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Testimonials

South Western Ambulance

Within a year of introducing

the ELK, sickness had
reduced by 10% saving the

service over £300K.

In 2009 South Western
Ambulance (SWAST) introduced
the Mangar ELK lifting cushions
into their fleet of ambulances.
SWAST attend around 130,000
emergency call outs a year and
23% of the calls were to lift people
who had fallen. SWAST were also

recording more than 5,000 lost
staff days to musculoskeletal
injuries costing the service over
£3m a year.

Neil Hunt, Clinical Tutor with
SWAST reported that within a year
of introducing the ELK, sickness
had reduced by 10% saving the
service over £300K.