Our Services A - Z - Wheelchair services
About the service
This is a specialist Wheelchair Service for patients registered with GPs in Chorley and South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Southport and Formby patients have a separate service provided by Mersey Care.
We are a community-based service and see adults and children who are permanently disabled resulting in them being completely immobile indoors as well as outdoors and who need to use a wheelchair for all their mobility. This is a therapy-led service.
The Wheelchair Assessment Team is a multidisciplinary therapy team of occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, therapy assistants and engineers.
Following assessment, recommendations will be made via a Wheelchair Service prescription and support plan.
The service offers personal wheelchair budgets which means the individual then has a choice of provision – that is to have a wheelchair free of charge from the NHS or to opt for provision via a third party provider.
For those people who opt for a wheelchair to be loaned free of charge, the NHS provides a free repair service.
- Opening time and where to find us
Wheelchair Service Centre, Unit 2 Pendle Place, West Pimbo Industrial Estate, Skelmersdale, WN8 9PN.
Our opening hours are 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
- Getting referred
Initial referral is from a GP, hospital consultant, therapist or specialist nurse e.g. district nurse.
- Contacts
01695 559142 (wheelchair service) 01695 556492 (wheelchair repairs)
Page last updated on 30th January 2025