RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

International flooring specialist Gerflor is kicking off spring 2019

Celebrating its 1000th customer, Person Centred Software has combined its knowledge of social care with cloud-based technology to invent a new way of working for front-line carers in care homes.

“Every care provider knows that obtaining DBS clearance is not only an essential part of the recruitment process but it’s a CQC requirement. “

W&P have been supporting Health and Social Care providers with their training, business and compliance requirements since 2001. We have helped existing providers to improve their systems and ultimately grow their business but also supported new providers through the business set up and CQC registration process, so if you are considering setting up as a new provider then we can guide you through the process to successful registration.

Over 25 years ago, Ocean Optics started as an entrepreneur-run business with a novel design for a handheld spectrometer.

Polyflor is delighted to announce the launch of the new Polysafe QuickLay PUR Collection. Polysafe QuickLay is a loose lay safety flooring designed for adhesive-free installation and is the perfect solution for busy commercial environments in need of a quick turnaround and where sustainable slip resistance is a priority.

Projects handled by TCHD in its first year of trading, prove the influence of the environment over the entire workings of a care home business.

Closomat is a British company, with its head office, sales, service and support teams based in Manchester; it also uniquely offers social care providers- public and private sector- a project management service whereby it can- in house- offer design and specification advice, supply, install, commission, and subsequently service. It is also unique in offering a commissioning visit as standard, to ensure that the WC is not only correctly and safely fitted, but that it is set up to suit the user, and they understand how it works, helping ensure stress-free delivery of independent living.

Benmor Medical are delighted to announce an exciting exclusive partnership with Tetcon – Textile Technical Concepts, bringing their innovative bariatric emergency evacuation equipment to the UK market for the first time.

A staggering 71% of care home workers have faced violence and aggression in their workplace, with the most common type of abuse being verbal. In the UK alone, police recorded 1200 assaults between residents living at care homes between 2014 and 2016.

Skills for Care has launched a new online guide to help adult social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service.

Spearhead Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading suppliers to the care home sector, today announces the addition of Alerta Medical’s Wood Alertamat to its range of fall prevention products.

Northern Ireland’s first ‘lifestyle inspired care home’ is being protected by C-TEC’s innovative life-safety systems.

A leading housing and care provider has been praised by the Scottish Government for its commitment to digital participation and empowerment.

Security expert Abloy UK has highlighted the importance of physical security to protect against digital data breaches, following the recent approval of a new standard that offers the ability to add tangible authentication to secure online accounts.

An affordable, future-proof network dedicated to care homes with robust connectivity fit for running specialist care and leisure services

Making waves within the GPS/Lifeline industry right now is the Senior GPS Smartwatch being brought to the UK market through a company called TED Alert. Recently up for the innovation award at the Dementia Care and Nursing Home Expo, TED Alert have received huge amounts of praise and demand for the watch suggesting they are in for a very successful 2019. The Smartwatch has only just been released to the consumer market and has multiple new features, previously unseen in the GPS market.

Leading European safe patient handling solutions provider Invacare, has unveiled new versions of the market leading Birdie mobile hoist; the BirdieEVO and the BirdieEVO Compact.

The popular website has created an app, a natural progression in this digital era giving clients an improved experience right at their fingertips.

Featuring SunLike™, an innovative, new and award-winning technology which mimics the spectral power distribution of natural sunlight