Trade2Care

Trade2Care: care home equipment at trade prices

Trade2Care is a UK-based supplier of healthcare equipment aimed at care homes, hospitals and individual buyers. The company presents itself as a trade-focused shop, with free trade account registration for care homes and providers, and a catalogue organised around the equipment categories used in residential and clinical care settings.

Its offer covers patient handling and hoists, profiling beds, pressure care mattresses, bathing and toileting equipment, fall prevention and monitoring, clinical scales, daily living supplies and sluice room and infection control solutions. The site also lists a dedicated spares section, including compatible parts for Arjo, Invacare, Oxford and Molift equipment, as well as essential replacement batteries, chargers, handsets, control boxes and castors.

Patient handling and mobility

Within patient handling, Trade2Care lists mobile patient hoists, ceiling hoists and bariatric hoists, alongside stand aids and transfer aids. The sling range is divided into universal, toileting, hammock, in-situ and standing and transfer slings, which allows buyers to match sling type to the lifting or transfer task.

The profiling bed catalogue includes standard, low, bariatric, ultra-low and specialist profiling beds, plus accessories and spares such as bed extension kits, side rails, side rail protectors and infills, and bed protection and bedding.

Pressure care, bathing and daily living

Pressure care is organised into dynamic and alternating mattresses, hybrid pressure mattresses, pressure relief cushions, bariatric pressure mattresses, pump systems and replacement pumps, and static and foam mattresses. Static options are further split into standard foam, medium and high-risk static pressure care mattresses, static pressure cushions and bariatric foam mattresses.

For bathing, toileting and bathroom safety, the range includes assisted baths, shower chairs and trolleys, bath hoists and commodes. Daily living and care supplies cover wheelchairs, over bed tables and tilt-in-space chairs. Fall prevention and patient monitoring includes nursing alarms and call systems, biometric monitors, evacuation equipment, crash mats and fall prevention alarms.

Clinical scales and sluice room equipment

The clinical scales and weighing section lists wheelchair and chair scales, hoist scales, chair scales, and floor and body scales. For sluice rooms and infection control, Trade2Care offers washer disinfectors, equipment and surface disinfectants, and drain cleaning and maintenance kits.

Servicing and LOLER inspections

Trade2Care provides servicing and LOLER inspections, repairs and spares through 24 NRG Group engineers. The site presents this as a separate service line from equipment sales, with a dedicated booking option for servicing.

Brands and featured products

The catalogue includes equipment from Alerta, Wellell, Drive DeVilbiss, Harvest, Invacare, Molift, Oxford, Seko, Marsden, Armour Plastics and MIP. Among the products highlighted on the site at the time of writing were the Oxford Advance Folding Patient Hoist, the M80 Tilt-in-Space Shower & Commode, the Excel 600 Height Adjustable Bath and the Boost Adjustable Transfer Aid. The site also listed a 100mm rear braked castor for the Oxford Advance at £111.43, 24 NRG Group multi-purpose weight testing bags at £85.00, 24 NRG Sluice Room Cleaner Pro at £4.99 and a 3A Happyneb III Nebuliser at £83.96.

Delivery and trade accounts

Trade2Care advertises next-day delivery on stock items and free trade account registration for care homes and providers. The company also operates an email list for new equipment, servicing reminders and updates.