WHAT’S NEW?
COMPANY BEHIND ‘NURSE CALL’ SYSTEMS RAISES £850K TO
TARGET CARE HOME MARKET A Sheffield company which provides advanced ‘nurse call’ systems for care homes has secured an £850,000 investment from Traditum Private Equity and NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
This latest round of funding will enable Arquella to expand its sales and marketing team and target the growing residential care home market across the UK and Europe. Arquella provides its cloud-based advanced nurse call system for adult social care services under the brand AIDA. The proprietary system encompasses app-based and hand-held devices which aggregate data to provide carers with real-time information on their residents’ needs, maximising the time they spend with residents and improving care quality.
This unique technology provides an efficient management system for care home teams to not only create and deliver planned care but to accurately record and continually monitor reactive care in real time. Using AIDA, carers are requested to specify the type of care provided at the time of delivery, recording key information which reduces administration and enables care teams to optimise response times, manage resource requirements and record care in line with Care Quality Commission standards.
CHEC LAUNCHES BRAND- NEW ENDOSCOPY SERVICE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL
EXPANSION OF FACILITIES CHEC (Community Health and Eye Care), one of the largest providers of community-based ophthalmology services in the UK, has launched a new endoscopy service as it expands beyond its renowned eyecare services.
Endoscopy waiting lists are currently some of the largest in the country affecting around half a million patients, including those waiting for vital cancer screenings, treatments or tests. With endoscopy activity dropping by 90% since the onset of the pandemic, CHEC’s provision of endoscopy services will crucially aid the NHS in easing its backlog and ensure patients receive the services they need.
CHEC’s endoscopy services debuted in Nottingham on 14th April. Since the launch, CHEC has been working closely with Nottingham University Hospital to deliver high quality and efficient services, bringing CHEC’s new offering to patients requiring diagnostic endoscopy.
CHEC’s endoscopy facilities utilise brand new state-of-the-art equipment including endoscopes, irrigation pumps, ColoAssist, CO2 insufflator systems and have on site decontamination/ sterilisation services to ensure IPC compliance. CHEC’s endoscopy
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nurses and healthcare professionals have all completed bespoke training developed by Healthcare Skills to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care.
Throughout the pandemic, CHEC has provided much needed support to the NHS as a trusted partner and has received positive feedback with 99% of patients happy to recommend CHEC to friends and family.
The launch of endoscopy services follows CHEC’s large-scale expansion of facilities, with new sites across the Midlands, Dorset, and Newcastle. The investment in new sites has enabled CHEC to support local communities across the country with vital healthcare services. Following CHEC’s successful launch of endoscopy services in Nottingham, it plans to expand to other locations in 2022.
https://chec.uk/ www.tomorrowscare.co.uk
The cloud-based system can be provided on a subscription model, reducing costs and enabling care services of all sizes to benefit from evolving digital technology. Arquella’s soſtware integrates with the sector’s leading care management soſtware providers and with existing hardware infrastructure to provide real time reporting that is transformative for a fast-growing care sector which is under considerable resource pressure.
Founded in 2017, Arquella received an initial £350,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance in 2020 to enable it to further develop the technology. The platform is currently used in 26 care homes with over 869 care beds.
There are currently 480,000 care beds in the UK and 3.8 million in Europe, with both figures set to rise significantly in line with the ageing population.
www.traditum.co.uk www.arquella.co.uk
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