Southport Mobility Shop

http://www.bmsupplies.co.uk/Mobility-Southport

Located on the seaside cost of Southport we have been supplying mobility and care products locally for the past 5 years, prior to that our mobility shop was located in Formby but due to expansion we had to move our offices to larger premises.
Our main business has always been to supply nursing and care homes throughout the North West as a one stop deliver, allowing homes to purchase medical aids, consumables, paper etc from one company rather than several businesses.

By working like this we were then able to buy stock in larger amounts and request competitive rates from our suppliers and this benefits our customers and allows us to stay as competitive as possible.

Our Southport showroom boasts a great selection of medical related products and a range of daily living aids

For more information or advice call 01704 553 773 

Our product range includes.........

Mobility Scooters

We always have a great range to view in store giving people the chance to try before they buy and gain advice from one of our onsite experts.

We also offer maintenance and repair centre for mobility scooters

Our staff our on hand to help call 01704 553 773 today

Wheelchairs, Walking Sticks, Rollators & Walking aids

Our range of wheelchairs and walking aids is extensive allowing customers to view several options before choosing the right product; we offer steel and light weight aluminium right through to chairs that can fold down for easy transport.

Incontinence Products

More and more people are caring for people at home and having access to the types of care products is essential, our range of incontinence products includes infection control products, sanitizers  disposal and  products to suit all sizes and ages.

Care Bedshttp://www.bmsupplies.co.uk/Care-Profiling-Beds-NorthWest

Working in conjunction with Harvest Healthcare allows us to bring some of the best quality profiling care beds at some of the lowest prices around. Our staff will arrange for delivery and set up and our range of mattresses and pressure mattresses can ensure a complete package of care.

Patient Hoists

Patient hoist come in all shape and sizes and are available for a number of different tasks. Whether you looking for a foldable mobile hoist, bathing hoist or a ceiling hoist that runs on a track, we will be able assist you in choosing the right unit for your needs.

How to find us....

More savings for Nursing & Care Homes

Christmas and new year is out the way and everywhere seems to have a January sale, as part of our continuing commitment to customer service we have savings every month with our monthly special deals.

This month we have savings on wet wipes, multi purpose cleaner, Cif and laminate floor cleaner, to take advantage of any our special offers call 01704 553 773 today.

Combat Colds & Flus with Sanitizers

Its flu season again and again the nurovirus seems to be doing the rounds, we've noticed even more this year that people are more aware about cross contamination and are taking steps to prevent the spread of germs.

Our range of personal hygiene products are available in store and online for the general public at some of the lowest prices around. 

Dont for get we can still provide Nursing and Care homes with infection control products and 

Bmsupplies.co.uk Web-store expands

Anyone who has used our website to shop for mobility or incontinence products will notice a slight change to our website; this is because we've tried to simplify the way people shop on our site by separating our range into different categories.

This will mean we will have a number of sites that relate to our product range, at the moment we have our incontinence site, our hospital bed site and our Pressure relief site up and running but we hope to open this out to have a site for hoists, one for work wear and many more.

We are hoping that this will not only allow the shopper to find what they are looking for easier, it will also allow us to keep all information relating to those products together a lot easier.

So please feel free to have a look around www.bmsupplies.co.uk today and let us know what you think.

Hospital Profiling Bed

The Harvest Woburn bed has been one of our best selling beds for nursing and care facilities since it release over a year ago. The bed has also proven a firm favorite for individuals who are caring at home and community situations due to its sleek design, reliability, easy to use functions and of course it’s very reasonable price.

The bed boasts a sturdy steel frame with an epoxy finish and beechwood wooden headboard, this also incorporates side rails that can be raised and lowered enabling care to be carried out or allow easy transfer to and from the bed.

The head section and foot section are able to be raised and lowered independently according to patient comfort and the whole bed and be raised and lowered, the benefit of this means that the bed can be moved into a position for the best care possible.

· 4 section profile bed

· Safe Working Load (SWL) 205kg – 32.8 Stones

· Variable Height (365mm – 790mm)

· Steel Frame epoxy Finish

· Lockable handset

· Electric backrest and thigh rest with mechanical lower leg support

· Arrives incorporated onto its own independent transport system

· Emergency battery backup as standard

· CE marked

· Integral wooden side rails

· Quick assembly

· Beech head and footboards

· No mains supply onto bed SLV (safe low voltage)

· Bed extendable 200mm

· Supplied with comprehensive manual with service schedule and parts list/diagrams

· Parts list, trouble shooting guide and technical help contact details on the chassis

· Optional lifting pole

· Optional trendelenburg/antitrendelenburg handset

For more information on this bed, choosing the right profiling bed or to find out what deal we can offer you today please contact 01704 553 773

Mobility and Care Equipment Showcase at Naidex

It’s almost that time again when we look forward to viewing new products and innovation in the world of mobility and nursing at this year’s Naidex show.

The show itself is hosted at Birmingham’s NEC conference centre and showcases everything

from the very latest rehabilitation equipment and moving and handling products to seminars on improving levels of care.

The show always gathers a buzz from healthcare professionals and suppliers such as

ourselves and I personally am looking forward to viewing the new product awards and showcase as it gives us a chance to see what sort of technologies will be available in the future for Nursing homes and care centres.

One product I’m particularly excited about seeing is the terrainhopper, this r

ange of mobility scooter allows less abled children and adults to

experience the great outdoors on an all terrain 4x4 mobility scooter. The controls are water resistant and there are a number of options for the vechale including 4 wheel drive, Sensitivity adjustment on the controls and much more.

Hospec Neutral Cleaning

Hospec Washing up Liquid,

A raised awareness about infection control and just good old fashioned cleanliness has meant that specialist Janitorial products are more popular than ever.

Hospec is generally used as a foamless washing up liquid to sterilising tools and dental instruments although it can be used to replace a number of janitorial products in the home.

The neutral PH of the liquid insures that it doesn’t damage or tarnish stainless steel and works byu removing the dead bacteria from any surface.

This product is suitable for:

Damp mopping, spot mopping and flat mopping of floors including pharmacy and

other clean rooms, ambulance interiors and dental surgeries.

General cleaning and damp dusting of surfaces and hospital furniture, e.g. bedside

cabinets and the like.

• Cleaning with microfibre cloths.
• Cleaning of ward pantry equipment.
• Cleaning of dental instrument boxes and equipment.
• Manual cleaning of reusable dental instruments.
• Hand dishwashing.

HOW TO USE:

For hand dishwashing, dilute 5ml per 10 litres of warm water.

For all other cleaning requirements, e.g. instrument cleaning, mopping, damp dusting, etc.

dilute 10ml per 10 litres of warm water.

NOT suitable for use on clothing or fabrics. Protective gloves should be worn.

Patient Hoist Regulations, Loler & Inservice Inspections

We have had quite a few enquiries regarding L.O.L.E.R recently; mainly customers are concerned about what is covered and what isn’t covered under L.O.L.ER regulations but more importantly how to ensure their home is following these regulations.

Before I start I'm sure one or two of you may be asking what is L.O.L.E.R?, this actually stands for the lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998 R9 (3)(A), 9(3)(B) and relates to any form of lifting or handling equipment. In our case we deal a lot with equipment which are a staple part of everyday life in a nursing home, these are patient hoists, bath hoists, stand aids, slings and electric baths.

The biggest queries is that homes are unsure of whether it was OK to inspect hoists and slings without the need of an external company to do this, As you can imagine, we cant just give the OK without proper clarification so we felt it was necessary to get a clear understanding direct from the HSE, this would help us ensure that we could help our customers gain a better understanding of this.

We were able to ask one of the Field Operations Directorate at HSE ,Ms Christina Goddard, who was able give clear explanation of what is involved and noted one of the main misconceptions homes are having.

It seems that a lot of Homes are confusing a regular in-service inspection of equipment with a more thorough inspection known as a STE (Statutory Thorough Examination)

Statutory thorough examinations

These should normally be carried out by a person independent of the organisation and be carried out on a six monthly basis by independent of the person carrying out routine servicing of the equipment. This is to ensure that the person carrying out the STE can report defects and order equipment to be taken out of use without fear of retribution. However, it is not a legal requirement that the STE is carried out by an independent person.

If an STE is carried out by an employee of the company/establishment, or by an engineer who also services the equipment, then they must be able to demonstrate that the STE has been carried out as though the engineer is independent and that conflicts of interest have been dealt with. In reality this is very difficult to prove, and it is considered good practice for the STE to be carried out by an external company.

In service inspections

These are inspections that can be carried out by suitably trained persons in the company/establishment. This can be a suitably trained member of staff who would carry out the inspections, report defects and ensure records of the inspection are kept.

I hope this is able to put some minds at ease regarding L.O.L.E.R , however if you are in any doubt whether you are following correct procedures or you would like to take advantage of our very own L.O.L.E.R Inspection service please don’t hesitate to contact us on the details attached.