West Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Newsletter - February 2026

Welcome to your local Wheelchair Service newsletter. We hope you find the information in this newsletter useful. If you have any suggestions about the content in this newsletter, please email us at hants.iow.wcs@rosscare.co.uk

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Healthcare Professionals: Wheelchair Referrer Training Days

Wheelchair Referrer Training to improve competency and confidence when completing referrals to the Wheelchair Service. The course is aimed at all therapy-based referrers, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physiotherapy Assistants. 

Upcoming Dates:

🗓️ 9 March 2026 from 9.30 - 4pm
🗓️ 16 March 2026 from 9.30 - 4pm

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Rambling in the New Forest with Hampshire RoamAbility

Our Community Health and Engagement Officer (CHEO) for Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Emily Galton, recently joined local group Hampshire RoamAbility for a ramble in the New Forest -find out how it went and how you can get involved.

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Healthcare Professionals: Sign up for our Next Wheelchair Referrer Training!

This is a one-day training course to improve competency and confidence when completing referrals to the Wheelchair Service. The course is aimed at all therapy-based referrers, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physiotherapy Assistants.

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Referrer Training Feedback

Feedback from our recent Wheelchair Referrer training day hosted by two of our clinicians, Kerry Schumann and Chantal Flax-Mashonga. The training was open to external healthcare professionals who often refer service users into the NHS Wheelchair Service...

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Meet your Clinical Lead, Richard Hammond

Read the latest update from Richard Hammond, the Clinical Lead for the NHS Wheelchair and Repair Service in West Hampshire, Southampton and the Isle of Wight...

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Try wheelchair based sport at Wheel Fest

The Ross Care & Solent Uni teams have worked hard alongside Paralympic 3x gold medallist Peter Hull to organise an inclusive sporting event to help fundraise for locally based wheelchair sports clubs..

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Sign up for our Wheelchair Referrer Training

This is a one-day training course to improve competency and confidence when completing referrals to the Wheelchair Service. The course is aimed at all therapy-based referrers, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, and Physiotherapy Assistants.

Pick from the following dates: Tuesday 17 June or Tuesday 1 July 2025

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Kidz to Adultz South 2025

Ross Care will be at this year's Kidz to Adultz South event in Farnborough on Thursday, 1st May - find us on stand F9A!

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Wheelchair Skills Workshops

Our CHEO Emily attended a wheelchair skills workshop aimed at children aged 2yrs to 17yrs in Fareham in September. The Charity Go-Kids-Go travel around the country to deliver vital wheelchair skills workshops to children and their families. 

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