We have attended MARS wheelchair clinic at Woodend hospital, Aberdeen, for many years with my son. The appointments are typically several hours long. This raises a few points I would like to bring to your attention.
Firstly, the rooms used to conduct the appointments, which you are then left in whilst your wheelchair is removed and fixed while you wait, are the dullest rooms in existence. They are plain walled, bare rooms. Devoid of anything to look at or play with. It would be great to add some colour, interest, toys, television/ radio. I know they used to have some toys, but they were removed due to infection control - but the children's hospital have toys so ...
Secondly, as most of the people attending the clinic are full time wheelchair users, it would be great to have some spare chairs - wheelchair or supportive specialist comfortable armchairs in the room. We try to take an extra buggy with us, but that is logistically not possible for us all the time, and some others do not have a spare chair of any type. If you are left for an hour or more whilst your chair is being fixed, in a room lacking in anything remotely interesting it makes life harder for the patients/ parents and carers.
"Wheelchair clinic rooms"
About: Wheelchair clinic MARS
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