The following links may prove useful:

For all

As the UK?s largest event for homecare, disability and rehabilitation, Naidex is your best opportunity to touch, test and compare all the latest new products and services available: www.naidex.co.uk

For members of the public

THIIS (The Homecare Industry Information Service) provides up to date details of  new products and improvements to existing products.  It also includes a 'News Snippets' section with up to date information on a wide range of subjects.  You can register for free 'News Alerts' on the site: www.thiis.co.uk

For advice about prevention of pressure sores: www.your-turn.org.uk

For product and advice searches: www.dlf.org.uk  www.4dp.com 

For advice on "bathing made easy": www.bathingmadeeasy.com

For assistance with planning holidays at accessible locations: www.holidaycare.org.uk

For a list of Disabled Living Centres where equipment can be tried out: www.dlcc.org.uk

For advice on regulations regarding the use of powered wheelchairs and scooters: www.mobility-unit.dft.gov.uk

For information and advice for disabled people about travel and transport:   www.dptac.gov.uk/door-to-door

For help with buying a wheelchair for a child: www.varietyclub.org.uk/whowehelp/rider.htm www.whizz-kidz.org.uk

For information on your rights as a consumer: www.oft.gov.uk/Consumer/default.htm  www.nacab.org.uk  www.ncc.org.uk

For "public services all in one place": www.direct.gov.uk/disability

For legal advice: www.dls.org.uk or www.lawcentres.org.uk

Motability - for information about using the Higher Disability Allowance to purchase an adapted car or powerchair or scooter: www.motability.co.uk

Limbless Association - for advice for users of prostheses and orthoses: www.limbless-association.org

Association of Disabled Professionals: www.adp.org.uk

Phab - for information about integrating disabled children into community activities: www.ukonline.co.uk/Phab

Scope - about cerebral palsy and disabled people achieving equality: www.scope.org.uk

RADAR - the disability network: www.radar.org.uk

Forum of Mobility Centres - for the opportunity to try out adapted cars: www.justmobility.co.uk/forum/

For professionals

For product and advice searches: www.dlf.org.uk

Integrating Community Equipment Stores team: www.icesdoh.org

National Association Equipment Providers: www.naep.org.uk

General Medical Council - registers and monitors General Practitioners: www.gmc-uk.org

Royal College of Nursing: www.rcn.org.uk

College of Occupational Therapists: www.cot.co.uk

Health Professions Council - for state registration of health professionals, including prosthetists and orthotists: www.hpc-uk.org

British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO): www.bapo.com

Orthotic Education & Training Trust - for information about funding available for postgraudate training of orthotists, orthotic technicians and orthotist managers: www.oett.org.uk

Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - for regulatory assistance, and incident reporting relating to medical devices: www.mhra.gov.uk

Moving and Handling People conference and exhibition: www.movingandhandlingpeople.co.uk

Assistive Technologies magazine: www.assistivetechnologies.co.uk  

For industry

Access to all Government websites: www.direct.gov.uk

Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk

Health & Safety Executive: www.hse.gov.uk

Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - for regulatory assistance, and incident reporting relating to medical devices: www.mhra.gov.uk

NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency: www.pasa.nhs.uk

Confederation of British Industry (CBI): www.cbi.org.uk

Orthotic Education & Training Trust - for information about funding available for postgraudate training of orthotists, orthotic technicians and orthotist managers: www.oett.org.uk

EUROM VI - the European trade body for medical devices: www.spectaris.de/english/branche/eurom6.htm

Moving and Handling People conference and exhibition: www.movingandhandlingpeople.co.uk

Assistive Technologies magazine: www.assistivetechnologies.co.uk  

For exporters

UK Trade & Investment, DTI: http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk

For research

The Foundation for Assistive Technologies (FAST): www.fastuk.org

For the latest work on wheelchair and seating standards: www.rerc.pitt.edu

British Standards Institute - For access to all published standards: www.bsi-global.com

National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology: www.ncchta.org

Research commissioned/published by the Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ResearchAndDevelopment/fs/en

Media

HealthInvestor: www.healthinvestor.co.uk