Norfolk and Suffolk Environmental Control Service
This service provides assessment for electronic assistive technology equipment to enable people with complex physical disabilities to live with a degree of independence in the community.
The electronic assistive technology equipment increase independence for the user, enhance quality of life and help maintain the integrity of family life.
There is no cost to the user. Equipment, including maintenance and service, is provided on a loan basis to an individual. Funding for equipment is limited and priority of provision is given to those who are at risk and those with a long-term substantial need. The service does not provide additional phone lines, sockets, electrical or carpentry work.
Referral
We accept referrals from:
- healthcare professionals
- social care professionals
Please complete a referral form and email it to us.
Eligibility
We will accept referrals for people of any age who meet the criteria:
- Profound and potentially complex physical disability, where standard controls cannot be used to function independently in the home.
- Simpler and cheaper commercial solutions are not appropriate.
- Simple solutions are not available through another service like Social Services Assistive Technology.
- Cognitively and physically able to operate Environmental Control (EC) equipment consistently.
- Able to demonstrate sustained motivation to use the EC equipment.
- Require multiple control functions integrated into a single means of access and for whom multiple devices, each with a separate function, are inappropriate.
- Potential for integrating functions like communication with powered wheelchair control or bed controls.
Download referral form
Contact us
You can contact our service Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.
Telephone number - 01603 255753
Email address - eec.environmentalcontrolservice@nhs.net
