RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Bradford-based Knightsbridge Furniture has introduced a healthcare furniture range “tailored specifically” to make children and young people feel more comfortable and “at home” in hospital.

Constructionline is said to be “the UK’s largest and only” Government-approved register for pre-qualified contractors and consultants.

Law firm Ward Hadaway has recently been chosen to supply legal services to three major NHS buying consortia covering the North of England.

A “wealth of experience” in areas including security management, counter-fraud, health and safety management, and personal safety training, is offered by NHS assurance provider Parkhill.

SOffering expert advice on leasing, the potential pitfalls, and the critical steps to achieving the “maximum value” from a leasing deal, will be law firm Hempsons.

Kaiser & Kraft is exhibiting at a HefmA conference for the first time in its 35-year history in the UK. Part of the German Takkt group, the company is part of Europe’s largest business and industrial “hardware via catalogue supplier”.

d+b facades, a specialist in the design and build of overcladding systems, with particular expertise in aluminium rainscreen systems, claims that overcladding is a highly effective solution for hospital estates teams “addressing the issue of decaying external walls that are expensive to maintain and heat”.

Life Safety Services (LSS), a US fire and smoke damper inspection and repair specialist, now has a UK subsidiary, LSS Life Safety Services Ltd, and has opened a London office.

Courtney-Thorne claims its wireless radio “08” touch-screen nurse call system “provides absolute accountability” for managers, and call tracking, in one touchscreen unit.

Global organisation SSP provides retail and catering outlets, with franchise rights to popular brands including M&S Simply Food and M&S Café, Starbucks, Burger King, and Pizza Hut, and also has own-brand stores.

Offered on Stand 32 will be information on what Integrated Handheld Solutions describes as “a market-leading suite of software to meet the demands of the modern NHS”.

Recruitment consultancy and supplier of interim and permanent managers and executives to NHS healthcare estates and facilities departments Fine Green Associates has recently received its second Buying Solutions (formerly NHS PASA) framework award.

Two key PHS business groups will be exhibiting at this year’s HefmA annual event. Claiming to be the UK’s leading washroom services provider, PHS Washrooms offers nationwide coverage, flexibility, and over 40 years’ experience, “providing total service management”, and says it can fulfil washroom requirements both regularly, and in emergency.

Continuous investment in the latest technology is, Medical Services says, keeping the company ahead as an independent provider of patient transport services to the NHS.

A “radically designed” new open protocol fire alarm system, and a “concept single-bed ward”, will be the focal points for specialist healthcare communications provider Static Systems.

Intastop will launch what it says is the world’s first fire-rated double swing hinge – described as “the perfect solution for doors that need to swing 180 degrees”. Marketing director Sarah Barsby said:

Specialist consultancy NIFES was established over 55 years ago to advise the UK’s energy users on ways to improve efficiency, but today offers a significantly wider service portfolio.

BOC Healthcare’s Medical Engineering Services (MES) division was established to assist users of medical gases in complying with legislation and codes of practice.

Schneider Electric will showcase its extensive range of solutions for the healthcare sector. Experts from the global energy management specialist will be on hand to discuss the company’s wide range of products and services, which include “demand response”, a scheme via which hospitals can earn revenue by using their existing back-up generators.

Market testing, benchmarking, best value reviews, medical device management, and “collaborative working”, are among the services on which management consultant Green & Kassab has worked with NHS facilities management teams over the past two decades, helping them achieve “real quality improvements and tangible financial savings”.