HATS Newsletter Issue 2

Assistive Technology Practitioner The Newsletter of the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society

Society grows from strength to strength

Your Society Welcome to the latest issue of Assistive Technology Practitioner, exclusively for members of the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society.

The Society is growing fast, with almost 600 members so far! We’ve now got our Advisory Board in place, which includes senior representatives from, among others, the British Association of Occupational Therapists, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and the Posture and Mobility Group – there are more details about the Advisory Board and its first meeting in the “Society grows from strength to strength” article opposite.

As part of raising our profile in the industry we had a stand at Naidex this year, where it was great to catch up with lots of our members. If you were at the show, you may have caught Accreditation and Professional Development Manager Philip Woodward’s presentation about the Society in the Trade Theatre, alongside Council member Richard Handley.

The Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society is delighted to welcome its new Advisory Board: Baroness Glenys Thornton: Chair Society Patron Darren Awang: Coventry University Clare Canale: The Posture and Mobility Group Prof. Duncan Eaton: All Party Parliamentary Health Group Dr. Sally Gosling: The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists Ray Hodgkinson: British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) Ian McCreath: The Alzheimer’s Society Julia Scott: The British Association of Occupational Therapists Alison Somek: Somek and Associates

Naidex was also a great opportunity to talk to end users and health professionals, explaining how the Society can support them and give them more confidence in buying and using assistive technology. Occupational Therapists in particular were enthusiastic about the idea and immediately understood how it could help them and their clients.

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Strength to strength

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Mobility vehicles

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Pioneering prosthetics

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National Wheelchair Alliance

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Member profile

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CPD Dates

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Contact us

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We’ve got our first Member Profile in this issue, Ashley Trinder, Independent Living Officer at Stratford-on-Avon District Council. If you’d like to appear in a future Member Profile, please do let us know – we want to make sure Assistive Technology Practitioner reflects your interests. If you have a Twitter account, please do follow us @hatsoc, where you can see some of our pictures from Naidex.

This new group represents a wide range of Allied Health Professionals and patient groups, providing a valuable wider perspective for the Society’s activities. The

Kay Purnell, Chair, Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society Council

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Advisory Board will support the standards, corporate aims and objectives of the Society, advise the Executive Team and Society Council, oversee the Society’s disciplinary process, and promote awareness of the work the Society to the wider industry.

Established to offer support and development opportunities to individuals working in the healthcare and assistive technology industry, the Society offers patients and healthcare professionals the assurance that all members are committed to a Code of Conduct.

Communications Manager Adam Mileusnic (pictured) represented The Alzheimer’s Society at this first meeting, in place of Ian McCreath.

The meeting was hosted by Baroness Thornton at No. 1 Millbank on 25 February. A packed agenda helped make the meeting an extremely positive and pro-active one, key

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items discussed were the role of the Board, the long term business plan and future marketing and communications strategy.

Mobility vehicles moving on

The Advisory Board also heard a presentation from The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care, which oversees statutory bodies that regulate health and social care professionals in the UK. The PSA has developed an Accredited Register scheme (www.professionalstandards.org.uk/ accredited-registers) and the Society has already applied to hold the Register for the healthcare and assistive technology sector.

Since its launch in October 2014 at Trade Days, the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society has grown to over 600 members from across the sector. It’s particularly pleasing to see companies of all sizes signing up all their customerfacing staff, from fitters and installers to sales staff and engineers.

One of the items discussed at the most recent meeting of the Society’s Council was next steps in growing membership even further; invitations are being sent out now to BHTA members in the Childrens’ Equipment, Beds and Support Surfaces and Pressure Care and Specialist Seating Sections.

The Advisory Board are also working with the Council and Secretariat to formulate a strategy to promote the Society to non-BHTA members, the wider industry, patient groups and the general public.

The Society has recently set up a Facebook page and would encourage members to ‘like’ the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society page and help spread the word.

help you to choose the right vehicle” and suggests wheelchair users contact BHTA for information about suppliers. All BHTA member companies are committed to a Code of Conduct, overseen by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

New guidance from the Department for Transport updates the weight limits for mobility vehicles and should help users with complex conditions.

The guidance document, “Mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs on the road – some guidance for users”, gives a new maximum unladen weight of 150kg for a Class 3 (road-going) mobility vehicle.

In addition to this new unladen weight limit, which makes it possible to have a heavier, more robust chair with a larger battery, the Department’s guidance also allows for “necessary user equipment” to be carried on mobility vehicles.

This covers any equipment necessary “to meet specific clinical, postural, hygienic, caring or nursing requirements of the user”, which might include specialist seating to support a user’s body position, or a pressure care surface to prevent the formation of pressure ulcers. There is a new upper weight limit of 200kg for vehicles laden with equipment, enabling wheelchair users who need to carry essential items to do so.

Stakeholders have for some time been engaging with the Department for Transport regarding changing the rules on weight for mobility vehicles, and we’re pleased to see that current guidance has moved on.

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The guidance document recommends “always going to an approved supplier who should also assess your needs and

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“Get wise to buying a mobility vehicle” is available free to download from www.bhta.net/home/get-wise.htm and is a useful guide for members of the public and anyone considering buying a mobility vehicle.

Compulsory insurance for mobility vehicles?

There’s been much discussion recently of whether insurance should be compulsory for mobility vehicles, partly in response to the perception of a high rate of accidents, and the Department for Transport held a meeting to consider this in early April.

This was a broad discussion of the issues around insurance, registration and licensing of mobility vehicles and their users, with representation from user groups and insurers, as well as industry, police, NHS and researchers.

There was broad agreement that any moves towards compulsory insurance would have to be very clearly communicated and implemented in stages to make this effective, and that what is appropriate for Class 3 road-going mobility vehicles is unlikely to be appropriate for Class 2 (not legal for use on the road).

Users are currently asked to register their vehicles, but there is no requirement to have a registration plate or buy insurance, and it was agreed that registration needs to have a purpose to be meaningful.

It was a positive meeting and the Department for Transport seems to be taking a pragmatic approach. There is clearly a spectrum of opinion on these issues, but we feel ultimately progress can be achieved.

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The Jump - pioneering prosthetics Limb Solutions has recently provided an original and innovative sports device to a military veteran, Jon-Allan Butterworth. The private prosthetic company came up with this sports device to help Jon-Allan participate in Channel 4’s celebrity winter sports programme, The Jump.

Jon-Allan Butterworth, a world champion and Paralympic silver medalist in cycling had signed up to take part, but needed his sports arm remaking with new terminal devices required for the bobsleigh and skeleton events.

Limb Solutions was approached and as a result were very happy to sponsor Jon-Allan. Senior Prosthetist, Ian Jones, came up with some novel and pioneering ideas in how to provide these special attachments to go in to the end of the prosthetic arm. This was cutting-edge, as no above elbow amputee had taken previously on the skeleton.

Training began in December at Hemel’s Snow Centre and Jon-Allan attended Limb Solutions’ Hampshire clinic for casting and to bounce ideas around. A trip to Bath University was then organised to look at a bobsleigh where measures, profile and casts were taken to make the prototype attachments. On the next visit to Bath, a trial was carried out on a prototype skeleton bob attachment checking angles and designs.

To best help Jon-Allan succeed it was decided to use the bottom left device, The final attachment was ready on which with a minor adjustment fitted Christmas Eve when Ian found out the push handle perfectly. With a little the bobsleighs in Austria were likely practice he was now able to push, jump to be different from the ones seen in in and lock on to the bob-sleigh with the Bath! Ian then decided to make up two side mounted carabiner. different designs to give alternatives for the first trip “I literally would Assessed as being safe, to Innsbruck. By the time not have been he made his first run in the two-man bob and Jon-Allan was ready to fly able to do the all worked absolutely as to Austria, four attachments and the new arm were Bobsleigh and planned. completed, with an aptly Skelton without Ian returned to Innsbruck to chosen Limb Solutions further modify the arm and Spider-Man themed finish.

Ian’s input. I get both his attachments cannot thank him ready for competition.

In Igls, Austria, it soon The partnership between became apparent that the enough” prosthetist and participant competition bobsleighs worked perfectly, enabling Jon–Allan to were very different in design, including compete in the Bobsleigh and Skelton. a two-handed brake. Fortunately, with Working together, two world firsts a large suitcase of tools and kits, Ian modified the hand brake using a shin tube and two unofficial world records were achieved – the first transhumeral amputee section, so that Jon-Allan could operate it to run the skeleton and the two man one-handed. bobsleigh.

Ian’s mobile prosthetic workshop also Jon-Allan went on to reach the final of came in handy for other competitors, the programme and said: “I have nothing especially Lady Victoria Hervey who was but admiration for Ian at Limb Solutions. nursing an injury and only had the use of I literally would not have been able to do one hand. Ian also carried an emergency the Bobsleigh and Skelton without Ian’s socket swap to enable Heather Mills to input. I cannot thank him enough”. use her blade leg.

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Launch of the National Wheelchair Leadership Alliance The Wheelchair Leadership Alliance held its inaugural meeting in January 2015, chaired by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson; Ray Hodgkinson MBE, BHTA’s Director of Public Affairs is one of the 12 Alliance members. This group is focused on building the Right Chair Right Time Right Now campaign, creating a Wheelchair Charter and calling for concerted action by the different stakeholder groups across England to make a difference to the experience of people who use wheelchairs.

You can get involved in the work and share your ideas through contacting the Alliance via email at wheelchairs@nhsiq. nhs.uk or on twitter via @ rightwheelchair or@Tanni_ GT using #MyWheelchair.

Update from Baroness Grey-Thompson Now I’d like to share with you an update from NHS England as I thought it would also be useful to let you know about the work that NHS England has been taking forward which will support the work of the Alliance.

NHS England has focused its support on areas over which

it has most direct control and can provide most support, areas that will lay the bedrock for future improvement. It is important to note that this is about laying the foundations for change; they are not outcomes in themselves.

Firstly NHS England is introducing a new national wheelchair dataset. There is no central information on the volume, expenditure, access to, or patient experience about wheelchair services to enable transparency and benchmarking. NHS England is therefore establishing a national data collection to enable the gathering and dissemination of data that can be used for benchmarking and improving the commissioning of wheelchair services and outcomes for wheelchair users. There is virtually no area of service delivery in health care which has been improved without there being first this data.

establishing – for the first time – a mandatory data collection is not to be underestimated.

The data collection questions have been developed through significant discussion and feedback from wheelchair service providers, wheelchair users, the National Wheelchair Managers Forum, CCGs, the November wheelchair summit, the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network and others.

Data will be collected quarterly from CCGs from July 2015 onwards and will enable use of transparent data to drive improvements.

Until waiting times for surgery were collected, there was no comprehensive improvement in waiting times. Until data was collected on the number of hospital acquired infections, there was no comprehensive improvement in infection control. So the importance of

Next NHS England is piloting a tariff for wheelchairs.

This is intended to allow commissioners the flexibility to move away from simple contracts. It will support more advanced commissioning by increasing transparency, driving service improvement, increasing efficiency and better aligning resources to service user needs. The Department of Health started work to develop a tariff that could be used by the NHS

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to commission non-complex wheelchair services and NHS England is now working with both providers and commissioners to test the proposed currency model through a pilot data collection.

Activity and costing data is being collected from 10 wheelchair service providers for six months. Subject to the outcomes of the pilot, the intention is to roll out the currency in 2016/17.

Finally, NHS England is working with Clinical Commissioning Groups to support them in improving their commissioning of wheelchair services. A network of CCG leaders to be champions committed to improving wheelchair services locally is being built, through whom the aim is to create the momentum for change, share good practice and drive change and learning. To support CCGs in commissioning, a number of practical tools are being developed including a suite of case studies showcasing good practice in services; a ‘top tips’ document for commissioners; a case for change for improving wheelchair services and a model service specification.

Information about all these projects and the work that NHS England is leading can be found at http://www. england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/ wheelchair-services/.

I would like to thank everyone for their continued support and we will continue to update you all regularly.

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member profile What’s your name?

Ashley Trinder What’s your job title?

Independent Living officer Stratford-on-Avon District Council What does your role involve, day-to-day?

On a daily basis my responsibilities are focused around providing the residents of our district with appropriate guidance, information and advice on the following subjects to meet their individual needs: • Assistive Technology • Low Level Occupational Therapy • Financial Assistance • Energy and Warmth What skills do you think are the most important in doing your job?

I am an accredited Trusted Assessor which I have found to be a key skill within my role. My membership with the Healthcare & Assistive Technology Society also helps to install confidence in the service being provided. Other than formal accreditations basic skills such as listening, observing and understanding are the main basic skills you can offer a customer.

What do you most enjoy about your role?

There are many elements of my role that I enjoy so attempting to single out one specific requirement is quite challenging. However if I have to single out one particular element I would say educating others on Assistive Technology and how it can be applied to multiple scenarios.

What advice would you give to anyone who wants to get into your role, or into the private/public sector in general?

The best advice I can offer is

networking is essential, exhibitions such as Naidex offer free learning opportunities which is great for CPD. Obtain as much training as you can, liase with suppliers of equipment you regularly use and request official training on their products they usually offer a certificate of attendance at the end, also useful for CPD. Finally Trusted Assessor training provides a good baseline knowledge around low level occupational therapy needs and is useful when assessing for Assistive Technology. Finally, register for the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society it allows clients to have more confidence in you.

Postural Care in the Seated Position – Nationally Accredited Training Course Please contact Gail Russell 07881 958613 or info@ wheelchairtherapists.co.uk for details and dates.

How would you like to develop/ where do you see yourself in five years?

I always dislike this question! The easy answer is I still want to be working with Assistive Technology.

I have my own business focused around Assistive Technology & Healthcare so would like to see that progress and develop.

William Merritt Centre, The Disabled Living Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Green Hill Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 3QE

Ashley Trinder Independent Living Officer Stratford on Avon District Council Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6HX.

The qualification is designed to: • provide the individual with the skills to carry out a seating assessment, document and interpret the findings in order to provide appropriate recommendations and interventions; • increase sensitivity to the early signs of asymmetry relative to the seated posture and raise awareness of the processes of its development; • enable the individual and his/her first circle of support to plan appropriate seating interventions as part of their postural care on the basis of objective measurements.

Direct: 01789 260851 Mobile: 07976 205350 Email: ashley.trinder@stratford-dc. gov.uk

If you’d like to feature in a future Member Profile, please get in touch at membership@hatsoc.org

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£275.00 inc. VAT and accreditation.

This qualification will enable learners to understand the need for appropriate seating and identify suitable interventions.

The OCNWMR Level 3 Award in Postural Care in the Seated Position qualification is accredited by Ofqual and is included within the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).

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CPD opportunities may-july 2015

10 and 11 June 2015 – Block 1 : Mechanical; 17 and 18 June 2015 – Block 2: Technical; 30 June and 1 July 2015 – Block 3: Clinical.

R82 UK Ltd - Structured Training in the Management of Medical Devices – Posturally Supportive Equipment for Children. City & Guilds Accredited and endorsed by the College of Occupational Therapists. Halesowen. £185+VAT per Block.

May 2015 6 and 7 May - Block 1: Mechanical; 13 and 14 May – Block 2: Technical; 27 and 28 May – Block 3: Clinical R82 UK Ltd - Structured Training in the Management of Medical Devices – Posturally Supportive Equipment for Children - City & Guilds Accredited and endorsed by the College of Occupational Therapists. Halesowen. £185+VAT per Block.

14 May 2015 - Sunrise Medical Limited - Power Wheelchair Assessment (CPDE) – West Midlands – FOC to Sunrise Medical Account Holders.

14 May 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Manual Handling Products - Interactive Online Training. FOC 14 May 2015 Invacare Servicing/Maintenance of Patient Lifters. FOC 14 May 2015 - Quantum Powerchair training programme – Pride Mobility - A deposit is required for each delegate that you wish to attend the Quantum training. This will be returned to you once the specific training has been attended.

19 May 2015 - Invacare - Robin Overhead Hoist training - FOC 20-21 May 2015 - Pride Mobility Products - Introduction to Pride Mobility Products Technical Trouble Shooting – Pride Mobility - A deposit is required for each delegate that you wish to attend the Pride training. This will be returned to you once the specific training has been attended.

20-21 May 2015 - Sunrise Medical Limited - Power Control Systems and Programming (TPSM5) West Midlands – FOC to Sunrise Medical Account Holders.

20 May - Global Training by Silvalea – An Introduction to Slings - Interactive Online Training. FOC.

17-18 June 2015 - Pride Mobility Products Ltd Training Introduction to Pride Mobility Products Technical Trouble Shooting – Pride Mobility - A deposit is required for each delegate that you wish to attend the Pride training. This will be returned to you once the specific training has been attended.

21 May 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Toileting Sling Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC 21 May 2015 - JCM Seating Solutions Ltd - Technical Training - Free of charge Peterborough, JCM Head Office.

19 June 2015 - Global Training by Silvalea – In-situ Sling Solutions Interactive Online Training. FOC.

June 2015

23 and 24 June 2015 - Invacare – Impetus training – £149+VAT.

3 June 2015 – Community Equipment Assessor Day – BHTA – Disabilities Living Centre, Nottingham – BHTA/ HAT Society member rate £207+ VAT

July 2015 1 July 2015 - Electric Mobility – Servicing / Maintenance & Fault finding for Rascal Mobility Products – Ilminster. FOC including Lunch.

3 June 2015 - Invacare Pressure Ulcer Awareness & Mattress Care - FOC

8 July 2015 – BTEC in Pressure Care Awareness – BHTA – Wellingborough – BHTA/HAT Society member rate £242 + VAT (Edexcel BTEC qualification fee £110 + VAT)

3 June 2015 - Sunrise Medical Limited - Powerchair Control Systems and Programming Practical Training (TPSM5/P) West Midlands – FOC to Sunrise Medical Account Holders

8 July 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Paediatric Sling Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC.

11 June 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Amputee Sling Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC

9 July 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Sizing & How to Measure - Interactive Online Training. FOC.

17 and 18 June 2015 - BTEC in Healthcare and Assistive Technology – BHTA – Wellingborough – BHTA/HAT Society member rate £415 + VAT (Edexcel BTEC qualification fee £110+VAT)

8 and 9 July 2015 – Block 1: Mechanical; 14 and 15 July 2015 – Block 2: Technical; R82 UK Ltd - Structured Training in the Management of Medical Devices – Posturally Supportive Equipment for Children City & Guilds Accredited and endorsed by the College of Occupational Therapists. Halesowen. £185 +VAT per Block

18 June - Global Training by Silvalea – Walking & Standing Harness Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC

1-15 July 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Complex Sling Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC. 2-16 July 2015 - Global Training

by Silvalea – Complex Sling Solutions - Interactive Online Training. FOC 15 and 16 July 2015 – BTEC in Stoma and Continence Customer Support – BHTA – Wellingborough – BHTA/HAT Society member rate £399 + VAT (Edexcel BTEC qualification fee £110+VAT).

23 July 2015 - JCM Seating Solutions Ltd – Postural Management Workshop: Specialist Seating –Free of charge - Peterborough, JCM Head Office.

Contacts for bookings BES Rehab: Contact marketing@ bescorporate.net BHTA: Call 0207 702 2141 or email nigel.woods@bhta.com Invacare: Call Joan James on 01656 776283 or email jjames@invacare. com Prism Medical: Call Colin Williams on 0844 980 2260 or email: traininginfo@prismmedical.co.uk Sunrise Medical: Laura Payne on 01384 421 538, email laura.payne@ sunmed.co.uk, or visit www.

SunriseMedical.co.uk/STEPS Global Training by Silvalea: +44 (0)1626 331655 info@silvaleaglobaltraining.com or www. trainingbysilvalea.com Quantum Rehab: Call Hayley 01869 324600 or email sales@quantumrehab.co.uk Pride Mobility: Call Chris on 01869 324600 or email service@pridemobility.co.uk R82 UK Ltd – Call 0121 561 2222, or email Martyn Davis on mda@r82.com Electric Mobility: Call Sharon Newton on 01460 258118 or email sharon. newton@electricmobility.co.uk Disabled Living: Call 0161 607 8200 or email training@disabledliving. co.uk. Visit www.disabledliving.co.uk/Training/ Events---Courses Kirton Healthcare: Email: lizgatt@ kirtonhealthcare.co.uk JCM: Contact Rachel Davis on training@jcmfactory.co.uk

If you’re aware of other CPD opportunities Society members might find useful, please let us know at info@hatsoc.org

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Recruitment to the Council – calling all members!

Thank you to the members who have sent in applications to join the Council, but we’d still like to see more of you represented - this is a chance for you to be involved with the running of the Society and the direction it takes.

General terms of service are: • members are elected to serve a two year term; • a member may serve a second term, for a further two years, at the discretion of the Council; • if two consecutive terms of service have been served (4 years) there must be a minimum of a year break before an application can be submitted to re-join; • all council members are expected to attend a minimum two out of the three meetings throughout the year; • all council members to alert the Secretariat of any potential conflicts of interest; • the role is unpaid; and • lunch and refreshments are provided.

If you are interested in joining the Council, please forward a CV, with a brief explanation of what you would hope to get out of the role, to membership@ hatsoc.org.

Extended closing date for applications is 5 June 2015. The next Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday 2 July hosted by Blatchford’s Clinical Services in Sheffield.

Governance Baroness Glenys Thornton, Patron, became a working Labour peer in 1998. From 1998-2008, she served on various select committees, and worked on a huge number of bills passing through the Lords - most of the legislation concerning Children, the Disabled and Charities.

In 2008 she joined the Government as Lord Darzi’s number 2 at the Department of Health, and over the next two years worked on all the Health and Social Care legislation, particularly that which concerned health and social care regulatory framework. In 2010 Glenys became the Health Spokesperson on the Labour opposition front bench. She led for Labour during the passage of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act. She has been the Women and Equalties Shadow Minister since 2012. Glenys is a member of and active in numerous health related All Party Groups, Cancer, the Elderly, Smoking cessation, and science and research.

In addition to the Healthcare and Assistive Technology Society, she is Patron of Social Enterprise UK and a Governor of the London School of Economics.”

Advisory Board (Chaired by our Patron, Baroness Glenys Thornton) A body of senior figures from the industry, either practising or retired, that advise the Society Council and make recommendations for long term growth and the achievement of corporate aims and objectives. The Board do not instruct the Society Council but advise it.

Contact the Secretariat We want to hear from our members, whether you have questions to ask, issues to raise or some experience you want to share with other practitioners.

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For general queries: T: 0207 702 2141 E: info@hatsoc.org For membership queries: T: 0207 702 2141 E: membership@ hatsoc.org

Society Council The Society Council is the main administrative body of the Society with the following responsibilities: • to ensure standards and the corporate aims and objectives • debate/discuss procedural matters relating to the running of the Society • to oversee the achievement of membership growth, renewal and retention targets, as set out in the business plan • to monitor and analyse trends in membership growth, renewals and retention • to report to and advise the Advisory Board on matters concerning the management of the Society • to meet three times a year.

Meet the Council Kay Purnell (Chair) Business Development Manager, Blatchford’s Clinical Services Diane Hargrove Sales and Marketing Director, Sumed International UK (Ltd) Kenneth Munro Managing Director, W Munro (Rehab) Ltd Myrddin James Director, 3r Mobility Richard Handley Managing Director, Care and Independence Systems Ltd Philip Woodward, Accreditation and Professional Development Manager T: 0207 702 2141 E: philip.woodward@ hatsoc.org

You can also follow us on Twitter for the latest news and updates: @hatsoc

18th & 19th October 2015 / NEC Birmingham

Ellen, Blue Badge Company

Kim, Sidhil

Rebecca, Capatex

Angus, Happy Legs

Trade Days was a resounding success for Drive Medical; with entry restricted to Trade customers, it was conducive to good, constructive business discussions - we were delighted to rebook for 2015.

Richard McGleenan, Managing Director, Drive Medical

Sarah, Helping Hand

As far as we are concerned you “nailed it”, we had an excellent show! We saw exactly the audience we wanted to see. We had enough time with them and they didn’t feel pressured and overcrowded on the stand.

Mark Diaj, Managing Director, Able2

David, Gordon Ellis

Mark, Able2

Elaine, Electric Mobility

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