Patient-warming blankets are being offered free-of-charge to 50 hospitals in East Anglia by the high-tech warming company HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL.
The company said that the full body blankets are being made available as part of a £500,000 investment in supporting the NHS towards the end of the financial year. Hospitals can apply to have as many as five blankets. “Some hospitals had told us that they were running out of patient-warming budget towards the end of the financial year”, said Hot Dog International’s UK president Robin Humble. “This is a controlled exercise which will enable some hospitals to continue to warm patients despite budget constraints and also to try out a more affordable and environmentally-friendly patient warming technology”. The company is also including in the kit information on how the new technology enables hospitals to save substantial amounts from their warming budgets. “Using this new form of patient warming will successfully keep their patients warm and make substantial savings”, said Robin Humble.
