Dame Tanni Grey Thompson chairs Expo discussion on wheelchair services

Wed,2 September 2015
News Equality & Rights

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson has hailed an NHS programme aimed at improving the lives of wheelchair users but warned there is still more to be done

Chairing a discussion on wheelchair services at the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, Dame Tanni said:

“I got involved in improving wheelchair services as I am a wheelchair user and my experience of the services has always been pretty good but I have people writing to me describing a variable service.

“Everyone is trying really, really hard to do the best they can but rules are getting in the way of the improvements needed. People need to understand a wheelchair is our lives, it’s our independence."

My Voice, My Wheelchair, My Life is a programme aimed at transforming wheelchair services for users and their families so that users with complex and changing needs can get the right wheelchair for their needs in a timely way with continuing support.

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is an ambassador for Disability Rights UK

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