Leading charities rally behind campaign to scrap defibrillator tax
A coalition of leading first aid and cardiovascular charities, including the British Heart Foundation, St John Ambulance, and the British Red Cross, have pledged support…
Pop-up mobility aid service to help disabled people regain independence
The British Red Cross has teamed up with Tesco to provide a pop-up mobility aid service in Gloucestershire to help disabled people regain independence by…
Service opens in Cambridge offering short-term hire of a wide range of mobility equipment
Credit: Matthew Percival and British Red Cross A British Red Cross service that helps people stay independent and mobile has opened at a new site…
Pop-up wheelchair loan service to help ease the pressure on NHS services
British Red Cross has teamed up with Tesco in Scarborough to provide a pop-up wheelchair loan service to help ease the pressure on NHS services…
Assistive technology specialist’s client makes fundraising sunflowers for Ukraine
Nicole and brother Jacob proudly displaying the pin badges they are making to help raise donations for Ukraine Five-year-old Nicole Kuliskova, a Recare wheelchair user…
National organisations call for £600m government funding to speed up hospital discharges
Leading health and social care organisations are calling for additional funding from the UK Government to avoid delayed transfers of care and ensure people can…
ADASS calls on government to increase funding to make effective post-discharge care a reality
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has welcomed the British Red Cross and Healthwatch England report on hospital discharges, but is calling…
Patients left with unmet care needs under ‘discharge to assess’ model, report finds
Healthwatch England and the British Red Cross have jointly published a new report, which unveils that significant numbers of people are not receiving follow-up support…
Red Cross opens new pop-up mobility service for elderly and disabled residents
Following mass closures in 2018, the British Red Cross has opened two mobile pop-up services in the Hampshire area to enable elderly and disabled people…
Mobility aid loan services to be closed down leaving many people struggling
Despite petitions campaigning to keep them open, mobility equipment facilities across Hampshire are being closed down by the British Red Cross in a bid to…