Surely this kind of thing should live in community equipment stores really, rather than with AT teams. They are not really specialist - though they may need specialist assessment in terms of access (but that applies to lots of other things). Like Barry, in Barnsley, if someone was really keen for one, then we would probably find one from stock or other, but there never seems to be much demand. In Birmingham we contemplated auditing whether people _actually_ use them, but i'm not sure if it was ever got around to. Nice weekend all. Cheers. Simon _____ From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Neil Gregory Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Why provide page turners? Hi, Just pondering on why provide page turners? Not providing: -Expensive -Sometimes unreliable -Requires relatively accurate setting up -Size limitations of the device and reading material -Other technology is better? - e.g. computer book readers, Internet, Teletext -Not been done in the past! -Not essential, perhaps -Charities may fund them For providing: -It is a specialist device for specialist services to provide, i.e. not a local therapists provision, but a specialist service, e.g. EC Service -Specialist access is required, e.g. through switches or an EC System -Improved Quality of Life significantly and demonstrably I wonder where other people/services sat with this issue? Have I missed some issues? Thanks, Neil Gregory Bio-Engineer WeSTMARC Southern General University Hospital [log in to unmask] Tel - 0844 8113001 (Lo-Call) Fax - 0141-201 2649 ********************************************************************** P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or its attachment(s) 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.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail **********************************************************************