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Why Regular Patient Hoist Maintenance is Essential for Long-Term Reliability
Why regular patient hoist maintenance is essential for long-term reliability Ensuring the safety and reliability of lifting equipment is essential in healthcare, education, hospitals, nursing homes, and at home where specialist care equipment is used. Patient hoist...
Understanding the Importance of Accessible Hygiene Rooms & Requirements in the DfE Output Specification
Accessible hygiene rooms are a critical part of making education accessible for all. As schools strive to create inclusive environments, the Department for Education (DfE) plays a pivotal role in guiding the construction and design of school facilities. Among its...
5 Considerations when installing a new ceiling hoist on an existing track
Upgrading hoists can be an expensive business. However there is another option - what if the hoist unit itself could be upgraded, and the track left in place? Well the good news is that this can be done. Here's 5 considerations if you're fitting new hoists to old...
A Future-Proof Ceiling Hoist System for a Specialist School in Cambridge
A Future-Proof Ceiling Hoist System for a Specialist School in Cambridge Castle School in Cambridge is a specialist education setting supporting children and young people with complex physical, sensory, and cognitive needs. The school’s warm, pupil-centred ethos is...
Delivering a Fully Compliant Changing Places Facility at Anfield Stadium
Delivering a Fully Compliant Changing Places Facility at Anfield Stadium Anfield Stadium is one of the UK’s most iconic sporting venues, welcoming tens of thousands of supporters on matchdays and hosting a wide range of events throughout the year. Building on...
Latest Articles.
Practical Sling and Hoisting Training for Care Homes
Renewed confidence for your carers and patients The moving and handling of patients / residents with varying needs and disabilities is a challenging one, especially in care homes. The safety of patients and carers alike is a constant concern to everyone. Moving and...
Featured Product – Active Trainer Sling
Early mobilisation and rehabilitation Early mobilisation and rehabilitation are defined as positioning/repositioning exercises and physical activity, and spending more time out of bed – walking around or simply standing up. A ceiling hoist also makes balance/gait...
Why fit a Changing Places room in an Arts Centre
The importance of Changing Places Over a quarter of a million severely disabled people in the UK, including those with profound and multiple learning disabilities, don’t have access to public toilet facilities that meet their needs. As a result, these people can’t...
Early mobilisation – Saving time and money for hospitals
Why is early mobilisation important? For hospitalised patients, long periods of immobility increase the risk of: Respiratory complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis and pulmonary embolism Constipation Incontinence Tissue damage and pressure ulcers Blood clots in...
LOLER Inspections – Keeping Staff and Patients Safe
LOLER Inspections - Keeping Staff and Patients Safe Keeping staff and patients, students or residents safe is always a constant concern in care environments. Ensuring that servicing and LOLER inspections are kept up to date minimises any potential safety risks and...
Featured Product – Multi Support Sling
Multi Support sling – lifting and support The Guldmann Multi Support sling supports and lifts limbs in conjunction with a hoist, avoiding unnecessary strain to the care provider. The sling is used to lift or support specific parts of the body, such as torso, pelvis,...
Why fit a Changing Places room in a Museum
The importance of Changing Places Over a quarter of a million severely disabled people in the UK, including those with profound and multiple learning disabilities, don’t have access to public toilet facilities that meet their needs. As a result, these people can’t...
Integrating care home design with specialist equipment
Care home design and specialist equipment Care home design can be a challenge with varying complexities and considerations. It can also be complex to balance the varying client needs with practical application of specialist equipment needed while still keeping an eye...
Reduce Staff Injuries and Maintain Patient Safety
Reduce Staff Injuries and Maintain Patient Safety by Training Did you know that according to the HSE a staggering 8.9 million working days were lost in 2016/17 as a result of musculoskeletal injuries? This means that over 507,000 workers suffering from work related...
Featured Product – Hoist Positioning Lock
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation equipment The Positioning lock adds yet another great option to the Guldmann ceiling hoist systems for moving, treating, mobilising and rehabilitating patients. The Positioning lock makes it possible to secure the lifting module and/or...
Changing Places – Making a difference for disabled people
Changing Places - Making a difference for disabled people It could soon be made compulsory for new public buildings, such as shopping centres and stadiums, to install Changing Places facilities if the government goes ahead with proposals which could include a change...
The Secret of a successful hoist servicing and maintenance program
Successful ceiling hoist servicing and maintenance We are all well aware of the risks that are associated with student moving and handling procedures. Ensuring that any equipment, for such procedures, is fully serviced, maintained and inspected for safe use is of all...
Featured Product – GH1F Ceiling Hoist
Guldmann GH1F Ceiling Hoist - versatile lifting module The GH1F transportable ceiling hoist is a unique solution. Transportable ceiling hoists reduce maintenance costs, and mean that assets can be utilised to their maximum capacity. However until now a portable...
Disabled access to swimming pools
How to provide Disabled Access to Swimming Pools Who doesn't love jumping into a swimming pool? The freedom, the relaxation, the therapy the feeling of escape. But access to swimming pools isn't that easy for everybody. in this article we look at how you can provide...
Replacement for Chiltern Wispa Hoist
How to replace your Chiltern Wispa Hoist Unit Once a familiar sight in the care homes and hospitals of the UK, the Chiltern Wispa has been superseded by more modern and technologically advanced hoist units. Modern hoists such as the GH1 and GH3 offer significant...
All patient slings are equal, but some are more equal than others…
All patient slings are the same yes? Actually no... It is a common myth that all patient slings are the same, and that saving a few pounds on a sling, the same result will be achieved. Here are some tips on how to select a good quality sling, and the good news is that...
Successful Changing Places Installation – Looking after your investment and maintaining it
Successful Changing Places Installation When the work is done and your Changing Places is installed, now it is important to consider what you need to do to protect your investment and ensure ongoing safety for the staff and users. Firstly it is worth considering what...
Taking a ceiling hoist through a doorway
Taking a ceiling hoist through a doorway When installing ceiling hoists we are often asked the question – how do you take the track through the doorway? There are several ways, read on for more details…. Through the door frame The preferred option is to cut a slot in...
Why the Advance portable hoist is great for schools
Advance Portable Hoist The award winning Advance portable hoist signifies a real stride forward in patient lift design and performance. It uses the latest design and manufacturing technologies to ensure the Advance is the most functional and stylish folding hoist in...
Featured Product – Pressalit 1000 Changing Couch
Changing Couch/Nursing Bench – Cost effective showering and changing solution The 1000 series patient changing couch is a quality showering and changing couch with hard wearing PVC coated canvas covers, suitable for a wide range of applications in public or domestic...
Successful Changing Places Installation – Managing the Installation
Successful Changing Places installation So the finally you have agreed the drawings, chosen the equipment, selected the floor coverings and decided on a colour scheme, now comes the interesting bit - getting it installed! When it comes to managing the installation of...
Training for safe student moving and handling in schools
Fresh confidence for your staff and your students The moving and handling of students with varying needs and disabilities is a challenging one, especially in schools. The students safety while on the schools premises is a constant concern to everyone. Our new moving...
Gantry Hoists for Hospitals
Gantry Hoist - free-standing single rail system The freestanding Guldmann patient gantry hoist is great when a high degree of flexibility is needed and it is ideal for short term or emergency hoisting requirements in hospitals. The gantry hoist is completely free...
Featured Product – Pressalit 2000 Changing Couch
Pressalit 2000 Changing Couch The 2000 series Changing Couch is a wall mounted changing table for adults with an array of impressive features. It has an exceptionally low starting height for smaller children to climb on to the bench. This combines with an impressive...
A Future-Proof Ceiling Hoist System for a Specialist School in Cambridge
A Future-Proof Ceiling Hoist System for a Specialist School in Cambridge Castle School in Cambridge is a specialist education setting supporting children and young people with complex physical, sensory, and cognitive needs. The school’s warm, pupil-centred ethos is...
Delivering a Fully Compliant Changing Places Facility at Anfield Stadium
Delivering a Fully Compliant Changing Places Facility at Anfield Stadium Anfield Stadium is one of the UK’s most iconic sporting venues, welcoming tens of thousands of supporters on matchdays and hosting a wide range of events throughout the year. Building on...
