Healthcare firm seeks to support the elderly and vulnerable

Yorkshire-based healthcare provider Sure Healthcare, part of the Sure Group, is on a mission to support elderly and vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 pandemic with PPE kit home deliveries.

The firm, which offers healthcare services and support to residential homes, nursing homes and assisted living charities, will be transporting hundreds of PPE kits to people in need, as part of a campaign to support vulnerable residents in the region.

The kits, which include gloves, masks and hand sanitisers, will be delivered personally by Sure Healthcare’s team and will be transported using distribution links from its sister company Sure Logistics, which operates vehicles across the UK.

The initiative has been launched by Sure Group after its directors made the decision to allocate funding to Sure Healthcare to purchase additional PPE supplies that can be used in the community.

Sure Group managing director, Charles Draper, said: “We quickly realised that with Sure Healthcare’s supplier contacts and access to PPE provision, there would be no better way to support people than to pull together as a group to provide funding for additional PPE which we will then deliver to the elderly and vulnerable in the region.”

“These kits will be made available to provide peace of mind to anyone who feels vulnerable and still needs leave their home to make essential trips. People can apply for a kit via email and our team will respond to arrange deliveries.”

While NHS England continues to manage the procurement of PPE in hospitals, access to equipment in the community is currently limited for many.

Draper said the business will utilise its stock and contacts to make a positive impact in the community.

He explained: “We are aware of the higher risks of infection to the elderly and people with existing medical conditions.

“As a business that works primarily in care environments, we require regular access to personal protective equipment, and we will now be purchasing additional PPE that we can donate in kits to those who need it most in the community.

“We are lucky to also have good supply chain relationships and we have been working with our suppliers to provide these kits and will be distributing them over the next few weeks when we have identified the residents that are most vulnerable.

“We are now able to offer this support in the community as procurement teams have fully supported our Care Teams with all required PPE including new full face visors.

“Our suppliers have assured us that other clients and care providers have caught up on their backlog of orders and do not urgently require re-stocking, although if any do, they are welcome to get in touch with us.”

As well as delivering the kits, Sure Group’s transportation business, Sure Logistics, has been supporting the fight against COVID-19 by delivering hospital beds to several new NHS Nightingale Hospitals that have just opened in the north-west of England.