(left to right) Lindsey Townsend, Mike Brace CBE, John Barklamb and Angela Rippon OBE.
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A Hat-Trick of Wins for CareFlex
We are delighted to inform you that – thanks once again to your wonderful support, and that of our healthcare professional customers – we were awarded the BHTA Excellence award for a third time!
The Awards Dinner took place at the prestigious Tower Hotel in London with Tower Bridge and the Tower of London as incredible backdrops. Daniel Piercey, Lindsey Townsend and John Barklamb were among the 200 delegates and guests at the event, which was incredibly well supported considering the dreadful weather that took place during that week. The guest speaker, and master of ceremonies, Angela Rippon presented the awards.
This award is as a result of votes placed by our customers and distributors and is therefore a tribute to all the CareFlex team; our distributors and our customers. And on behalf of CareFlex we would like to thank all those who took the trouble to vote for us, and also, just as importantly for some excellent comments and feedback that were posted on the voting site.
Credit to the Companies Selling Our Products
In presenting the award, Angela Rippon said:
"The company that received outstanding support in the Rehabilitation section was featured in THIIS magazine a few months ago when their Managing Director said; ‘We are very active in the way in which we provide education for the companies we work with. We don't have a problem with investing in our network as we know that we will both reap the benefits of any growth. We are very conscious that a lot of credit needs to go to the companies that are selling our products'." She added:
"The company was praised for having great back up systems for their distributors and for the products providing fantastic postural support and tissue protection. There was also praise for the way the company involved practitioners in the design of new products. It seems that the distributors and professionals are happy to give credit where credit is due and they have ensured that the winner of the Rehabilitation section is CareFlex"
Once again our heartfelt thanks for your support; we at CareFlex are very proud of our achievement and know that our Distributors have choices in what specialist seating they sell and supply – but we are firmly committed to working exclusively with our distributor network and believe we have an unbeatable combination of excellent products; great customer / distributor support and back up and a strong following with HCPs. We have invested heavily in our HCP training programmes and marketing support materials – and will continue to do so in 2011; it is our clear objective to continue to provide the best levels of service and support that we can.
(left to right) John Barklamb, Sue Campbell CBE, Lindsey Townsend, Ade Adepitan
CareFlex Wins Prestigious Award for the second year running!
In October 2009 CareFlex was nominated alongside Minivator and Nottingham Rehab Supplies in the Rehabilitation category of the British Healthcare Trades Association Excellence Awards. There were four categories sponsored by Assistive Technologies magazine - Mobility, Prosthetics, Rehabilitation and Orthotics. The Excellence awards recognise those companies that have gone the extra mile in providing excellent service and innovation over the last year. Companies were nominated by readers of Assistive Technology magazine and votes were received for the nominated companies from healthcare professionals and healthcare trade customers.
CareFlex's Managing Director Lindsey Townsend and Sales & Marketing Director John Barklamb attended the award ceremony at the Hotel Russell in Bloomsbury, London at the beginning of December.
CareFlex was named the winner of the Rehabilitation category for the second year running. Lindsey and John were delighted to pick up the award from host Angela Rippon, Sue Campbell CBE and Invacare Topend sports Ambassador Ade Adepitan.
CareFlex would like to thank everyone who supported our successful entry in the 2009 BHTA Excellence Awards. The recognition for our work in the rehabilitation sector is truly rewarding for all staff and management at CareFlex.
The Stroke Forum Preview
For the second year running CareFlex will have an exhibition stand at the third annual UK Stroke Conference. Last December we took the prototype of the HydroFlex on a 7 hour drive up the M1 for a three night stay in a very festive Harrogate. It was a great opportunity for us to show the new chair which had been designed to suit the complex seating needs of clients who have suffered a stroke.
During the three day conference we received extremely valuable feedback from an array of stroke specialist healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists. As a result of this feedback we were able to make some important changes to the chair prior to the official launch. We are excited to exhibit the fully reconciled product, supported by all the professionally printed marketing materials, on Stand 36 this year.
For more information on the conference and exhibition visit http://www.ukstrokeforum.org/events/
We are delighted to announce the launch of our innovative rehab chair – The HydroFlex.
The HydroFlex is the flexible solution to complex seating needs. Launched in March 2008, following a rigorous testing and thorough trialing programme, the HydroFlex is the result of meticulous attention to detail and innovative product design.
This unique, specialist chair combines simple design and set up with a broad range of features and accessories. The high level of adjustment and large number of features offered means that the HydroFlex can accommodate fluctuating conditions and changes in posture and functional requirements whilst remaining robust and user friendly. This means that the chair is particularly suited to clients who are undergoing rehabilitation following a stroke or accident who often have challenging and precise seating requirements.
The HydroFlex is part of a comprehensive range of specialist, pressure management seating from CareFlex Ltd. CareFlex have been designing and manufacturing pressure management chairs in Devon for over 12 years. The chairs can be specified and set up to suit a wide range of clients. This range includes frail, elderly clients, “chair fast” clients and also those suffering with neurological conditions such as Huntington’s Disease. They are suitable for use in nursing and residential homes, hospital wards, hospices and domestic / homecare environments.
CareFlex introduce part of the Doge Collection Range of Chairs.
This specialist riser recliner chair has been designed specifically for bariatric patients.
The chair has a 450kg (70 stone) weight capacity and an 80 or 90cm seat width.
The Magnus provides a comfortable seating solution which encourages the client to stay out of bed for longer periods and helps to remove the obstacles to mobilisation and therapy.
Tilt-in-Space allows the client’s posture to be easily adjusted.
The rise, recline, Tilt-in-Space and legrest elevation are all controlled by a touch of a button on the easy to use handset.
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CareFlex get Fantastic Feedback from COT!
At this year’s College of Occupational Therapists’ annual conference CareFlex held two workshops about pressure management and specialist seating and we are delighted that both workshops received nothing but positive feedback.
Comments such as: “Presenter was fantastic! Very knowledgeable”, “Interesting and useful information, well rounded” and “Right information given, right pace, good illustrations” amongst many others were recently published by the COT from the delegate feedback they received.
Over 50 healthcare professionals attended the two sessions at the Manchester conference - one workshop was presented by Fiona Collins MSc Dip COT titled “Managing Pressure and Postural Problems”, the other discussed pressure mapping and the important elements of pressure management and was presented by CareFlex’s Design & Development Engineer Graham Jones.
The three day conference proved to be incredibly successful for CareFlex this year. Steve Preston, Keith McAllister, Ruth Hammond and John Barklamb manned the exhibition stand and enticed over a quarter of all the visitors to enter the free prize draw for a hamper of delicious Westcountry products. Everyone who came to the workshops also received a free CareFlex goody bag that was filled with a variety of items including a leaflet that detailed the important information from the workshop and some treats to help keep their energy levels up which were very gratefully received!