Patient First To Attend Parkex 2011

Patient First will be in attendance at one of the UK's premier transport shows Parkex in 2011, as it continues to drive growth in the local authority care services marketplace.

Parkex, which is attended mainly by transport professionals within local authorities, will be held at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre at the end of March.

Patients First's Care Services operation helps local authorities with the transport of vulnerable adults.Statutory instruments such as the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, are in place to protect the transfer of vulnerable groups, and Patient First has worked within the industry to ensure it meets and indeed exceeds the requirements laid out and regulated by the Care Quality Commission, the industry regulators.

Transportation in the statutory regulations covers visits to and from schools and educational establishments, hospitals and other independent health care services such as private psychiatric hospitals, clinics and medical agencies and independent hospitals.Patient First works with local authorities to provide the necessary transport services in a structured and protected way.

Matt Larkin, Patient First's Managing Director commented: "We already have a great deal of experience in county-wide operations, such as in Hereford and Shropshire, that will give any local authority the confidence and assurance that we can handle their transportation of vulnerable groups, whatever is needed."

"Parkex will give us the opportunity to touch base with local authority transport professionals from around the country. We fully understand the framework arrangements needed for this type of work, and the bespoke nature of the services means that we can work with them to support the transfer of those with greater needs. This includes passengers with physical disabilities where that may require our staff to have specialist training, respite care for all ages, and the use of a wide variety of vehicles to ensure transfers are managed in a way sympathetic to the passenger needs."

Patient First will be with parent company NSL on Stand P22 at Parkex