Major outsourced CES provider helps set up NHS Bristol care hotel project
Medequip, one of the major outsourced community equipment service (CES) providers to the NHS and local authorities, has helped set up a care hotel project…
Over £211k raised by world’s biggest annual video game event for children’s assistive tech charity
Children’s assistive technology charity Lifelites was chosen as a partner for the world’s biggest games charity event, Jingle Jam 2021. Since its inception in 2011,…
Stylish futureproof sanitaryware range compliant with revised UK water regulations launches
Accessibility solutions provider AKW has launched its stylish new Livenza Plus sanitaryware range, which is fully compliant with the latest, revised UK Water Regulations. With…
App for hearing health and personal mobility aid among six projects receiving £50k funding
The Design Age Institute has announced six Pathfinder Projects to develop commercially viable products and services that will enable individuals and communities to maintain an…
Pilot study into individualised digital stroke rehab tool launches to help save NHS money
Credit: UCLan Led by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), a pilot research study into a potentially life-enhancing digital stroke rehabilitation tool has launched. The…
Case study: Australian industrial designer customises wheelchairs to improve lives
Customised wheelchairs and mobility products that were once only available to elite athletes are becoming more accessible to people with disabilities with increased awareness accelerating…
Ireland announces €2m for 11 digital and assistive technology projects
Ireland’s minister for disabilities, Anne Rabbitte, has announced €2m for 11 projects under the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) CREATE initiative, which aims to improve access…
Government set to revoke mandatory COVID jabs for health and social care staff
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid Regulations making vaccines a condition of deployment for health and social care staff are set to be revoked,…
EXCLUSIVE: What OTs and their clients should consider when planning homelift installations
Alex Austin, Business Development Manager at Access BDD As more and more people are investing in homelifts, Alex Austin, Business Development Manager at Access BDD…
Remote care programme for people with chronic shoulder pain proven to clinically significantly improve all health-related outcomes
Credit: Dove Press A US study looking at whether a digital rehabilitation programme for people with chronic shoulder pain is effective has been shown to…