NAEP UK - National Association Equipment - Healthcare - Social - Community - Voluntary Sector

NAEP - National Association Equipment Providers

The National Association Equipment Providers (NAEP) founded in 1996, is an established membership association, which represents a broad spectrum of personnel working in all sectors of community equipment provision and their associated services in the United Kingdom.

• DO YOU work within the Health, Social Care, the Voluntary or Private Sector for Equipment Provision or within a Social Enterprise covering community provision?

• DO YOU play a part in equipment provision and wheelchair services within the community, incorporating all the essential elements such as assessment, supply, loan, commissioning and procurement?

Then NAEP is the membership association for you. As a national Association we offer a range of services / benefits to support our members throughout the UK - see right for details.

NAEP has and will continue to work closely with all Government bodies and associated partners throughout the United Kingdom to ensure that policy changes are informed by evidence – this is your chance to make sure your voice is heard.

Although our core membership continues to be from the statutory and voluntary sector Community Equipment Services, who provide a vital service in the provision of health / social care equipment on a loan basis to meet the needs of residents within their locality.
In recent years our membership has significantly increased and has been complimented with the introduction of new membership categories to embrace all equipment providers such as the Retailers and Supplier & Manufacturers.

NAEP National Conference 2012
Innovation Through Learning - 19th, 20th & 21st June 2012
Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool

Are you ahead of the game?
Is your field community equipment?
Are you on track in relation to your equipment commissioning, assessment, supply, loan and procurement?
Are you competing in the health, social care or voluntary sector?
Do you want to go for gold and get ahead of the game?

If the answer is “yes” to any above the above questions join us for the NAEP Annual Conference 2012.

To find out more click on the following link: Conference Website 2012

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British Red Cross photograph supplied by Anthony Upton (British Red Cross)
All photographs have previously been published in the Equipment Services Journal

What we can offer a member of NAEP

• Nine Regional Groups throughout the UK who meet on a regular basis where you can network with colleagues

• Four Special Interest / Operations Groups for members to participate in and to share their expertise in key areas of the Associations development

• Access to a knowledge base of members with an expertise in specialist areas

• Fast track access / sharing of best practice with internal and external organisational resources available across all areas of equipment provision

• An annual National Conference with preferential delegate rates for NAEP members

• A quarterly Equipment Services Journal dedicated to your field of work

• A continually evolving website to provide you with up to date information and news bulletins. A ‘members only’ access area and an interactive message board forum

• Links to other relevant websites to help you source information. Expand your resource network and tap into a membership resource with access to specialists which includes commissioners, clinicians, prescribers, budget managers, nurses, stores managers, therapists, technicians to name just a few.

Contact one of our Regional Group Chairs and come along to a regional meeting - we feel sure you’ll discover the many benefits that membership of NAEP has to offer.

For general membership information, please contact our Membership Administrator, Rose Glover at enquiries@naep.org.uk or telephone Rose on 01840 211115

LINKS to other organisations

Click here for information on a number of organisations who support and are supported by NAEP