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Medequip
Medequip
The Medequip clinical team is passionate about identifying the use of appropriate pressure care solutions, achieving specialist interventions when needed, moving forward constantly with developments in this dynamic range of equipment and helping contracts to make the best choices in terms of cost and benefit.
At the recent NAEP Conference, prescribers were particularly interested in the OSKA Series 5 specialist lateral tilt pressure care mattress. “This is a high-end pressure care solution,” stated Fiona Wasdell-Bowyer, who heads up Medequip’s in-house clinical team. It is ideal for palliative and end-of-life care, complex neurological conditions, or situations where manual turning is difficult, this innovative product provides a viable alternative to more traditional overlay and mattress combinations with additional patient-turning equipment.
Medequip’s ability to respond swiftly to contract requirements and react quickly through the various stages of approval, including equipment review groups, meant that the team could minimise delays in getting the product online and available to individuals for positive therapeutic effect.
Together with input from Medequip’s specialist procurement team to secure a cost-effective solution, this advanced product is now a standard catalogue item, which is already being prescribed by several different contracts, including the London Borough of Hounslow, where it has been well received.