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Fully equipped: equipment for older or disabled people
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 102p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
More than four million disabled people use equipment services, which can be gateways to independence and improved quality of life for both users and carers. This report looks at how the service is operating within the NHS. It introduces the service and goes on to focus on these specific areas: orthotic services; prosthetic services; wheelchair and seating services; community equipment services; and audiology services. Concludes with recommendations for the future.
The special school run: reviewing special educational needs transport in London
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 59p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local education authorities have a duty to provide or arrange free transport to and from school for some school children and discretion to provide it for others. Effective arrangements are essential to ensure that children with special educational needs can attend school. This report presents comparative information, across London Boroughs, on the quality and standards to which authorities work, the ways in which they manage and supervise arrangements, how they set and manage budgets, the numbers of pupils with special educational needs needing transport, how their needs are met and the costs of provision. Includes a self assessment checklist and draws attention to good practice, including findings from best value inspections, and other inspections.