Millbrook Healthcare

Millbrook Healthcare is a provider of community equipment services, wheelchair services, and Technology Enabled Care Services. It also runs a home improvement agency.

The firm is based in Southampton, where it was founded in 1946 as an upholstery business.[1]

It operates a fleet of 400 vans from depots across southern England.[2][3]

It has provided wheelchair services for Plymouth and South Hams since 2011.[4] It took over the contract for wheelchair provision in Hampshire in 2014. At that time there was a waiting list of around 18 months.[5] It took over the service in Kent in April 2017.[6]

It took over the Care and Repair service from West Dorset District Council in 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Our history". Millbrook Healthcare. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "400th Peugeot van joins Millbrook Healthcare Fleet". Peugeot Media Site. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Millbrook Healthcare opts for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter". Transport Engineer. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "New wheelchair service centre is opened boasting the best facilities in the UK". Plymouth Herald. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hampshire wheelchair waiting list may take 18 months to clear". Portsmouth News. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "How do you get a wheelchair in Kent? Contract has been won by private firm Millbrook Healthcare and it starts on April 1". Kent News. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "West Dorset Care and Repair becomes a Dorset wide service". Blackmore Vale Magazine. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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