Argyll & Bute HSCP understand that people in receipt of a Direct Payment Option 1 or Option 4 may not have access to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during this difficult time.
If a Personal Assistant is required to wear PPE and the supplies are running low Argyll & Bute HSCP can provide an emergency supply until additional PPE can be purchased.
How can I purchase PPE?
You can use your Direct Payment funds to purchase PPE for your Personal Assistant.
If your Carer is Self Employed they are required to provide their own PPE, however, if they cannot access PPE you can contact your local triage centre.
My supplies are running low, how can I access PPE from Argyll & Bute HSCP?
If your supplies are running low, you can contact your local triage centre by telephone or email. Please find your local triage Hub centres below.
Community Hubs
Locality | Name | Phone number | Back up name (where available) | Phone Number | Address | ||
Oban and Lorn | Kate Mccallum | 07815 500842 01631 789077 | Seonaid Morrison
Fiona Sharples | 07815 500842
01631 789075 |
fiona.sharples @nhs.net | Lorn and the Isles Hospital, Glengallan Road, Oban PA34 4HH | |
Kintyre | Ann Anderson | 01586 559010 | Zara Shaw | 07496 043939 |
| Greenwood, Woodlands Drive, Campbeltown, PA28 6JW | |
Islay | Lesley McCall | 01496 301000 | Hayley Morris | 01496 305305 |
| Islay Hospital, Gortonvogie Road, Isle of Islay, PA43 7JD | |
Helensburgh | Christine Budd | 01436 655032 | Carol Millar | 01436 655013 | Victoria Integrated Care Centre, 93E East King Street, Helensburgh, G84 7BU | ||
Bute | Morag Gillies or Iain Cochrane-based in Hub | 07557 205093 | morag-gillies@argyll-bute.gov.uk
| Iain Cochrane David Brown | 07557 205093 | Thomson Court Day Service, Townhead, Rothesay, PA20 9JH | |
Cowal | Ann Kennedy | 01369 705759 or 01369 708614 |
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| Struan Lodge, 2 Bencorrum Brae, Dunoon, PA23 8HU Struan Day Support Service accessed from Elizabeth Avenue, do not go to the residential entrance. Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm | |
Mid Argyll | Tony Jones | 01546 604 864 |
| Andy Scott |
| Mid Argyll Community Hospital and Integrated Care Centre, Blarbuie Road, Lochgilphead, PA31 8JZ |