Prism Medical has been chosen to work in partnership with Scope to service and maintain the patient lifting and bathing equipment within all its sites in the UK.
April 2012 :
Prism Medical UK, a subsidiary company of Canadian based Prism Medical Ltd, has been awarded a further major contract by Leonard Cheshire Disability, one of the UK’s largest voluntary sector providers of services for disabled people.
Founded in 1948 by RAF pilot Leonard Cheshire VC, the organisation Leonard Cheshire Disability now offers a wide range of services to provide support and care for people with disabilities and their carers that includes providing over 150 care and residential homes across the UK.
Globally, Leonard Cheshire Disability works with a network of more than 250 organisations in over 50 countries.
In addition to an existing contract with Leonard Cheshire Disability for the service and repair of hoists, Prism Medical has now won new contracts for the supply of assisted baths, mobile and ceiling track hoists and the service and repair of baths.
Prism Medical UK offers an extensive portfolio of moving, handling & bathing products most of which are manufactured at Prism Medical’s two UK manufacturing sites. Prism also has strategic partnership agreements with other companies allowing additional products to be offered.
Prism Medical has one of the largest teams of experienced Installation/Service & Repair Engineers, operating from Regional Service Centres across the UK.
Marshall Reid, Managing Director of Prism Medical UK "This is another significant win for Prism Medical UK. We are delighted to have been given this opportunity to work in partnership with Leonard Cheshire Disability to supply both products and service & repair solutions. We look forward to continuing our long and successful relationship with Leonard Cheshire Disability".
Suzanne Stokes, Buyer from Leonard Cheshire Disability "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Prism Medical UK to meet the needs of Leonard Cheshire Disability both in terms of the supply of quality products and the service and repair of new and existing moving, handling and bathing equipment".
Prism Medical has generously donated moving and handling equipment to the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice in Brackenhall, Huddersfield. A donation that was much needed by the hospice as the equipment includes several Freeway TransactiveXtra ceiling track hoists. The hoists will help the parents and carers of the children when moving around and eliminates the need to lift a person manually, therefore reducing the strain on carers' backs and the physical effort required to carry out transfers allowing carers to safely care for children with limited mobility.
The Forget Me Not Children's Hospice provides care and support for children with life-limiting and life threatening conditions from the Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield areas of West Yorkshire. There are currently more than 400 children and families needing the help the hospice has to offer
Prism Medical is part of an international patient handling company and has one of its UK Regional Service Centres at Grange Moor on the outskirts of Huddersfield. Prism manufactures most of its products in the UK at Grange Moor and at its Freeway Division site at Kinmel Bay, North Wales.
Peter Branson, the chief executive of the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice said ‘It was wonderful to receive this offer of help from Prism Medical. It makes a real difference to our children and young people and was a major saving for the hospice. The care that local companies have shown has been remarkable’
In 2010 the charity began supporting children and families through its Hospice at Home service and now support over 35 children and families. The brand new purpose built hospice will gradually be opening its doors to the children and families in 2012. The team are beginning to use the hospice facilities more and more but it will be a staggered process as the hospice increases the number of families they care for, in a way that ensures the service will be sustainable long into the future.
The hospice has cost over £3 million to build and will have an annual running cost of £2.5 million. Less than 4% of the Hospice funding comes from government sources and the remainder from fund raising and donations.
To support the hospice please contact: Laura King
Tel 01484 411040
laura.king@forgetmenotchild.co.uk
www.forgetmenotchild.co.uk
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This article was published in THIIS magazine. THIIS is the trade publication read by anyone who makes or sells equipment in our marketplace. http://www.thiis.co.uk
Prism Medical UK, the UK subsidiary of Canadian based Prism Medical Ltd, has been awarded a major contract by the London Borough of Bexley for ‘Disability Equipment Services.’
The contract includes; the supply and installation of straight and curved stair lifts, through floor lifts, fixed and portable ceiling track hoists, slings, external step lifts and automatic toilets. The contract also includes the service, repair, maintenance and PAT testing of approximately 1,900 pieces of fixed and portable equipment in service user’s homes and in the borough’s equipment store.
Prism Medical UK will also provide a 24/7 emergency call out service with a 5 hour response time to emergency calls.
The contract commences on the 1st April 2011 for a four year term with the option to extend for 3 x 12 month periods and has an estimated value of £500,000 per annum.
Stuart Meldrum, Chief Executive Officer of Prism Medical UK stated ‘This is another significant win for Prism Medical within the South East of England and builds on other recent gains in this strategically important part of the country. We are delighted to have been given this opportunity to work with the London Borough of Bexley and we look forward to a long and successful relationship’.
Prism Medical UK, the UK subsidiary of Canadian based Prism Medical Ltd, has been awarded two major contracts by Anchor Trust, one of the UK’s largest Care Home Groups.
Anchor has around 100 Care Homes across England, with 85% of its homes being rated "good" or "excellent" by the Care Quality Commission.
The first awarded contract is for the supply and installation of assisted bathing equipment and the second contract is for the supply and installation of ceiling track hoists, mobile hoists, stand aids and slings. Both contracts include the service and repair of new and existing equipment within Anchor properties throughout England.
The contracts commence in July 2011 for a three year term with the option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.
Prism Medical UK offers an extensive portfolio of moving, handling & bathing products most of which are manufactured Prism Medical’s two UK manufacturing sites. Prism also has strategic partnership agreements with other companies allowing additional products to be offered.
Prism Medical has one of the largest teams of experienced Installation/Service & Repair Engineers, operating from seven Regional Service Centres across the UK.
Simon Halliday, Chief Operating Officer of Prism Medical UK "This is a significant win for Prism Medical UK. We are delighted to have been given this opportunity to work in partnership with Anchor to supply both products and the service & repair solutions. We look forward to a continuing our long and successful relationship with Anchor".
Sean Wheatley, Contracts Manager & Anchor lead on the programme, stated "We are delighted to be working in partnership with the Westholme Division of Prism Medical UK and delivering the programme to meet the needs of our business; this means a quality product, and efficiencies which significantly reduces costs, together with a service that is prompt, reliable and sensitive to our business needs".
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