Access equipment of the kind comprising a boom assembly pivotally attached at one end to a supporting structure and having a cage or working platform at its other end, the boom assembly being movable relative to the supporting structure to raise the cage or platform to an elevated working position, and comprising at least one stretcher supporting member removably attached to a corner of the cage or platform and rotatable thereon thus to receive a stretcher from any direction without angular adjustment of the cage or platform. Two or more stretcher supporting members may be provided, each mounted at one corner of the cage or platform such that they may be aligned one with another whereby one or more stretchers may be maneuvered on to a first of said members and slidably transferred to another of said members so that a further stretcher or stretchers can then be received by said first member.
