CES provider to evolve service provision through outsourced contract over five years
Community equipment service (CES) provider Medequip has been commissioned by Somerset County Council and NHS Somerset to provide the newly integrated Community Equipment and Wheelchair…
UK’s smallest standing powerchair wins Naidex ‘Best in show’ award
Precision Rehab, a UK supplier of paediatric powered wheelchairs, has won the coveted ‘Best in show’ award with its PR 35S powerchair at this year’s…
Ambassador launches accessible guided nature walks
With support from nationwide mobility product specialist TGA, Gini Mitchell, 49 from Folkestone, has started a new business called ‘Wild with Wheels’ which provides guided…
AI technology supports independent living by learning daily behaviour patterns of older people
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used in a new telecare monitoring device, launched by personal alarm provider Taking Care, which is designed to…
Quality of care could worsen further over the next decade due to significant ageing population
The quality and accessibility of adult social care could worsen as county areas have seen elderly populations grow significantly over the last decade, according to…
Trials explore how wireless assistive technologies support the delivery of better health and care
NHS Digital is running a series of trials to explore how cutting-edge wireless assistive technologies can support the delivery of better health and care to…
Hundreds of health and social care professionals saw latest disability equipment innovations at RISE Expo 2022
Last month saw the return of RISE Expo, where hundreds of health and social care professionals benefitted from engaging educational conference presentations and practical workshops…
£1.3m awarded to help people to access regulated homecare through the healthy ageing challenge
Rachael Crook Lifted Co-Founder and Chief Executive Homecare platform Lifted has been awarded £ by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of its healthy…
New app enables the public to easily use an ‘industry first’ in self activated mobility devices
Personal transportation solutions company Scootaround trialed the soft launch of its Scootaround app and self-activated devices, which are an ‘industry first’ in mobility devices. The…
Video: The benefits of virtual assessments for assistive technologies considering end-users, businesses and the environment
The third of a five-part webinar series exploring the topic of virtual assessments for assistive technologies has been released where specialists debate the benefits of…