Tunstall Healthcare invests in the future of occupational therapy
Occupational Therapist Alicia Ridout Telecare provider Tunstall Healthcare has awarded £1,500 worth of funding as part of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) Annual…
£280m government investment to help children with SEND access assistive tech
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or requiring alternative provision in England will benefit from a £280 million investment to improve accessibility in…
CASE STUDY: Paralympic powerlifter benefits from one of the world’s lightest folding wheelchairs
Mobility and rehabilitation specialist Ottobock has helped a Paralympic powerlifter by supplying him with a lightweight folding wheelchair. Ali Jawad received his first Ottobock wheelchair…
Partnership delivers 500 TEC phones to isolated elderly people in the UK
Doro, a technology-enabled care (TEC) specialist, has partnered with giffgaff, a mobile network, to donate 500 Doro phones to isolated elderly people across the UK.…
Wheelchair service receives coveted accreditation through commitment to meeting users’ needs
An outsourced provider of wheelchair services to the NHS, AJM Healthcare has been re-awarded coveted CECOPS accreditation for another three years following the full assessment…
“Feature-rich” and contemporary rotating chair beds facilitate independence
Care beds and mattress specialist Opera has recently launched an exclusive range of rotating chair beds that encourage independence and enhance quality of life. Expanding…
New automatically adjusting ramp improves accessibility for people with mobility needs
Enable Access, a UK specialist in accessibility solutions, has launched a “fast and easy-to-use” threshold bridge ramp – with no user adjustment required – to…
Free guide for local authorities and housing providers about cloud solutions in TEC
Appello, a provider of digital technology enabled care (TEC) solutions for local authorities and housing providers, has published a new guide to the role of…
£10k donation helps increase provision of assistive gaming tech to disabled children
Xbox Adaptive Controller GamesAid has donated £10,000 to the small charity Lifelites, which donates and maintains assistive technology to give life-limited and disabled children using…
CCG merger in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes set to improve health outcomes
On 1st April 2021, a single Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) responsible for the planning and provision of NHS funded healthcare for almost 1 million people…