Purpose and clinical scope
The Spica Rental Service provides temporary specialist seating for patients whose postural, pressure management, mobility or functional needs require individually configured seating during a defined period of recovery, rehabilitation or clinical treatment.
The service is designed to support patients across hospital, discharge and community pathways where seating is required for a limited or uncertain period and where timely access to an appropriate seating solution is clinically important.
The service operates in conjunction with, and under the direction of, the prescribing clinical team. The prescribing clinician or clinical team retains responsibility for establishing the patient’s clinical need and prescribing the appropriate seating requirements. Our role is to translate that prescription into a safe, correctly configured and quality-assured seating solution, and to manage the equipment and associated service throughout the patient’s episode of care.
The service therefore combines specialist seating expertise with equipment provision, configuration, fitting, logistics, technical support, maintenance, recovery and infection control.
From prescription to outcome:
The clinical objective
The objective is to ensure that the patient has access to an appropriate, correctly configured and quality-assured seating solution at the point it is clinically required, with appropriate support throughout the period of use.
For the clinical team, this provides a single managed service around the equipment element of the patient’s pathway – reducing operational and logistical burden while maintaining clear clinical responsibility and communication.
The value of the service is therefore not simply the provision of a chair. It is the managed clinical seating pathway surrounding that chair; from prescription and preparation, through fitting and ongoing support, to recovery, decontamination and controlled re-use.
Who can benefit from short term Wheelchair rental?
Rental can be appropriate where a patient needs specialist seating for a defined period of recovery or rehabilitation. This could include:
How does the spica wheelchair rental work?
We support safe, timely discharge through a straightforward prescription and Spica rental process, working with the prescribing team to ensure the appropriate post-operative wheelchair provision is configured and ready when required.
Minimum rental period: 3 weeks
1. Submit a referral form
Once surgery is scheduled, complete a referral form.
Measurements must be confirmed by the day of surgery.
2. Receive your quote within 24 hours
If plans change, your quote can be withdrawn at no cost.
3. Confirm your booking
A purchase order (PO), completed referral form, and confirmed setup details are required.
Delivery and Setup (3-5 working days post surgery)
Once surgery has taken place, we’ll arrange delivery and full setup.
A £300 fee applies for cancellations after order acknowledgement.
Collection or extension
We’ll arrange collection from home or hospital. Rental can be extended at £95 per week.
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