If someone needs a wheelchair for a “short-term” ailment (officially, anything lasting less than six months), hospitals are not obliged to help. There is no clearly defined duty for statutory provision of wheelchair loans for short term use in any country in the UK. The British Red Cross is the biggest national provider of short term wheelchair loans and in 2017 loaned out 60,000 wheelchairs. Despite loaning tens of thousands of wheelchairs every year, they are concerned there is an unmet need for short-term wheelchair loans that persists across the UK. This report identifies the need for short-term loans of mobility aids, particularly wheelchairs, and the effect of lack of provision.