundreds of pairs of crutches to patients
who often forget to return them once they are no longer needed. Unreturned
equipment costs the Trust thousands of pounds a year.
Caitlin Edwards, Clinical Therapy Manager at Southport hospital said:-
"We are asking people to return crutches which are no longer needed.
Although crutches are only used for a short period of time, they can be used
again by new patients. We can clean and repair crutches and then reissue
them. This will negate the need to purchase extra pairs which cost around
£11 each."
The crutch amnesty will run until the 31 March 2016 and crutch drop off bins
have been placed in several locations across Southport and Ormskirk:-
Hants Lane Clinic
Hants Lane
Ormskirk
L310 1PX
UK
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Ainsdale Centre for Health and
Wellbeing
174 Sandbrook Road
Southport
PR8 3RJ
UK
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Southport Centre for Health and
Wellbeing
44 to 46 Hoghton Street
Southport
PR10 0PQ
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Rehabilitation Department
Ormskirk and District General Hospital
Wigan Road
Ormskirk
L310 2AZ
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