Assistive AI Updates

Medstrom, a UK manufacturer of specialist hospital beds, has launched an enhanced suite of CPD-accredited courses, developed in close collaboration with leading clinical experts. These free-to-attend courses have been expanded to include new topics aligned with current NHS priorities. These include patient hygiene, complications of immobility, mitigating bed-related injuries, body morphology, and the science…

Mobility equipment supplier Dash Rehab has launched the DASH Express Pro, an enhanced version and replacement of the popular DASH Express wheelchair. Weighing 3kg less than the old model, the wheelchair is lightweight with a robust aluminium frame that boasts a durable powder-coated finish, available in Navy Blue or Silver. Dash Rehab says the…

The Insolvency Service has officially confirmed that Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited are in liquidation. It follows a range of news stories reporting that NRS Healthcare, which supplies assistive technologies to the NHS and local authorities, was on the brink of going bust. Today, (1 August 2025), winding up orders were made…

Andrew Morley, Senior Practice Development Consultant at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Andrew Morley, Senior Practice Development Consultant at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), highlights that embedding co-production is essential for the successful, ethical, and person-centred deployment of assistive technology in adult social care, as it builds trust, enhances outcomes,…

The University of Salford has been awarded a major grant from the Wolfson Foundation, which will help fund equipment for a new centre dedicated to research into human movement. The £700,000 grant will go towards specialist equipment in the University’s new Rehabilitation and Movement Evaluation and Development Centre (REMEDY). It is the largest grant…

An AI & Robotics student from University College London (UCL) has won funding to develop a smart assistive device that helps visually impaired people to navigate the world more confidently. Ramneek Ahluwalia, a postgraduate student in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UCL, has been awarded funding through the UCL Explore Pitch Competition for her…

As many as 885,000 more people could now be living in accessible and adaptable properties if legislation requiring higher minimum standards in new build homes had been delivered as promised, new analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better and Habinteg reveals. 29 July marked the three-year anniversary of a UK Government announcement confirming plans…

The Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has launched its new report, which sets out a positive vision for reform, showing how the special educational needs (SEND) system can be transformed without taking away existing legal rights and protections. The ‘Fight for Ordinary’ report urges the public to contact local MPs to support the campaign by…

Councils and other stakeholders are being invited to respond to a UK Government consultation on its proposals to change the way it allocates funding for the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) to local authorities in England. The government is consulting on a new approach that will better support local authorities to meet their statutory duty…