Applegate

Applegate’s COVID-19 Supply Hub is a free platform to source multiple quotes, quickly and easily, from different suppliers. With around 200 suppliers it harnesses significant capacity and can usually offer a range of alternative options. It is an effective way to check the market without having to ring round suppliers, providing you with quotes to compare in a single place. Phone and online support is available within office hours. This is offered as a completely non-commercial services to help out during the pandemic.

Contact details

https://www.applegate.co.uk/covid19

Watson TWS

WTWS are suppliers of KN95/FFP2 masks which are Certification level CE/FDA, CE is European Standard, the FDA is a worldwide standard. The Filtration rate is ≥95%, Protection layer 4. KN95 rated masks are effective at filtering out at least 95% of particles. FFP2 masks are rated at 94%. For this reason, KN95 masks are very slightly more effective than FFP2 and KF94.

The cost has now been reduced to £3.95 + VAT each, all prices are net. They are KN95 (China GB2626-2006) which is the FFP2.  These are available as boxes of 20 now available for £79.00 + VAT (please note, per the government, VAT is not being charged May 1st through July 31st).

Certification: both FDA & CE Certified

Let’s see where we can save you money.

We look forward to hearing
from you soon

Call us on: 01609 897 290
Call Malcolm direct on 07895 136 983 and have a chat.

Email:  [email protected] or [email protected]

Scottish Care Homes

Watson TWS Face Visors

PPE for UK

PPE for UK is now LIVE! This is a brand new ‘at-cost’ supply service for all social care workers and organisations, private, public, individuals, groups, all of them, even council and Triage groups can order from us if they like and we can deliver for them. It is for the whole of the UK but Scottish Care is the first organisation involved.  All you have to do is click on our new site www.ppefor.uk, register and start ordering. Please know you need to use the following Purchase Code which is required to register –  PPE4Care

 

The Paper Straw Company

The Paper Drinking Straw Company Ltd – based  just North of Manchester and suppliers of both paper drinking straws and also disposable CE certificated APET visors (approved for use in NHS etc) Orders of 50,000 units plus will be handled direct with the factory and orders from 10 units to 49,000 units will be through our own distributor JWT Ltd – product is normally available ex stock (subject to change).

Price per unit depends on size of order but will range from 95p to £1.75 and the visor is available with or without foam headband (prices include band but 10p reduction if not wanted).

Contact details:

Jonathan Salem – 07778 0330444 / [email protected]

John Womby – 07831 7000000

Care home complaints guide

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has launched a new complaints guidebook for the UK care homes industry.

The guide itself and the supporting documents are available on their business companion website along with a youtube link to the video they have commissioned to support the guide.  These can be viewed here: https://www.businesscompanion.info/focus/care-homes-complaints

Care home complaints infographic

Universal

As a key supplier to the health and food sectors we are holding sufficient stocks of 3ply Paper Masks (see attached images), together with the following supplies that you may also be running low on:-

3ply Surgical Paper Type II Face Masks (with elasticated ear loop)

@ £8.00 per 10 + vat – CE Certified

@ £7.25 per 10 + vat (min 1000 units +)

KN95 / FFP2 (95% viral effective) Face Masks 

– NHS approved

@ £2.75 per unit 

 

Face Shields 

@ £1.99 per unit

75mm Hand Sanitizer  – (70% alcohol) 

@ £2.99 per bottle 

 

5 litre Hand Sanitizer – (70% alcohol)

@ £90.00 per 5 litre

All prices + vat

 

We can also supply:-

– Reuseable Forehead Thermometers 

– Disposable 50mu PE Aprons on a roll x 100 (boxed 500’s)

– 2ply Blue Wiper Rolls x 6 pack 

– Disposable Powder Free Gloves x 100 

– 18x29x39″ Red Soluble Strip Laundry Sacks x 200

– Day and Night Time Mouth Swabs

– Mouth Hydrators

– Yellow Clinical Waste Sacks

– Patient Wipes

– Goggles

 

Contact Details

Office Sales – 01707 645904

Nick Gold – 07984 467318

Tania Heath – 07773 277486

For medical and workplace PPE and CE certified supplies, please click on the hyperlink below for direct access to our online store:-

https://www.universalbagandpackaging.co.uk/ppe-and-medical-supplies

For 3ply masks:-

https://www.universalbagandpackaging.co.uk/ppe-and-medical-supplies/surgical-face-mask

For KN95/FFP2 mask

https://www.universalbagandpackaging.co.uk/ppe-and-medical-supplies?product_id=42491

 

Near Me technology webinars for Covid-19

NHS Education for Scotland have developed some webinars to share stories of how AHPs have been using Near Me/Attend Anywhere in different ways e.g. triage, assessment, intervention etc, with the aim of empowering staff to think differently about how they too could use this system. 

You can access these webinar recordings below: 

Occupational Therapy: https://vimeo.com/408479590

Dietetics: https://vimeo.com/408497122

Physiotherapy: https://vimeo.com/409706071

Podiatry: https://vimeo.com/411466146

Speech and Language Therapy: https://vimeo.com/409863644

 

Letter from Cabinet Secretary and COSLA: Minute’s silence on International Workers’ Day

Please see below for joint letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Ms Jeane Freeman and the COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, Cllr Stuart Currie. The letter asks that wherever possible, for colleagues to participate in a minute’s silence at 11 am tomorrow (28 April), on International Workers’ Day in honour of our colleagues who have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19.

20 04 27 IWD - joint letter Cab Sec and Cllr Currie