Millie York

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Millie York

AT Superstore has partnered with Liverpool-based The Brain Charity to help people with neurological conditions access assistive technology that makes education and employment more accessible. Their first initiative has supported Chris Hawkins, a 29-year-old Liverpool resident, who is currently studying for a civil service course while managing multiple health challenges, including impaired vision, ADHD, and ongoing cancer treatment.

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Millie York

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a walking aids return scheme. This initiative will benefit the environment by reducing waste and carbon emissions while also generating cost savings and improving patient access to walking aids. The returned walking aids will be processed by the Bed and Equipment Team at the King’s College Hospital site, where equipment will be inspected, cleaned, and repaired before being provided to another patient.

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Millie York

WheelPower, a national charity for wheelchair sport, has a useful short online course designed to help teachers, coaches, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists to adapt their sport and physical activity sessions to suit wheelchair users. The ‘Engaging wheelchair participants in sport’ course aims to enable learners to develop confidence in working with and supporting physically disabled people to enjoy, participate, and access sport, activity, and movement opportunities.

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Millie York

St Helens Borough Council has received national recognition for its approach to technology-enabled care (TEC) that is supporting people to live independently in their own homes for longer. A collaborative programme between the local authority’s adult social care, ICT, and digital services has resulted in the creation of a hub at the council’s Brookfield Support Centre facility.

2 weeks ago | attoday.co.uk | Millie York

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 in Moray, Scotland. This research and development project will develop and test a toolkit of devices that enable person-centred prescribing from a range of telehealth, telecare, and ambient monitoring devices within an existing home.