The Operating Theatre journal April 2021

Bender UK expands with new business unit in Ireland
#PSPP21
Consultation
into regulation
of Anaesthesia
Associates critical to
delivering enhanced
patient care
Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice
Tuesday 20 April 2021
5 CPD credits
Responding to the launch of
the Department of Health and
Social Care’s consultation on
the regulation of healthcare
professionals Professor Ravi
Mahajan, President of the Royal
College of Anaesthetists said:
“The Royal College of
Anaesthetists welcomes the
Department of Health and
Social Care’s consultation on
the regulation of healthcare
professionals.
A new Bender team has been formed in Ireland
to support increased demand for its products and
services in the region.
Bender Ireland is a business unit of Bender UK. The
UK team took over the management of the region in
2014, producing strong business performance ever
since.
We have called for the statutory
regulation of Anaesthesia
Associates Venue: Online for many years and
were pleased when the General
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Bender Ireland, in partnership with Mercury and
BAM Ireland, are providing all the specialist power
protection for the new Children’s Hospital, Dublin -
the largest medical project in Ireland for 20 years.
Chris’s team includes engineering, project
management and sales. Lesley Forward is the most
recent Bender Ireland appointment. As Business
Coordinator, Lesley is the main day-to-day contact
for all service clients and brings with her a wealth of
FM management experience..
Clinical Content Leads: Dr Haresh Mulchandani & Dr David Selwyn
Brian Coffey, Bender Ireland Project Manager said:
We believe this consultation is an The UK and Ireland team design, supply and install “Over the past twelve months we have provided
important step towards ensuring industrial and healthcare solutions incorporating critical support for our healthcare customers during
they A joint continue event with to provide the Centre high for Perioperative Bender technology. Care (CPOC), Their this turnkey one day hospital meeting projects will discuss the COVID pandemic and while these fast moving
quality, patient safety, care including as part of the a barriers include to delivering the safe design, perioperative commissioning, care and and strategies service on projects how to often present challenges, I am pleased to
multi-professional overcome them. team, led by a
consultant anaesthetist.
of medical IT power (IPS), uninterruptible power
supplies, Merivaara operating lights and tables,
say we have completed and met all schedule dates
as expected.”
Our aims are to build upon knowledge clinical and pendants, practice to theatre make systems, control processes panels and and PACS organisations Looking ahead the Bender Ireland team will continue
“As
safer.
we
Through
work to reduce
an understanding
the
of the consoles. science of patient safety, different perspectives and to expand their skills and local capabilities. The
elective surgery backlog, we
approaches, coupled with collaboration, Across education Northern & Ireland quality improvement and the Republic, programmes the we introduction hope of new products such as the CP9 24”
must reimagine the anaesthetic
to inspire delegates to make safety the Bender golden Ireland thread team of patient deliver care.
theatre control panel and the new PACS console
team and Anaesthesia Associates
entire projects from
further strengthen the ability to support medical
will become even more vital. start through to completion. The experienced team
support more than 100 NHS and private hospitals with professionals in Ireland. Both of these products have
Whilst The RCoA they will cannot make replace a donation their of £5 to Lifebox for every delegate attending this event.
technical advice, sales, installation and contractual already been selected for the latest theatre project
medical colleagues, they can and
annual 24/7 maintenance, rapid response call-out in Ulster and Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast, due
do complement, and support,
and repair services.
to complete April 2021.
their work in service provision.
Merivaara operating tables, exclusively distributed
Chris Simmons, Country Manager, Bender Ireland
by Bender in Ireland, have been accepted onto
explains: “As a result of our efforts, Bender has
the HSE National Framework, ensuring a complete
seen substantial growth in Ireland over the past
clinical offering is available to all HSE customers.
decade and that looks set to continue, thanks to our
This framework has led to a noticeable increase in
excellent performance and strong relationships with
clinical trials of the operating tables and a rise in the
our customers.
number being purchased.
By becoming integrated within
the medical team, Anaesthesia
Associates, will help reduce
pressure on clinicians, thereby
helping to tackle fatigue and
burnout in the workforce and,
most importantly, ensuring
patients continue to receive safe,
timely care.
“We will be speaking to our
stakeholders and responding to
the consultation on the proposed
approach to introducing statutory
regulation. We encourage others
who will be affected by the
changes to do the same.”
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“With our growing customer base and support from
Gareth Brunton, Bender UK Managing Director, we
felt the time was right to establish Bender Ireland
and provide further investment locally to develop
a stronger presence here and to further improve
the speed of response and local specialist technical
knowledge.
“As a business unit, we have the autonomy to do
what is right for our customers, while having support
from Gareth and the team at Bender UK in Cumbria.”
The Bender Ireland team have worked on numerous
major projects. They upgraded operating theatres
at Beaumont Hospital with theatre control panels
and Merivaara Q-Flow LED operating lights. Based
on positive clinical feedback, Q-Flow operating
lights have since been installed across several
more hospitals in Ireland, with further installations
planned for 2021.
Demonstration stock for Q-Flow Operating lights and
the Grand Promerix Operating Table are available to
support theatre equipment purchasers and surgeons
who are keen to experience the award-winning
Merivaara product range before making a final
decision.
Currently, the main focus of the Bender Ireland
team is on healthcare, but the aim is to extend the
supply of electrical safety technology into industrial
markets including data centres, eMobility, process
and control applications.
For more information on the full range of Bender UK
visit www.bender-uk.com/solutions/healthcare.
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