Harvest Healthcare

Equipped to care

Marjan Hakami

Harvest Healthcare Ownership

We are delighted to inform you that as of 30th November 2018, our current Managing Director Neil Davis, has acquired all of the shares in the company from founders Phil and Jim Hutchinson. Both Phil and Jim have steadily reduced their involvement in the day to day running of the company over the last few years, and are very pleased to hand over the business to their existing management team.

Things will be very much business as usual, with the current team and all your regular contacts remaining unchanged.

Neil said “I am proud to have the opportunity to lead Harvest forward and to continue the positive development of our company. Our focus will always be to work in long-term partnerships with our customers, to support the delivery of exceptional resident and patient care, at an affordable price, and to try to make everyone’s lives a little easier. I really enjoy working with the fantastic people in this industry, and am very happy that our new ownership structure will help us to continue our successful growth, to the shared benefit of our customers, our own people, and our supply chain partners.”

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact your Account Manager or any of the following:

Neil Davis – Managing Director
Tim Woods – Finance Director
Bruce McEwan – Key Account Director
Mario Gibbins – Operations Manager
Derek Scotton – HR Manager

We are excited about the future and are looking forward to developing our relationship with you for many years to come.

Contact us on 01709 377172 or sales@harvesthealthcare.co.uk

Team Of the Month – Product Development & Quality

Our team of the month for June was our Product Development and Quality Team. John has won the award for all his hard work on our new active mattress range, and his work making sure our products are up to the high quality our customers expect. At Harvest we are proud of our quality products that enable a reduction in long term costs.

Winner of June's Team of the month

NAEP National Annual Conference 2018

We exhibited at NAEP National Annual Conference on 12th and 13 June 2018. it was a great opportunity to meet old customers, renew acquaintances and make new contacts. Above all, it was a successful attendance for Harvest Healthcare.

We had the opportunity to showcase our innovative product and we chose our Bed Wall Spacer for that purpose.  The Bed Wall Spacer kit is designed to reduce the risk of the bed being placed too close to the wall and colliding with power sockets or other features. It reduces damage within the care environment.

We would like to thank everyone who visited our stand and look forward to doing more business with all our old and new customers.

Repair, Don’t Replace

Harvest’s on-site mattress department is equipped to carry out repairs and decontamination of most active mattresses and pumps.

What does your site usually do if an active system is worn down, and looks in need of repair? 

Harvest’s team work to ensure systems don’t need replacing – where possible, but can be restored to a working condition.

Once a breakdown has been reported and we have arranged collection – the system is decontaminated, inspected and a quotation is sent over for your approval. The quicker the quote is approved, the quicker we can repair and return to you.

All systems are returned complete with a decontamination certificate, from our OTEX machines. The specialist machines inject Ozone into the wash cycle, destroying most bacteria to ensure the system is certified with full traceability.

We favour the honest approach of repairing over replacing making our services more cost-effective for you.

Our focus is to provide you with a complete package, both quick and efficient for scheduled and unplanned maintenance.

Getting Our Priorities Right

The recent Lord’s Select Committee Report on the long-term sustainability of the NHS, addresses concerns about views from various Government Bodies, failing to plan effectively for the future.

Health Services and Adult Social Care continue to take a hit, and current challenges require a long-term direction for the health system. The NHS are adamant goals for the future must take priority.

The country is almost half way through the Five Year Forward View plan, and there are still many concerns for the plan of action when the five years are up. The report also displayed some of the same challenges we have experienced for a while, with long-term funding a key concern and the research revealing that 55% of people expect the NHS to deteriorate as confirmation of this. It is integral that we regain confidence from our public by addressing this issue, and tackling it soon.

The Lords Select Committee report reflects an overarching consensus around the issues and what needs to change with the narrative for the NHS in its current form.

We must plan beyond 2020.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

W: www.hfma.org.uk

http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Service-Focus/getting-our-priorities-right-a-step-towards-a-longer-term-view/173005

Paul Briddock, director of policy at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)