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Wheelchair availability - or not

ClairemHodgson
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Solicitor, SC Law, Harrow

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Re DWP’s regular submissions that people should get wheelchairs (even if they’re not available/appropriate/recommended by OT/whatever), thought you all might be interested in this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40408456

which should assist in providing useful ammunition against such submissions…...

and then i found this

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/27/disabled-patients-relying-on-crowdfunding-for-wheelchairs

[ Edited: 27 Jun 2017 at 08:25 am by ClairemHodgson ]