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Covid-19: Cross-organisational collaboration key to safely resuming cancer care services

12^th June 2020
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

Whilst an immediate return to pre-pandemic levels is unrealistic – not least due to the necessary additional hygiene measures which must now be put in place – cross-organisational and multi-Trust collaboration could provide the key to safely resuming vital elective procedures. Keith Austin, CEO and founder of EMS Healthcare, considers the cancer diagnosis system in particular, looking at how the NHS can maximise private and public support to help get back on its feet.…

Building patient confidence in accessing non-COVID-19 treatments

13^th May 2020
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

With the NHS entering the second phase of its COVID-19 response, it faces a new challenge: patient concerns around infection risk possibly preventing them from attending outpatient services. How can NHS Trusts communicate confidence in its infection prevention measures as many non-COVID-19 treatments and procedures – previously halted – resume? Keith Austin, CEO of EMS Healthcare, discusses how Trusts can address these concerns and plan proactively to ensure outpatient services run smoothly once resumed.…

Innovating to Meet Demand

23^rd September 2019
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

First-of-its-kind mobile medical unit safeguards over £5m* for NHS trusts. In 2018, innovative mobile medical unit provider EMS Healthcare revolutionised the landscape of the endoscopy market with the launch of Quest+ Decontamination – the UK’s first mobile endoscope decontamination unit. To date, the unit has helped NHS trusts safeguard over £5million* through responding directly to the challenges they are facing.…

Tackling The Capacity Crisis Head On

24^th June 2019
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

Each year, almost 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer, making it the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Around 16,000 lives are lost to the disease each year, although this number has been falling since the 1970s thanks to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment. Just over a year ago, a petition signed by over half a million of us to lower bowel screenings from 60 to 50 was successfully implemented...…

NHS Long Term Plan: A glimpse in to the future of disease prevention?

13^th March 2019
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

The much-anticipated NHS Long Term Plan was launched at the start of this year, with many wondering how Mrs May’s £20.5 billion cash injection is set to be spent across the next 5 years. Whilst a long overdue boost to our mental health services dominated headlines, there was relatively little attention given to perhaps the most innovative step – a commitment to deploying more mobile lung CT scanners directly into community hubs.…

Healthcare Highlights - 2018

16^th January 2019
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

In May, we launched the UK’s first fleet of mobile decontamination units for endoscope reprocessing. In partnership with Cantel (UK) Limited, we developed Quest+ Decontamination, a single trailer mobile solution, which enables NHS Trusts to maintain reprocessing capacity without disruption during disaster recovery, departmental refurbishment or when in-house decontamination departments are running at full capacity.…

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Association of Renal Technologists Annual Conference - First for EMS Healthcare

26^th October 2018
Staff Blog

Recently we exhibited at the Association of Renal Technologists (ART) national conference in Grantham.…

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A proactive approach to building winter resilience

6^th September 2018
Staff Blog
Keith Austin

As Winter continues to arrive sooner and last longer it places our NHS under increasing pressure.…

Mobile Medical Units - A review of Cancer Care Delivery

15^th August 2018
Staff Blog

With pressure on our NHS continuing to mount and with cancer diagnosis rates rising, it’s important that the delivery of cancer care is continually reviewed.…

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Behind the scenes - Bringing the UK's first mobile decontamination unit to market

27^th June 2018
Staff Blog

Following the recent launch of the UK’s first mobile decontamination unit at Pinderfields Hospital, we decided to go behind the scenes and hear from the man who managed the production process.…

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Covid-19: Cross-organisational collaboration key to safely resuming cancer care services

Building patient confidence in accessing non-COVID-19 treatments

Innovating to Meet Demand

Tackling The Capacity Crisis Head On

NHS Long Term Plan: A glimpse in to the future of disease prevention?

Healthcare Highlights - 2018

Association of Renal Technologists Annual Conference - First for EMS Healthcare

A proactive approach to building winter resilience

Mobile Medical Units - A review of Cancer Care Delivery

Behind the scenes - Bringing the UK's first mobile decontamination unit to market