Technology developed by a Derby firm is to be used to help raise the standard of disabled washroom facilities across the country.
For more than a decade, the Changing Places Consortium has campaigned for more than a decade for fully-accessible toilets for people with severe disabilities who need extra equipment and space to use toilets safely and with dignity.
So far, more than 1,300 Changing Places facilities have been registered across the 海角视频 - but many areas still lack adequate provision.
Now, the consortium is hoping to improve the way it monitors and keeps track of the 海角视频’s network of specially-adapted washroom facilities by adopting technology developed by washroom services and water conservation specialists Hygiene Services Group (HSG).
Based on Pride Park, the firm has come up Cleen - the 海角视频’s first fully integrated washroom services management tool and review app.
Designed to help raise standards across the 海角视频, Cleen enables washroom users to log and publish reviews – good and bad – via a free app that is easily downloaded onto a smartphone.
The Cleen app now has a special area for reviews of Changing Places toilets, which can be published on issues such as faulty bed hoists and unreachable emergency cords as well as cleanliness issues.
Alternatively, users can highlight positive experiences which are shared publicly on the app for others to encourage others to visit the venue.
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HSG has provided Changing Places, along with washroom equipment suppliers, with a free Cleen Dashboard.
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This will notify the equipment providers and consortium instantly of issues highlighted via the Cleen App so that appropriate action can be taken.
HSG is now working with venues who have Changing Places washrooms on site to enable them to have their own individual dashboards so that they can also monitor reviews, take action and post positive reviews themselves.
Clare Lucas, head of policy and campaigns at Muscular Dystrophy 海角视频, which co-chairs the Changing Places Consortium, said: “Having access to a well-equipped toilet is a matter of respect and dignity for people who are severely disabled.
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“However, the stark reality is that without enough Changing Places many disabled people face the choice of not going out or being changed on dirty floors. They are denied a basic human right: using a toilet.
“We’re delighted that Cleen is supporting Changing Places. We look forward to working together to campaign for a more inclusive society.”
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Simon Rice, managing director at HSG, said: “Everyone deserves access to clean, safe and accessible washroom facilities and raising industry standards is a particular passion of mine.
“We developed Cleen to enable anyone using a washroom in all kinds of venues to review their experience from restaurants, service stations and theatres to shopping centres, airports and hospitals.
“We were, however, particularly keen to have a special section on the app for Changing Places facilities in recognition of the particular challenges that so many people across the 海角视频 face simply by enjoying a day out or travelling from A to B.
“By providing the Changing Places consortium and their equipment providers with the Cleen Dashboard management tool, I hope that we can make a difference.”