It has been announced that Frontier Medical Group has been selected to be a preferred supplier to Barchester Healthcare for its Repose® Foot Protector products.
It has been announced that Frontier Medical Group has been selected to be a preferred supplier to Barchester Healthcare for its Repose® Foot Protector products.
Repose® Foot Protector and Foot Protector Plus will become the heel off-loading product of choice across all Barchester Care Homes, one the largest independent care providers in the UK, as part of Barchester’s Standard of Care for pressure ulcer prevention.
The decision to standardise on Repose® products was made following an evaluation of various foot protection products in Barchester Care Homes during 2017. The results of the evaluation, led by Julia Atherton (Director of Nursing, Barchester Healthcare) and Ross Joannides (Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist) will be published in 2018.
Simon Jackson, Managing Director at Frontier Medical Group said: “We are delighted to have been selected as a preferred supplier to Barchester Healthcare. Pressure ulcer prevention is a key focus for all healthcare providers and Repose® products have been used successfully by over 3 million patients in the UK since their introduction over 20 years ago. We will be providing training and support to the whole Barchester group in both the use of the Repose® products and best practice in pressure ulcer prevention.”
Julia Atherton, Director of Nursing at Barchester Healthcare said: “The evaluation process we ran looked at not only the quality of the products, but the support the supplier could provide across the UK to Barchester. We are delighted to be starting a partnership with Frontier to deliver both products and support across Barchester Care Homes in the UK.”
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