A stairlift 1 including means for detecting vital health data of a passengers and transmitting the data to a remote location. The detection means may be located a passenger carrying means. Vital health indicators may include heart rate, temperature, blood pressure and weight. The detection means may comprise non-intrusive detectors. The data may be transmitted in real time by wired or wireless systems. Biotelemetric systems may be used for the detection and transmission of data. The transmitters may be GSM, Bluetooth, SMS, 3G and/or 4G systems. The passenger carrying means may be a chair or a platform. The information may be transmitted to family members, healthcare workers, care workers etc.
