Visitors Pod

Visitors Pod

In recent months, it has been difficult to switch on the news without seeing the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the care sector. Reports of elderly residents unable to see their families for months on end, partners of fifty years not able to see each other except over FaceTime, people separated from their loved…

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EQUIPOD

EQUIPOD

After much thought, deliberation and planning, the concept of the Equipod was born and then quickly put into action.Many professionals would agree that one of the key challenges within the health and social care sector, particularly in the time of COVID-19, has been ensuring that different disciplines continue to…

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Fight against Covid-19.

Fight against Covid-19.

“It’s the right thing to do” were the words of our Equilibrium leadership team at the outbreak of the pandemic. By May 2020, we had opened the Florence Unit: a stepdown service that gave vulnerable Covid-19 patients a safe place to recover until they were able to return to their home or care setting.

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Supporting the NHS.

Supporting the NHS.

During the pandemic, the Equilibrium team were chosen to roll out our Infection Prevention Training nationally for the NHS and private sector staff. The Manchester Connect initiative set a standard in elderly care services; assisting frontline workers to cope with the effects of Covid-19 in care settings.

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