Protecting NHS lone workers
London-based Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises two of the largest hospitals in the UK, employing over 13,000 staff.
In April 2011, the Trust took over responsibility for the provision of community services in Lambeth and Southwark, ‘inheriting’ 471 personal safety devices.
The Trust’s Jayne King discovered that the incumbent system relied on inferior cell ID location based technology, and many staff were not comfortable using the devices. Skyguard’s MySOS device was chosen as the replacement, due to its GPS technology which sends the alarm location during an emergency and allows the staffs’ whereabouts to be tracked by managers online via Skyguard’s client portal.
Jayne said: “Skyguard’s MySOS was the obvious choice as it incorporates the latest technology, whilst being easy to use and offers good value for money.”
The Trust now has over 600 MySOS devices.
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