Free guide provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and improving the assistive tech market
WHO/Europe has launched a free guide that offers a practical framework to help countries and stakeholders improve access to assistive technology (AT), through better understanding…
AT professionals can use new data tool for better decision-making and improving access to assistive tech
WHO/Europe has introduced a new data dashboard on the European Health Information Gateway, providing streamlined access to information and evidence related to assistive technology (AT)…
TEC partnership enables the choice of unobtrusive sensor-based tech to support individual needs
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre has appointed Archangel, a cloud-based monitoring platform, as a development partner for a pioneering technology enabled care (TEC) project…
Tendring and Colchester care services will merge to better assist older and vulnerable residents
Council leaders have given the green light for a merger of Tendring Careline with Colchester’s Helpline service, establishing a unified 24/7 telecare, response, and lifting…
Provision of services for children with disabilities is forecast to reach £5bn by 2025/26
In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget, the Local Government Association (LGA) says the UK Government needs to take immediate steps…
Council’s assistive tech service enters consultation
Service users are being asked to have their say on the future of Tendring District Council’s Careline Service as part of a public consultation. The…
Open days to inform HCPs and service users about new NHS Kent and Medway wheelchair service
NHS Kent and Medway have awarded a new contract to Ross Care to provide NHS wheelchairs following a thorough procurement process. The service was previously…
New hub in Belfast to provide specialist support to help people with complex disabilities to socialise
Disability charity Sense will open a major new centre in Belfast next year, offering specialist support and services to people with complex disabilities and their…
The Royal Borough of Greenwich calls for residents to help design its future assistive tech service
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is asking residents to use their experience and expertise as part of a project to embed new assistive technology into…
EXCLUSIVE: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the NHS orthotic services
Staffordshire University's Nicola Eddison, Aoife Healy, and Nachiappan Chockalingam explore the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on NHS orthotic services, and whether NHS orthotic…