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Memories from...
“Anna Waugh, Simple Stu Works
During my time as Chair of the Children’s Equipment
Section I was very proud to lead a working group looking
at equipment provision for disabled children in the UK. Working
in partnership with the Centre for Economics and Business Research we found that the most vulnerable children are being failed, crammed into equipment which doesn’t t them or denied the most basic of equipment to help them to live ful lled lives. In 2014 we published ‘The Economic Bene ts of Better Provision of Equipment for Disabled & Terminally Ill Children’. This document demonstrated that the current practice of providing equipment for disabled children leads to worsening of existing conditions and complications which necessitate additional medical intervention. This costs dearly in terms of avoidable pain and suffering, as
well as creating a substantial medical bill for surgery, hospital admissions, therapeutic interventions and physiotherapy. The paper has since been taken to the Secretary of State and we are hoping it will lead to a change in how we provide equipment f”or the most vulnerable and disabled children in the UK.
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