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Concerns after patient website is flooded with Whizz-Kidz five-star reviews

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Independent Living

Concerns after patient website is flooded with Whizz-Kidz five-star reviews
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Industry figures have raised concerns about a healthcare ratings website that has allowed a wheelchair charity to submit a string of glowing reviews about its own services. The Posture and Mobility Group and the National Wheelchair Managers Forum have sent a […]

Real DPO fends off POhWER bid after mayor’s intervention

By John Pring on 29th May 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Real DPO fends off POhWER bid after mayor’s intervention
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A local disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has succeeded in fending off a national charity that was trying to use its financial might to take over a contract to provide support to users of direct payments. The future of Real in Tower […]

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