THIIS Magazine

09/08/2024

LGIC: In the August issue of THIIS magazine Dr Barend ter Haar of BES Healthcare - Assistive Technology discusses the challenges of assistive products for personal hygiene. Read here on page 40: https://bit.ly/3SEKScC

09/08/2024

Comment: With strategic adaptation and a focused online presence, brick-and-mortar mobility retailers can survive and thrive, as Mike Glynn explains… Read here:

With strategic adaptation and a focused online presence, brick-and-mortar mobility retailers can survive and thrive, as Mike Glynn explains...

09/08/2024

Mtech Access has announced that early bird tickets are now available for its event called ‘Transforming healthcare symposium 2024: Unlocking the future of NHS–industry collaboration’. Read here:

Mtech Access announced that tickets are available for its event which will discuss unlocking the future of NHS–industry collaboration

08/08/2024

Focusing on digital technology can be a key enabler to help deliver the ambition of moving care closer to home and help the new government achieve its vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’, finds a new independent report by The King's Fund. Read here:

Focusing on digital tech can help the new government achieve its vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’, finds a report by The Kings Fund

08/08/2024

TRADE TALK: Find out what's new with Platinum Stairlifts - THIIS chats to Mark McNulty, Sales and Marketing Director. Read here on page 18: https://bit.ly/3SEKScC

08/08/2024

SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: THIIS chats to Mark Hermolle, Managing Director of KYMCO UK - Mobility, about how the firm’s collaborative approach to developing products has helped it to stay ahead of the game… Read here:

THIIS chats to Mark Hermolle, Managing Director of Kymco UK, about how the firm’s collaborative approach to developing products.

07/08/2024

SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Simon Dalton, director of Roma Medical, discusses how the Bridgend-based firm is growing its range and meeting its sustainability goals. Read more on page 33: https://bit.ly/3SEKScC

07/08/2024

Tendring District Council is set to go out to consultation on the future of its Careline service. Read here:

Tendring District Council (TDC) is set to go out to consultation on the future of its Careline service provision.

07/08/2024

Retailer Spotlight: Colin Major and Coral Affleck-Major are joint managing directors and owners of 1st Choice Stairlifts in Wiltshire, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary… Read more:

Colin Major and Coral Affleck-Major are joint managing directors and owners of 1st Choice Stairlifts in Wiltshire.

06/08/2024

RETAILER SPOTLIGHT: Find out how Karen Sheppard, director of Skegness-based People First Mobility adapts her business for the busy holiday season. Read more on page 26: https://bit.ly/3SEKScC

06/08/2024

Supplier of wheelchair products and parts RHealthcare has reported a successful appearance at the PMG Conference 2024 where it launched three new wheelchairs. Read here:

RHealthcare has reported a successful appearance at the PMG Conference 2024 where it launched three new wheelchairs.

06/08/2024

Age UK has launched an emergency petition to help save the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) for struggling pensioners and is calling on the Government to halt their proposed change to the WFP and think again. Read here:

Age UK has launched an emergency petition to help save the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) for struggling pensioners.

06/08/2024

The Homecare Association has published a new report which reveals that 63 per cent of homecare providers believe people are being discharged from hospital too soon, leading to re-admission. Read here:

The Homecare Association has published a new report titled: "Expecting the Unexpected: Homecare providers' views of hospital discharge”.

05/08/2024

Medequip Community Equipment Service has reported successfully supporting over 100,000 discharges each year from NHS hospitals across the country. Read here:

Medequip has reported successfully supporting over 100,000 discharges each year from NHS hospitals across the country.

05/08/2024

Habinteg Housing Association joined disability campaigners in Westminster last week to deliver a letter to Downing Street asking Prime Minister Keir Starmer to raise the accessibility standard for all new homes to the M4(2) accessible and adaptable building standard. Read here:

Habinteg Housing Association joined disability campaigners in Westminster last week to deliver a letter to Downing Street.

05/08/2024

Improving access to innovation in all its guises that will benefit wheelchair provision for wheelchair users across England is the aim of a Special Innovation Group which has been launched by the Wheelchair Alliance. Read here:

Improving access to innovation that will benefit wheelchair provision for wheelchair users across England is the aim of an innovation group.

02/08/2024

Care technology firm Alcove Technology has announced the expansion of its business offerings with the introduction of a state-of-the-art 24/7 Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC). Read here:

Alcove has announced the expansion of its business offerings with the introduction of 'Alcove CallConnect247,' a 24/7 Alarm Receiving Centre.

02/08/2024

Healthcare textile company MIP UK has announced the launch of a new wheelchair pad to its existing Aurorra Chair Pads and Floor Pad range. Read here:

MIP has announced the launch of a new wheelchair pad to its existing Aurorra Chair Pads and Floor Pad range.

02/08/2024

The August issue of THIIS Magazine is now available for mobility and access business leaders to read online. Read here:

The latest August issue of THIIS Magazine is now available for mobility and access business leaders to read online.

01/08/2024

Formal NHS Scotland partner InnoScot Health has welcomed a new net zero strategy which reflects its own sustainable ambitions for greener healthcare. Read here:

NHS Scotland partner InnoScot Health has welcomed a new net zero strategy which reflects its own sustainable ambitions for greener healthcare

01/08/2024

A patented showing accessory designed to make showering more accessible and safer for individuals with restricted mobility has been launched in the UK. Read here: https://bit.ly/4fsrqJO

(ShowerSpaah)

A new product has been launched to assist an increasing number of people requiring support in having an independent showering experience.

01/08/2024

Lancaster University has newly installed a Changing Places facility on campus that includes several advanced products from specialist equipment provider Astor Bannerman. Read here:

Lancaster University has newly installed a Changing Places facility on campus that includes several advanced products from Astor Bannerman.

31/07/2024

Over three quarters of NHS staff support using AI to help with patient care, with more than four-fifths also in favour of its use for administrative tasks, according to a survey commissioned by The Health Foundation. Read here:

More than four-fifths of NHS staff are in favour of using AI for administrative tasks, according to a survey by the Health Foundation.

31/07/2024

Peterborough based Stairlift and Mobility solutions has been launched to meet the access requirements of people living in Peterborough and the surrounding areas. Read here:

Peterborough based Stairlift and Mobility Solutions has been launched to meet the access requirements of people living in Peterborough.

31/07/2024

Accessibility solutions provider AKW has announced the launch of its new Alveo PVC bathroom wall panels range, which it claims offers a time and money-saving alternative to costly tiles for specifiers and installers. Read here:

Accessibility solutions provider AKW has announced the launch of its new Alveo PVC bathroom wall panels range.

30/07/2024

Vehicle adaptations and driving aids supplier Mobility in Motion is sponsoring a milestone swim across the English Channel which is raising money for spinal cord injuries. Read here: https://bit.ly/4dkqtBu

(Aspire)

Mobility in Motion is sponsoring a milestone swim across the English Channel which is raising money for spinal cord injuries.

30/07/2024

Pressure area care manufacturer Frontier Medical Group has been awarded the Bronze Medal for sustainability from EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings. Read here:

Pressure area care manufacturer Frontier Medical Group has been awarded the Bronze Medal for sustainability from EcoVadis.

30/07/2024

Supplier Spotlight: As it celebrates 25 years in business, Easibathe’s founder Martin Cook explains how the success of Easibathe Ltd and its Easiaccess division is down to a strong and committed workforce… Read here:

As it celebrates 25 years in business, the success of Easibathe and its Easiaccess division is down to a strong and committed workforce.

29/07/2024

A quarter of a million more people could now be living in accessible and adaptable homes if legislation requiring higher minimum standards in newly built homes had been delivered as promised, new analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals. Read here:

Analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals people could be living in accessible homes if legislation had been delivered as promised.