Yorkshire care equipment company to alleviate NHS waiting times with “world-first” product

Yorkshire Care Equipment has launched a new bariatric version of their Lento chair to cater to patients up to 50 stone in weight, to be used by the NHS.

The chair was launched at the National Back Exchange Conference and gathered attention from healthcare professionals. The company is now carrying out demonstrations at hospitals nationally.

Steve Coomber, Yorkshire Care’s technical sales advisor, said: “When we decided to launch the Lento Bariatric care chair at the National Back Exchange event recently, I couldn’t have imagined the buzz that it would create amongst the healthcare specialists that attended.

“The chair was mobbed! The functionality and comfort were universally approved, and the demand that we have seen from follow-up conversations has been fantastic. We’re all so pleased to have produced another world-first in the industry!”

Yorkshire Care has developed the chair to help alleviate NHS waiting times and speed up hospital discharges. The Lento system has adjustable seat depth, height, and width to fit practically any patient, and the new bariatric chair means that plus-sized patients’ needs can also be catered to with ease.

Having a chair that will provide support and comfort during rehabilitation “should help reduce hospital stay time and speed up recovery”.

The flexibility of the Lento bariatric rise and recline chair means that it will save cost by reducing the need to buy made-to-measure chairs for different patients. Yorkshire Care designed the chair with hospitals in mind, as it is “easy to strip down” for cleaning and has interchangeable parts that can be replaced for maintenance and repairs.

Yorkshire Care’s managing director, Tristan Hulbert, said: “We knew when we designed the Lento range that it would be a real asset to hospital and multi-user environments.

“Now that the NHS is catching up after the pandemic, we knew that they would need more adjustable seating that they could use between patients, including plus-sized patients. If we can help make life easier for the NHS in any way, then we’re happy to do so.”