SDEF - Research - Wheelchair Services in Scotland

NHS Wheelchair & Special Seating Services Modernisation

Background

SDEF’s involvement with the NHS Wheelchair & Special Seating Service arose out of the late Elma Mitchell’s membership of ReTSAG (NHS’s Rehabilitation

Technology Services Advisory Group). ReTSAG form= ed a sub-group the National Wheelchair Group whose remit was to suggest improvements to the Service.

A member of this group, the late Margaret Scott = then carer for her teenage daughter, was frustrated at the lack of progress by= the Service and initiated the <= /span>

Petition to the Scottish Parliament in December 2004.

Ron Skin= ner MBE, also a former Convenor of SDEF, was a member of ReTSAG and its sub-group. He was nominated by ReTSAG to represent wheelchair

users on the Steering Group which was formed by = the Scottish Government following their response to the Petition. Arisi= ng out his contribution to the Steering <= o:p>

Group he was invited in 2007 by the Scottish Government to serve of the NHS Wheelchair & Special Seating Service Project Board. Although Ron is no longer

a Director of SDEF he has been retained as an advisor to SDEF on wheelchair matters.=

Also serving on the Project Board is SDEF’s Policy & Information Officer Liz Rowlett who in addition to her role = with SDEF brings with her a wealth of experience as a carer for her partner wh= o is a wheelchair user.

Tim= e-line

07-12-2004 Petition PE798 by Margaret Scott re NHS Wheelchair & Special Seating Services<= /span>

http://w= ww.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/30113633/22

00-03-2005 Extract from Tender Specification for Review re NHS Wheelchair & Spec= ial Seating Services

&n= bsp; = ; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/30113633/23

12-09-2005 Programme from nati= onal conference held on 12 September 2005

= &nb= sp; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/= 05/30113633/24

12-09-2005 Messages presented to the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care at the national conference. &n= bsp;

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/= 05/30113633/25

1983/2005 Reports and references specific to Scotland on NHS Wheelchair & Special Seating Services.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/= 05/30113633/26

00-06-2005 Independent review of NHS wheelchair and seating services in Scotland with recommendations for improvement to services.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/30113633/0

07-01-2007 Scottish Executive Response to the Recommendations made in the “Moving Forward” Report. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publ= ications/2007/01/11160810/0

20-06-2007 Wheelchair and Seat= ing Services Project Board

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/heal= th/wheelchair

01-08-2008 NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation: Consultation on Draft Action Plan

= ; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/= 08/04102245/2

30-10-2008 NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services Modernisation: Published Responses to Consultation on Draft Action Plan=

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03-03-2009 NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services Action Plan : News release re Publication of Action Plan<= /span>

= &nb= sp; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News= /Releases/2009/03/03122148

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03-03-2009 NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services Action Plan http://w= ww.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/19121135/0

March 2009 – WWS Project Newsletter

SDEF is now working with Health B= oards to establish wheelchair user groups. People and organisations wishing to = have regular updates or who would like to become involved should contact SDEF.=

Further in= formation regarding the work of the Wheelchair and Special Seating Project Board ca= n be found on the Scottish Government website: http://w= ww.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/wheelchair