Shopmobility

Description: Shopmobility is a free service run by the Oxford City Council that offers loans of wheelchairs and electric scooters to ... more

Shopmobility ... people who need them for shopping and sightseeing in the city centre. / There are a variety of electric scooters and electric or manual wheelchairs. The staff provide free lessons on using this equipment.

Newest Review: ... but didn't want to tear my many stitches. The waitress came over and totally ignored me (the adult) and looked directly at my little 10 year old god-daughter (who only looks 8-9years old at the most) & asked out loud "Does she need a wee?" Claire started to giggle & spluttered "I don't know!" I said "No thank you, but I'll be sure to let you know when I ... more

... do!!" A minute later a colleague of mine saw me & came over to have a quick coffee & natter. We were sitting discussing a patient of mine whom she's covering for me, when she realised I was in pain. She asked quietly what setting the morphine...more

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Shopmobility: "THE DIARY OF A "CABBAGE" age 52 and 3/4 !!!") (7254 words)
by - written on 21/09/07 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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This review is not specifically about 'Oxford' Shopmobility Service - it is a review of actually "USING" one of the shopmobility wheelchairs & trying to shop or carry out "normal" tasks in one of their wheelchairs & how the shopmobility scheme is great (in theory), it's just the rest of it that stinks!! .... ((((REALLY LONG REVIEW!)))) - available soon as hardback version ((grin)) I realise that most members probably won't want to read this, but for those of you who do want an insight into wheelchair use in the "real world" then here it is.... ******************************* ... Read the complete review

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