Published 2011
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The Future of Wheelchair Services - Any Qualified Provider?
Publisher: Posture & Mobility Group (PMG) and the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA)
Date Published: October 2011
Synopsis: Contributions from the BHTA, National Wheelchair Managers Forum (NWMF), PMG, and the Rehabilitation Engineering Services Management Group (RESMaG), in response to the government publication 'Operational Guidance to the NHS: Extending Patient Choice of Provider'.It paints a broader picture than the selective approach of previous Whizz-Kidz sponsored reports.
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Postural Care: protecting and restoring body shape
Publisher: Mencap and Postural Care Action Group
Date Published: September 2011
Synopsis: Document highlighting the importance of postural care -
Operational guidance to the NHS: extending patient choice of provider
Publisher: Department of Health
Date Published: July 2011
Synopsis: This document provides guidance to providers and commissioners on the implementation of government commitment to extend patient choice of provider -
Modernisation of health and care: news, information and conversations - Wheelchair Services
Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
Date Published: July 2011
Synopsis: This short DH news article gives a couple of examples of how the voluntary sector can offer choice to wheelchair users -
Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability
Publisher: Department for Education
Date Published: March 2011
Synopsis: This green paper on special educational needs (SEN) and disability explains what the government wants to change about education, health and social care support for disabled children and their families -
Liberating the NHS: greater choice and control.
Publisher: Department of Health
Date Published: July 2011
Synopsis: This document sets out the government's response to the questions associated with the extension of choice to any qualified provider (AQP) -
My wheelchair is my shoes. Making the case for wheelchair reform 2011. Sponsored by Whizz-Kidz
Publisher: All Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Wheelchair Reform
Date Published: June 2011
Synopsis: This is a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility Reform. Sponsored by Whizz-Kidz it describes some views about NHS wheelchair provision for children and young people. -
Social return on investment for Whizz-Kidz services
Publisher: Frontier Economics Europe
Date Published: March 2011
Synopsis: Whizz-Kidz employed Frontier Economics to estimate the social return on investment in its activities. -
Mobility aids: an OFT market study
Publisher: Office of Fair Trading
Date Published: 2011
Synopsis: Investigations into unfair practices in the mobility aids sector by the Office of Fair Trading