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Philip Salt, Chairman of the Council, opens the AGM in 1995 at the London Hilton.
the recommendations made by a DSS Working Party chaired by Professor, now Lord, Ian McColl in 1986’.
The Muscular Dystrophy Group was spearheading the ‘Batteries Not Included’ campaign on behalf of 150 other charities. The charity said that its recent survey of Wheelchair Service Managers had demonstrated that 93% of Wheelchair Service
Centres made no provision for indoor/outdoor powered wheelchairs. Costs estimated by the Wheelchair Service Managers were £13,600,000 which, the charity said, was signi cantly lower than the Department of Health estimate to extend the service which was £70,000,000.
Developments in the marketplace, such as the 1993 Community Care Act were resulting in changes in the marketplace such as purchasing and supply to and through Social Service Departments.
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