5. What do you think would potentially happen in these scenarios to service users or their family if they are not able to access a short-term wheelchair loan? Include the following as prompts depending on circumstances: > Would it have delayed their hospital discharge? If so, how much longer might that have taken? > Without the wheelchair loan what type of restrictions might have occurred if they needed to attend any follow-up appointments at hospital/with GP, or other care services? > Without the wheelchair, would they have had to call GP/A&E to their home? > Would they have required further support from social or long-term care services, or occupational therapy visits? > Would they have had to pay for a wheelchair? > Without the wheelchair, what kind of restrictions might there have been on their contact with the outside world, including social life, isolation, access to other services? > Without the wheelchair, might there have been more pressure placed on relatives, e.g. to carry them to and from the car or in/out of the house? > Would there have been an impact on their mental and emotional wellbeing? 6. What effect do you think having the wheelchair has on service users’ progress/recovery? What rough (percentage) proportion of time longer might their recovery be without the wheelchair loan? 7. Do you have any other comments or issues we might have missed? 41