INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: AKW Medi-Care
AKW are the UK market leaders in showering, daily living and kitchen solutions for people with reduced mobility. Choice, competitive pricing, and first-class customer service make AKW the first choice for clients across the UK and abroad. AKW works closely with Occupational Therapists and Healthcare professionals, to design and manufacture a full range of easy access […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: JLA Laundry & Catering Solutions
As the UK’s leading supplier of commercial laundry and catering equipment, maintenance and breakdown cover, JLA continues to be the care industry’s partner of choice for providing cost-effective solutions and on-going engineer support. Having developed the OTEX ozone disinfection system, created energy-efficient SMART washers and dryers and shown countless care homes how combi ovens can […]
Clinicare: Helping the care home sector deliver outstanding service
Clinicare is a Janitorial and Nursing Consumables and Equipment Supplier that allows Care Home Owners and Managers to create safe and comfortable environments for Patients and Staff alike. From the moment Clinicare was first founded back in 1987, this has been our primary mission. Since then, Clinicare has grown into a team focused on helping […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Castle Minibus is taking you places
We are the trusted advisors to over 1250 schools and colleges for minibus leasing throughout the UK. Castle Minibus provides a fully managed and risk free service, giving you total peace of mind. We provide Ford, Mercedes, Citroen and Renault minibuses in 17, 15, 12 and 9 seats. We also provide driver training for D1 and MiDAS […]
Industry Spotlight: Elderly care and the Christmas period…
The Christmas period can be a difficult and lonely time for the elderly. Whether you’re a carer or welcoming an older relative or friend to spend time with you this year, there are a few things to take into consideration to ensure everyone has an enjoyable Christmas. Ben Atkinson-Willes, founder of Active Minds suggests the […]
BMA: Pressures in general practice placing patient safety under threat…
The safety and quality of patient care in general practice in England is under threat from rising workload pressures, according to a new British Medical Association (BMA) survey of more than 5,000 GPs. The Urgent Prescription for General Practice found eight out of ten GPs (84 per cent) believe that workload pressures are either ‘unmanageable’ […]
Industry Spotlight: “The huge funding gap in homecare services means perfect storm lies ahead of us”…
Barry Sweetbaum, founder of award-winning home care provider SweetTree, responds to the UKHCA’s recent report on the estimated £513 million funding gap and the quality of care in the ‘widespread and systematic underfunding of homecare services for older people’. The Homecare Deficit 2016 report highlighted under-resourcing of state-funded homecare using information obtained from Freedom of […]
Industry Spotlight: Elder’s Clinical Lead comments on men’s health and wellbeing…
While according to the Office of National Statistics, the life expectancy for men has increased by as much as 5.4 years in the last three decades, meaning that men on average can expect to live to the age of 83, the life expectancy is still shorter than for women. As November is the awareness month […]
Industry Spotlight: How palliative care should prevent living and dying in pain…
A recent study has proved that people who receive palliative care can live for longer. The study, which based its findings on patients with lung cancer, highlighted the optimal position of those diagnosed as terminally ill who were receiving the extra support of palliative care. This advocacy and wider awareness of palliative care – despite […]
Industry Spotlight: One Stop Doctors – Providing a comprehensive range of women’s healthcare services…
October marks the return of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here at One Stop Doctors, we’re passionate about the latest medical and technological advancements currently being used to treat a disease that affects one-in-eight women in the UK. Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in the UK, and a staggering 60,000 new cases […]
