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We are in the process of upgrading our infusion devices and we have some pumps we wish to dispose of.

We have 10 Alaris P5000 PCA pumps which have just been taken out of service and would be free of charge to any EBME dept who would like them.

For further information please contact North Devon District Hospital EBME Manager Mr Mike Ambridge Tel 01271 322763

Steve,
Be aware of DB2006(05) and your responsibilities under it. If you give these away or sell them you have responsibilities as a supplier of medical devices.
I think it is better that these go to a place where they might be useful rather than a bin but there are rules to be obeyed as well.
RoJo
PS Section 10.4 to save you hunting through

PPS This document is now 5 years old has it been superseded?

Yet again I beg to make the case for a Central Returned Equipment Store for the National Health Service.

That is, a central warehouse located somewhere handy where surplus equipment like this can be returned, checked-out, and then either scrapped in accordance with whichever rules apply this week, or (better still) sorted out and put back on the shelves. Kit that is still in good shape could simply get added to a list on line somewhere, so that all interested parties within the NHS would be aware that it is up for grabs.

Who knows, it might even be a source of kit for temporary use when departments are being moved (as we have heard about recently).

Why is it that something like this does not already exist?

Because each Trust acts as an entity in its own right. Is there any overall NHS strategy management apart from standard setting?
RoJo

You're asking me, Robert?

Laws unto themselves, you mean? Or just making things easier for privatisation cherry pickers?

Time that the National bit was dropped anyway, I reckon. "Back to the Future" again?

In fact, thinking about it, bring back the Workhouses, says I.

By the way (a little off topic, perhaps) ... has anyone heard any more about the "Big Society" recently (or as that been binned* as well)?

* On the grounds that no-one, Dave included, could explain what it actually meant!

Thanks for the advice and the link RoJo.

Steve