Mobility Major mobilty study launched
17/02/2011
The Office of Fair Trading has formally launched its market study into mobility aids, following consultation on its scope.
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Office of Fair Trading announces study into sale of mobility aids
The OFT has announced that it intends to launch a market study into mobility aids, examining matters such as whether consumers are well informed and treated fairly, and whether the industry is competitive.
Scoot your way to safer travel
Without proper training and information mobility scooter and power chair users can be a danger to themselves and to others.
Camden Council’s ScootAbility service has rolled into action, with support from Transport for London, the Department for Transport and NHS Camden’s Wheelchair Service, to produce a DVD designed to help people throughout the country who use mobility vehicles negotiate the streets more safely. One in five people either use, or know someone who uses a mobility vehicle.
Motability car keeps Coronation Street star on the road
A disabled actress from ITV’s Coronation Street has praised disability charity Motability for the difference it makes to the lives of disabled people across the UK.
New guide to UN convention on disability rights - but will they be implemented in the UK?
A new guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRDP) has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission today.
Living aids - at the touch of a button
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The last few years have seen a revolution in the way that living and mobility aids have not only gone up in quality and down in price, but also become far more accessible to purchase. The choice available through mobility shops is always going to be restricted, often old- fashioned - and you can also be paying premium prices.
We look at some of the products available - by phone or online - from leading supplier Homecare from The Consortium.
Getting a fair deal on living and mobility aids
More and more of us are depending upon mobility and living aids to enable us to remain independent in our homes.The Government is also trying to persuade us to stay in our homes for longer. But Ray Hodgkinson, who heads up the The British Healthcare Trades Association, has major concerns that the current system for getting the products people need is deeply flawed.
Charity offers affordable holidays with a difference
National charity Vitalise is offering recession-busting opportunities for enthusiastic people to have the holiday of a lifetime while helping others.
Vitalise Holidays is seeking enthusiasts of all descriptions to accompany groups of visually impaired people on holidays throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide in 2010-11.
More parking problems for Blue Badge holders
A number of councils across the UK have removed the free concession for Blue Badge holders - and in doing so have stopped some disabled people from parking in their council-run car parks. By Mature Times editor Tony Watts.
Camden Council cracks down on blue badge fraud
Camden Council has recovered 15 fraudulently used disabled blue badges in a borough wide operation, freeing up 15 more spaces for those genuinely in need
EU aims to class Mobility scooters in the same catgory as a racing car
Grant-giving charity Elizabeth Finn Care, along with The Mobility Bureau, are appealing for common sense this week, as the EU are set to make law a reclassification Regulation, which will see the European Union’s Customs Code Committee classify a mobility scooter in the same league as a Formula 1 racing car.
Study points the way to better designs for older and disabled people
New research from Ofcom has suggested ways to encourage industries to design products, services and communications equipment that recognise the needs of older and disabled people.
More Get Up and Go at Mobility Roadshow
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It might be something as simple as a stiff neck that can hamper safe driving, or an arthritic condition that makes hopping in and out of vehicles more difficult, but as we grow older mobility problems are not uncommon.
Mobility aids go on sale in nation's supermarkets
A mini revolution is taking place within the ‘mobility sector’. From this month, the millions of people who rely on ‘living aids’ such as wheelchairs, walking sticks and urine bottles will not have to buy them on prescription, off the internet or through a specialist store. They’ll be on the supermarket shelves at over 75 Asda stores.
"Dead mother" Blue Badge abuser banned from driving
The disabled motorists` campaigning charity MOBILISE say they are delighted to hear that a judge has seen fit to ban a woman from driving for 21 days for fraudulently using a Blue Badge. Sandra Benne from Lythemere, Orton Malborne, Peterborough was caught using a Blue disabled Badge belonging to her dead mother.
