It is fully segregated from cars, a comfortable 13-ft wide, and equipped with flyovers and tunnels to avoid intersections (a footpath runs parallel to it).
I interrogated all the usual suspects, including Dell, Compaq, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., Sony and Toshiba, seeking machines lighter than five pounds, no more than a foot wide, and equipped with a built-in CD drive.
This echoed the data collected from health professionals themselves in the wider EQUIP study.
In addition, members of the wider EQUIP team met to discuss and look at relevant policies/procedures and documentation relevant to care planning (i.e. Care Planning Approach).
Following the data collected in the wider EQUIP study from service users, carers and health professionals, key informants also felt that care planning policies often failed to translate into practice.
There was also a shared understanding of what needed to change to be able to implement successful care planning focussed on user experiences which echoed the views of service users, carers and professionals found in the wider EQUIP study [ 10– 10].
In addition, the emerging framework was presented to the wider EQUIP team (including service user and carer representatives) not involved directly in data analysis, who were then asked to critically comment on the developing framework in terms of ambiguities, omissions and clarity.
Participants often felt that it was the relationship between the service user and professional that was more useful that the care plan itself and it was actually these relational aspects that needed improving across services, which echoed findings from the wider EQUIP study.
The experiments were carried out in an 8.5 m long, 3 m high and 10.14 m wide test room equipped with a forced ventilation system.
Called the Draken Harald Hårfagre, this Viking vessel is 115' long, 25' wide, and comes equipped with 25 oars and one large mast with a single sail that is 3,200 square feet.
