A BETTER service is being promised to people who need special equipment to help them live independently at home.

Herefordshire Council and Herefordshire Primary Care Trust are recruiting a team of people trained not only to deliver the equipment but to fit it in the home.

The authorities set up an integrated store four years ago and items of equipment, such as bath aids or raised toilet seats, would be delivered by one person and fitted by another.

Now the job will be done by the same person, with three delivery fitters with vans able to cover the whole county.

A wide range of equipment is on loan, free of charge, and eligible people can get help by asking their district nurse or contacting the PCT's occupational therapy service.