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...
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wheelchair and Repair Service Blog
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..
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
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!
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.
CHEO Meeting with Evenbreak
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.
NHS Friends and Family Feedback Test
We are always seeking feedback from our service users and their relatives, carers, and friends. We pride ourselves on delivering the best service and care. Your feedback helps us to ensure we are making the necessary improvements to provide you with the best experience of our service.
Service User Engagement Forum
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.
Rambles and Social Networking without Barriers
Emily, the Community Health Engagement Officer (CHEO) for Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS Wheelchair Service, reached out to Hampshire RoamAbility via their facebook page to enquire further about their rambles and what they can provide for wheelchair users.
Wheelchair Recycling Campaign in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
We are currently asking our service users to return any unused NHS wheelchairs back to our service. This is in line with our recycle campaign. Our aim is to be as green as we can, and one way in which we can do this is through recycling unused wheelchair parts.
