W Shuttleworth & Co Ltd are proud to have been awarded a contract to refurbish clinical furniture by Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.
The Trust recognised that they had a requirement for a supplier to refurbish condemned clinical based furniture. In June the Trust invited potential suppliers to submit indicative pricing for a range of products to be considered for refurbishment including overbed tables, drip stands, commodes and bins. Following the process W Shuttleworth were announced as the successful bidder.
The project will help the Trust to meet the Sustainable Procurement Agenda as well as being an Investor in the Environment.
The Refurbishment Service is a relatively new development by W Shuttleworth and has already seen several contracts be awarded to the company.
Using their 60 plus years of engineering experience, W Shuttleworth are bringing new life to items which were once condemned to be scrap. A wide range of products can be considered for this service - bedside lockers, overbed tables, chartboard trolleys and drug trolleys being just some of the projects recently undertaken. A full audit is carried out initially. A comprehensive report and costs are then presented to the customer before any work begins. Average savings, versus the cost of purchasing new, are in the region of 30%.
At a time when the NHS is being placed under increased financial pressure, W Shuttleworth are keen to demonstrate the potential savings that can be made through refurbishment. As well as the environmental impact of less waste being sent to landfill, waste removal and disposal costs are also saved.
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has 700 beds and provides general hospital services for a population of circa 380,000, plus specialist services for a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
W Shuttleworth & Co Ltd, based in Oldham, Lancashire, were established in 1953 and are manufacturers and suppliers of hospital products including ward furniture, drug storage and controlled drug storage cabinets, dressing trolleys, instrument trolleys, POD boxes, resuscitation trolleys, drip stands, cylinder storage, linen trolleys, key storage and theatre equipment.
For more information on the Refurbishment Service or W Shuttleworth’s range of products see www.wshuttleworth.com, email sales@wshuttleworth.co.uk or telephone 01706 845 966.