1. Home
  2. Adult Social Care
  3. Living at home

Equipment for help at home

EquipMe

Make life easier in three simple steps with EquipMe.

Get impartial advice about tools and equipment to make daily living easier:

  1. Choose a topic
  2. Answer some questions
  3. Get advice

Visit EquipMe.

Southampton Community Equipment Service

Equipment to help you live more independently and safely at home is provided on behalf of the council and NHS by Southampton Community Equipment Service (CES).

Equipment ranges from relatively simple items, such as walking sticks, crutches and walking frames to aid mobility, to more complex equipment like beds, hoists and pressure care equipment.

The service is able to deliver equipment to your home and collect it again if you no longer need it. If you are able to, you can also visit the local depot to view and collect your equipment.

If you are in hospital, your needs will be assessed before you leave. If you would like to use the service, first you need to be assessed by a health or social care professional.

For more information please contact us.

You can also complete a care self-assessment by selecting the following button:

Care self-assessment

The self-assessment can be referred to us if a full assessment is recommended.

Southampton CES is part of Millbrook Healthcare

Repairs, service and testing

A 24/7 repairs provision will be available, bookable through Millflow (the online ordering service) or by:

Returning equipment

There are three ways you can return your equipment, either:

  • Tell your carer, social or healthcare professional, who will arrange with Millbrook Healthcare to collect it
  • Contact Millbrook Healthcare directly at 023 8168 2440. If you do this, Millbrook Healthcare will sometimes contact your social or healthcare professional to confirm that collecting this piece of equipment is advisable

See also

Or see what is available on our directory: