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Mangar International was one of the companies recognised for product development. Here is the team in 1987.
tremendous ght for what we considered to be a matter of principle. Let there be no mistake about this, a great effort was mounted in BSTA over a number of years and volumes of papers will attest to the work load. But, in the end, the battle became unwinnable.”
Another development that BSTA was keeping a close eye on at the time was the newly published McColl Report. Professor Ian McColl had led a review to report on the adequacy, quality and management of the various services received by patients in the Arti cial Limb and Appliance Centres and on the roles of the staff of the Centres, the NHS and manufacturers, having regard to the need to promote ef ciency and cost effectiveness. The main recommendations made were the need for change in organisation and management, the need to improve contracting arrangements and the importance of co-ordinating the various services users required for effective rehabilitation.
A subject that is very much on the agenda today appears for the rst time as a discussion item in October 1987 when Bar Coding was mentioned. It was agreed to look at setting up a working party and to enquire about work already undertaken in the USA.
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