GP Care Systems have been voted ‘Best Hospital Visitor Bed Supplier 2024’ in this year’s SME News UK Enterprise Awards.
Setting the standard
With more than 42 years’ experience of working closely with the NHS, GP Care Systems is the UK’s longest established designer and supplier of heavy-duty space-saving bed systems and is now the ‘go to’ choice for foldaway visitor beds, for Hospitals and Hospices.
Compact, ultra-resilient and really comfortable, GP Care Systems’ high performance ‘WISKAWAY’® Hospital Wallbeds and ‘GLIDEAWAY’® Hospital Guestbeds have set the standard for the industry, enabling a family member, partner, carer, or friend to stay in comfort overnight together with a patient in Hospital, or in a Hospice, with minimal loss of valuable Ward space during the day.
A Horizontal ‘WISKAWAY’® 6000H Wallbed at Kings College Hospital, London
Typical users
Typical users include parents on Paediatric and Neonatal Wards, fathers on Maternity Wards and partners, carers and friends on Cancer, Dementia and other Adult Wards, as well as on-call medical, theatre and laboratory staff in rooms which need to have a second day-time function.
Comfort and support
When going into Hospital, or a Hospice, faced with unfamiliar surroundings and sometimes an uncertain outcome, there’s nothing you want more than to be with someone you know and trust and, thanks to GP Care Systems, this is now a tangible reality. So patients no longer need to be separated from their loved ones, at an anxious time for all concerned, but can enjoy the company and support of a person of their choice, throughout their inpatient treatment.
In the mornings, the visitors’ beds fold up, or away, to avoid taking up valuable space.
Reduced stress leads to faster recovery
The benefits of having someone stay with you in Hospital are huge, especially for the young and very old. Children are known to recover faster when they have a parent staying with them, who can also entertain, feed and wash them, leaving the nursing staff to get on with the nursing.
Fathers can help with their pregnant partners on Maternity Wards, bond quicker with their off-spring and can play a pivotal role in helping to persuade reluctant new mothers to breastfeed their babies.
A ‘GLIDEAWAY’® Guestbed
Having a familiar carer stay with them, can greatly reduce anxiety, confusion and anger in Dementia patients, significantly reducing recovery times and also accidents/injuries, on the Ward.
So GP Care Systems’ Hospital visitor beds are almost performing a ‘social service’, helping to keep people together, when health issues conspire to separate them!
Two high performance ranges: wall beds and guest beds
GP Care Systems pioneered the use of wall beds in hospitals with their high performance single and double Horizontal and Vertical ‘WISKAWAY’® Wallbeds, which are counterbalanced and fold away in just seconds, fully made up, into a compact, wipe-clean housing, for nightly use. This range now even includes single and double ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® foldaway patient beds.
Since their introduction, GP Care Systems, high performance single and double ‘GLIDEAWAY’® Guestbeds have completely transformed the UK Hospital/Hospice guest bed market.
Fully compliant bespoke designs with multiple benefits
Both the above ranges comply fully with current Infection Control, Health & Safety and Manual Handling requirements and have been specifically developed for the Hospital/Hospice visitor bed market. They don’t just save space, but offer a host of additional benefits (to both visitors and Ward staff alike) from their ease-of-handling and reduced staff workload and operating costs, to their built-to-last design, whilst offering the highest standards of safety, comfort and space-efficiency, in service. In short, they are in a class all of their own.
Best value and low carbon footprint with full after-sales service
When costed over their impressively long working lives, they even work out significantly cheaper than their competition and have a minimal carbon footprint. Finally, they are supported by a full spares and after-sales service.
Please visit the http://www.gpcaresystems.co.uk/ to find out more.
