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.
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...
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...
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..
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
Ross Care will be at this year's Kidz to Adultz South event in Farnborough on Thursday, 1st May - find us on stand F9A!
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.
Our CHEO Emily, reached out to Evenbreak in August, and managed to secure a networking meeting to meet with Josh (candidates and partnerships coordinator) who gave us an insight into the work that Evenbreak do, and the ways in which they help support people with disabilities get back into work, find inclusive employers and progress with their careers.
Our Community Health Engagement Officer, Emily, chairs a service user engagement and improvement board meeting for service users, their relatives and carers, stakeholders, external professionals and organisations and anyone in the wider community who has an interest in the local NHS wheelchair and repair service.
