Thanks, we don't have any parallel bars unfortunately. And to scupper your sticks plan, I tried him with one stick but due to his learning difficulties, he didn't understand how they were used and I ended up doing the placement of the stick for him and even through repetition of that, he just wouldn't grasp it.

On the ward, there is a hand rail, however charts are often hung on there so not a brilliant area to practice holding on to. :/