Salts Healthcare Ostomy products will be on display at the upcoming WCET Congress being held in Adelaide on 19^th -23^rd April

This year we will be displaying our innovative Ostomy products including the Confidence Natural range which has the unique Flexifit flange and contains Aloe Vera. Also on display will be  our wide selection of leakage solutions including the innovative Dermacol.

We are supporting two posters one by Jean Ross Community Stoma Care Nurse for Salts Healthcare and Caroline Redmond Clinical Director. We are delighted that Kathryn Harper staff nurse, Lister Hospital, Stevenage will be presenting her paper which includes the innovative use of Dermacol.

Come and visit us on stand 17 and 18

April
19th April Tavistock Town Hall 10-12.30pm
19th April Dunfermline Football Stadium 11am-2pm
24th April Channels Lodge Hotel & Golf Club, Chelmsford 10am-2pm

May
2nd May Paisley Glynhill Hotel 11am-2pm
24th May Copperfield Hotel, Market Harborough Leicester
31st May Rockliffe Hall, The Grassmere Suite, Hurworth, Darlington DL2 2DU 10am-1pm

June
12th June Pavilions, Yorkshire Show Ground 10.30am-2pm
15th June Normanby Hall, Scunthorpe
29th June Apex Hotel, Edinburgh 11am-2pm
30th June Chesterfield Branch open day

July
20th July Apex Hotel, Dundee 11am-2pm

August
23rd August Thistle Hotel, Glasgow 11am-2pm

September
6th September Kingsmill Hotel, Inverness 11am-2pm

October
4TH October Avon Bridge Hotel, Hamilton 11am-2pm

Healthlink is an independent Dispensing Appliance Contractor based in Shoreham, with one license covering Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, and Surrey. Founded over 30 years ago, it has successfully served the area and its patients under the stewardship of founder and owner Liz Box, who is retiring.

Family owned Salts Healthcare has been continuously innovating from its Birmingham base since 1701. In addition to designing and producing ground-breaking ostomy and orthotic products, it operates Salts Medilink, one of the largest medical appliance home delivery services in the UK. The acquisition of the Sussex based firm will enable Salts to reach patients across the South Coast and increase the number of Care Centres to 17 making the company a truly nationwide operation.

Salts Medilink, combines the expertise of specialist nurses with that of a rapid, reliable and discreet prescription delivery service for ostomy and incontinence products. Via a team of dedicated and fully-trained staff at our network of customer Care Centres, Salts Medilink can offer a personal service which offers:

• 24-hour emergency freephone helpline (UK only)
• Free cut-to-fit and personal modification service
• 24-hour online ordering facility
• Free pre-paid envelopes for your next order
• All makes of product stocked and supplied
• Free disposable wipes and Disposapacs
• Free vanity case with your first order
• Free 24 -hour home delivery
• A range of accessories
• Prescription based service
• Repeat prescription collection service

Peter Salt, Managing Director of Salts Healthcare said "We are very proud of Salts Medilink. It provides a vital service to ostomy and continence patients throughout the UK and we pride ourselves on going that extra mile. We don’t simply mail products, but have a UK network of centres managed by full-trained staff to ensure patient advice is discrete, professional and local. In addition we can provide a free home visiting service by our fully qualified Stoma Care Nurses to help patients with all aspects of Stoma Care Management."

"We have found ourselves delivering supplies to patients who are on holiday and have run out, the same has happened numerous times during Easter and Christmas. That passion to provide the very best service is found across the Healthlink team and it’s that same quality of care and professional principals that attracted us and we are delighted that Healthlink is joining the Salts Medilink family."

Liz Box, founder of Healthlink said: "I started the business over 30 years ago and have seen it grow into a highly professional operation serving Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, and Surrey, although we do also deliver to other parts of the British Isles. I’m very proud of Healthlink and feel very privileged to have worked with an excellent team of people. I’m a little sad to be retiring but this is a new chapter for both me and the company, and I’m delighted that my work will be continued with the same passion by Salts Healthcare. As a family-owned firm, I know that Salts will look after my company, my staff and most importantly the patients who have made the business what it is today, some of whom I have got to know very well."

Business is strong at the moment for Salts Healthcare. 2011 has seen yet more new product launches, significant growth in the export market with new territories and distribution, and with acquisition of UCI Healthcare in 2010, our purchase of Healthlink shows just how serious the company is in developing its business. The key to their success, according to Philip Salt, Chief Executive Officer, is continual investment in production, R&D and innovation. He said "Our early history shows we were originally metal workers who progressed to surgical instruments. This adaptation was borne out of our home-made, but specialist skills and the desire to innovate. The same principles apply now, especially in a global economy with pressures for cheaper products coming from across the world". He continued "We pride ourselves on our research and development; it’s a large percentage of our business. We are not a plc, but a medium sized family-owned company that can engage with our markets quickly. Join that to our desire for innovation with a highly skilled and dedicated workforce, we hope the Salts name can continue to serve our patients for many hundreds of years to come".

Join us for a fascinating and educational day where you can hear about our latest products offering the 'perfect fit' for everybody. Confidence^® Natural, for one-piece users, and Harmony^® Duo, for two-piece users, both featuer our unique five-sided Flexifit^® wafer, designed to fit your body's natural contours better than ever before

To book please complete the attached form
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Salts Healthcare are proud to support the Ostomy Lifestyle Underwear & Swimwear Show, a Positive Living event, which is being held on Wednesday 2nd November, from 6pm until midnight, at Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ.

Following the overwhelming success of the 2009 show we are proud to announce that this year's show will be even bigger than ever! Featuring men and women, who have all had stoma surgery, the Underwear & Swimwear Show will showcase garments from specialist manufacturers and the high street to prove that it is possible to look and feel great after stoma surgery!

Check out our YouTube channel to watch interview with our inspiring models!
http://www.youtube.com/user/OstomyLifestyleFilms

Thanks to the generous support of companies such as Salts we are able to make show tickets available free and VIP dinner tickets cost just £25! Please get in touch for more details!

Ostomy Lifestyle, 0118 324 0069, admin@ostomylifestyle.org, www.ostomylifestyle.org

see www.wcetn.org for further information

Come and hear about our latest products offering the perfect fit for everybody.

4th May 2011

10am to 2pm
Leeds City Art Gallery (Henry Moore Room), The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AA

17th May 2011

10.30am to 1.30pm
Chillis Lounge, The Chillfactor^e, Trafford Way, Trafford Quays Leisure Village, Manchester, M41 7JA

22nd June 2011

10am to 2pm
King’s Hall and Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, LS29 8HB

More dates to come, so please keep checking.

Breakaway are the UK’s only weekend activity breaks designed for young people from 4-18 with bowel and/or bladder dysfunctions and their families.

Weekends are devised and organised by people with a full knowledge of living with a bowel or bladder dysfunction.

Breakaway weekends and events offer a unique opportunity for families and young people in similar situations to meet, talk about and share their experiences, take part in confidence building action adventure activities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

To find out more information about future events visit www.breakaway-visit.co.uk

Confidence^® has always been the ideal choice for closed pouch users who want the comfort, convenience and flexibility of a one-piece pouch. But now, Salts' most popular pouch comes with a range of natural benefits. Find out more about Confidence^® Natural.