On this page you will find answers to some of the most
frequently asked questions about our Guest Beds and Wallbeds:
- Why choose GP Care Systems?
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- Unlike most other UK guest bed and wallbed suppliers, who simply
import products designed for domestic use in their countries of origin,
or supply really basic, cheap, locally manufactured products, which
are totally unsuitable for use in Hospitals and Hospices, GP Care
Systems have 35 years' experience of designing and supplying high
performance, heavy-duty, space-saving beds, specifically to provide
rest facilities/overnight accommodation, in healthcare applications,
where space is at a premium.
We are the acknowledged leading specialists in this field, all our
products comply with current Health & Safety, Manual Handling and
Infection Control requirements and are designed to give years of
trouble-free service, even in the most gruelling of situations. Our
‘GLIDEAWAY’® Guest Beds are in a class of their own and we pioneered
the use of heavy-duty ‘WISKAWAY’® Wall Beds in Hospitals and
Hospices in the UK.
Our space-saving beds for Hospitals and Hospices are additionally
supported by a FREE in-house advisory service to help you select the
right product for the job, a FULL 5 YEAR GUARANTEE and a
comprehensive after-sales service, to ensure that your beds continue
to perform, at their best, year-after-year and you get maximum value
for money.
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- Will GP Care Systems' products stand up
to daily use on busy Hospital Wards and in Hospices?
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- YES. There is nothing temporary, or makeshift
about our ‘GLIDEAWAY’® Guest Beds and ‘WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds. They are
designed to withstand years of regular, heavy-duty use and will
sleep even overweight adults (up to 200Kg for single beds and up to
400Kg for doubles), for extended periods, in total comfort. Our
customers include major General Hospitals, dedicated Children's
Hospitals and Hospices, throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
The secret is the heavy-duty, hand-welded, powder-coated,
tubular-steel construction of our 'GLIDEAWAY’'® Guest Bed and
'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds, combined with a unique, pre-tensioned, woven
steel mesh base, which is guaranteed never to sag, or unravel. All
our bedframes are GUARANTEED FOR A FULL 5 YEARS against defective materials
and workmanship and will give many more years of trouble-free
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- Are GP Care Systems' products
safe and easy to operate?
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- YES. Strong, yet lightweight, tubular steel
construction, automatically opening and retracting legs and the
absence of sharp edges on our 'GLIDEAWAY'® Guest Bed, and
'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Bed ranges and full counterbalancing on our
'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds make for safe, smooth and easy operation. In
addition, all our space-savers are supplied complete with
permanently-fixed, prominently displayed, wipe-clean, laminated,
step-by-step, operating instructions.
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- Do GP Care Systems' products
comply with current Health & Safety, Manual Handling and Infection Control requirements?
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- YES. All GP Care Systems products comply fully
with current Health & Safety, Manual Handling and Infection Control
requirements. The heavy-duty, powder-coated, all-steel bedframes of
our 'GLIDEAWAY'® Guest Beds and 'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds and our
wipe-clean/waterproof mattresses can be cleaned and disinfected just
like ordinary Hospital beds and mattresses, using the same cleaning
agents. Our MFC and Plastic
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- Do GP Care Systems offer an
after-sales service?
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- YES. GP Care Systems are able to offer a full,
nationwide after-sales service on their Guest Beds and Wallbeds and
will additionally be pleased to quote for periodic
maintenance/servicing visits. Our bedframes are GUARANTEED FOR A
FULL 5 YEARS against defective materials and workmanship.
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- Does GP Care Systems offer an
installation service?
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- YES. GP Care Systems will be pleased to quote
for the supply and installation (where required) of their products.
Our skilled fitters have extensive experience of working in
different situations including, for instance, on live Hospital
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- What are 'WISKAWAY'® Wall Beds?
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Our world class, heavy-duty, 'WISKAWAY'® and
‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds
are single and double beds, which are designed to be fixed permanently
in place and pivot away, effortlessly, flat against the wall, either on
end (Vertical wallbeds), or sideways (Horizontal wallbeds). Because the
bedframes don't have to fold in any way they can be used with proper
mattresses, so 'WISKAWAY’®
Wall Beds offer all the comfort and convenience of good quality
firm-based divan beds, but are far tougher and can be stowed away fully
made-up, when not required, freeing-up extra space, during the day and
eliminating the need to make-up/un-make the bed each evening/morning.
All 'WISKAWAY’'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds come with the following features:
• They will take a proper (wipe-clean) interior sprung, or foam mattress
and standard bedding.
• They pivot away fully made up, for REGULAR NIGHTLY USE.
• They are safe and easy to handle, counterbalanced, fitted with
automatically opening and retracting legs and can be ready to use in
seconds.
• They have strong hand-welded tubular steel frames with firm, non-sag,
woven steel mesh bases and a tough, wipe-clean powder-coated finish in a
choice of 15 colours.
• They will comfortably cope with loadings of up to 200Kg on single models and up to
400Kg on doubles.
• They are supplied complete with (wipe-clean) flexible, hook-on bedding
retaining straps, to hold all the bedding – (including the pillows) - in
place, when folded away.
• They will give years of trouble-free service and are GUARANTEED FOR A FULL 5 YEARS against defective materials and
workmanship.
• They come with simple, permanently displayed, step-by-step,
laminated operating instructions.
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- What are 'GLIDEAWAY’® Guest Beds?
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Our high performance, heavy-duty 'GLIDEAWAY'® Guest
Beds are single beds, which can be folded in half when not in use and
moved effortlessly, from one location to another, on hospital wheels.
They share many features with our 'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds, including the
same heavy-duty, hand-welded, tubular steel construction, tough
powder-coated finish, non-sag woven-steel mesh base and FULL 5 YEAR
GUARANTEE. They are safe and easy to handle, will cope with loadings of
up to 200Kg and come complete with permanently displayed operating
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- How comfortable are GP Care Systems' space-savers?
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- EXTREMELY. A firm, non-sag, woven-steel mesh
base ensures proper anatomical support, similar to continental-style
slatted beds, but many times stronger - (no wooden slats, or
'foundations' to break). The 'GLIDEAWAY'® comes complete with a
foldable, lightweight, high-specification, wipe-clean/waterproof,
breathable, medium-firm
foam mattress. To complement our
'WISKAWAY'® Wall Beds, we offer a choice of high specification,
medium-firm, interior sprung, or foam mattresses, with
wipe-clean/waterproof covers (All our mattresses are flame retardant to Ignition Source 5. One model is additionally available to
flame retardant Ignition Source 7).
Our space-saving beds are, in fact, so comfortable that we are
regularly contacted by people who have used them in Hospital, or in
a Hospice and want to buy one for their own use at home! Back to top
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- Are GP Care Systems' space-savers easy and convenient to use?
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- VERY. Our ‘GLIDEAWAY’® Guest Beds are equipped
with automatically opening and retracting legs -(just open the bed
out and it’s ready to use)- and hospital wheels (two with brakes), to
make them easy to move from one location to another. Make them up
and use them, when and where required.
For ease of operation, our 'WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds also feature
automatic leg action and are additionally counterbalanced, by means
of heavy-duty steel springs, or pneumatic cylinders -(depending on
the model). This makes operating the beds 'child's play'. Since
'WISKAWAY'® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds can be stowed away fully made up, they can be
'down' and ready to use in literally seconds and can be folded-away
again in seconds too – (in an emergency, for instance). Wipe-clean,
flexible bedding retaining straps, supplied with the beds, attach
permanently to one end, or side and are simply hooked across, before
the bed is folded away, to hold the mattress and all the bedding, (including
the pillows), in place. Nothing could be simpler!
All our products are supplied complete with permanently attached and
prominently displayed laminated, step-by-step operating,
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- Do GP Care Systems' space-savers need special bedding?
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- NO. Our 'GLIDEAWAY'® Guest Bed can be used with
standard bedding (but cannot be left made-up, when folded – although
our ‘GLIDEAWAY’® XH does incorporate a handy bedding tray). Our
'WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds are designed to be used and folded away, fully
made up, complete with a standard sized spring interior, or foam mattress and
either ordinary sheets and blankets, or fitted sheets and duvets.
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- What sizes do
GP Care Systems' space-savers come in?
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- Our 'GLIDEAWAY'® Guest Beds come in a variety of single sizes,
(please see product page for details), whilst our 'WISKAWAY’®' Wall
Beds come in Horizontal (6000H) - sideways folding, or Vertical
(7500H and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’®) versions, in a choice of standard single
and double and in made-to-measure sizes, (please see product pages
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- What finishes do
GP Care Systems' space-savers come in?
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- Our 'GLIDEAWAY'® ' Guest Beds and ‘WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’®
Wall Beds all come finished in a choice of 15 standard, tough, wipe-clean, powder-coated
bedframe colours (see product page for details).
Our 'WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds come with housings in a wide choice of
finishes, ranging from wipe-clean MFC and Plastic Laminates, to real
veneers. In addition to a choice of standard finishes, special
finishes can be supplied (e.g. to match the decor of the rooms/other furniture).
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- How would one choose between GP Care
Systems' 'GLIDEAWAY’® Guest Beds and 'WISKAWAY’® and ‘NEAT-A-WARD’® Wall Beds?
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- We are unsure which model is best
suited to our needs. Can you provide further advice?
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- YES. GP Care Systems offers a FREE in-house
consultancy service, to prospective Hospital and Hospice customers
and to architects, to help determine the best model(s) and size(s)
for the job in-hand and the available budget. On larger projects, we
are also able to make site visits, to measure-up, attend design
meetings, etc. Please contact us for
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- We cannot find exactly what we
want on your website. Can you still help?
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- QUITE POSSIBLY! In addition to the models and sizes
featured on this website, we are able to offer most of our products
in special made-to-measure sizes. Other modifications are also
available on larger projects, to suit customers' requirements.
Examples include extra high/low beds, beds to fit into ‘difficult’
spaces, in front of pillars, radiators, etc.
We are also able to provide a larger range of wall-folding beds than
is shown on this website. We have featured here, the models which
have proved the most popular, over the years, for use in Hospitals
and Hospices, but we can supply other single, double and
made-to-measure wallbeds, as well as wall-folding bunk beds and a
wall-mounted couchette bed model. We are also able to supply
free-standing, all-steel divan bases and bunk beds - all featuring the same heavy-duty,
hand-welded, powder-coated, wipe-clean, tubular steel construction
and non-sag, woven-steel mesh base and available in the same 15
standard bedframe colours, as the wallbeds and guestbeds, featured on this
website. So, if you can't find what you're looking for on this
website, please do contact us, rather than
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