Jacqui

Whizz-Kidz has been provided with independent vouchers from wheelchair
services for young people who may be assessed for 6mph wheelchairs.
Sometimes using the 6mph version is a cheaper route if additional
functions are needed than putting extra function on to a 4mph chair. We
may then re-program the speed to a lower speed if necessary.  However if
it is left at a higher speed the user needs to understand there they can
use it, as legally 4mph is the highest speed on pavements.  For some
people it is better to leave the chair set with the potential to go at
the higher speed and allow them to choice the speed appropriately.  This
gives the user the ability to escape in emergencies and move at a speed
faster than the average walking/running person, as attacks on disabled
people do occur.    Anne


Anne Harris
Regional Mobility Therapist
Whizz-Kidz
Tel: 0115-9761172
Transform the life of a disabled child
There are so many ways you can help us give disabled children the
independence they've only ever dreamed of. Visit our website for ideas
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
Or call us on 020 7233 6600
Whizz-Kidz is a national charity that changes the lives of disabled
children by providing advice, information and customised mobility
equipment that is not available from the NHS.
Whizz-Kidz 1 Warwick Row, London, SW1E 5ER
020 7233 6600
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 802872

Important: The information contained in this email is intended for the
use of the addressee only, is confidential and may also be legally
privileged. If you have received it in error, you must not use,
disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on the contents of this
message and should delete it from your system. Every effort has been
made to ensure that any attachment to this email does not contain a
virus. While Whizz-Kidz has taken every reasonable precaution to
minimise this risk, neither it nor the Sender can accept liability for
any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses.



-----Original Message-----
From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui Donaldson
Sent: 14 September 2004 09:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: powered wheelchair vouchers

Does anyone out there who is working in wheelchair services, give out
vouchers for powered wheelchairs.  If you do have you had to address the
situation of an individual who wants to upgrade to a class 3 vehicle
(8mph).  Do you allow it or do you stick to the remit of the nhs whereby
we only assess for class 2 vehicles (4mph)?

I'd be gratefoul for any thoughts, we don't do vouchers for powered
chairs but were weighing up the pros and cons.

Jacqui Donaldson

[log in to unmask]

Jacqui Donaldson, Occupational Therapist
Eastern Cheshire PCT, Wheelchair Assessment Centre,
Gawsworth Building, Blue Zone,
District General Hospital
Macclesfield, Cheshire. SK10 3BL
Tel: 01625 661064


**********************************************************************
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
the system manager.

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by
MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.

www.mimesweeper.com
**********************************************************************