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PEATplus Launched At HEFMA

Drax UK Ltd. launched their PEATplus system at the HEFMA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Brighton on Thursday 11 th – Friday 12 th of May 2006. This important event was attended by Senior Healthcare personnel who have responsibility for Services & Facilities.

PEATplus is a product designed specifically to ease the burden on managers and staff by using powerful software to create, collate and report on a wide range of surveys including PEAT. PEATplus can help you optimise your PEAT rating as well as offering significant reductions in resource by eliminating labour intensive paperwork. Visit our downloads page to download the Peat Plus brochure.

Drax at Healthcare Estates 2005
Drax Managing Director Philip Cunningham presented a paper on the SMaRT approach to servicing and maintenance at the Healthcare Estates 2005 Conference and Exhibition, held in Harrogate at the beginning of November. Drax exhibited their range of products and Drax staff were on hand to answer questions and provide demonstrations. There was a free draw to win a four-ball round of golf at the world-famous Belfry Golf Course.

SMS Alarm & Fault Transmission
Drax's family of alarm management products now offer the facility of alerting people to alarm and fault situations using mobile phone SMS messages. Read more...

Alarm To IT Network Connectivity Has Arrived
Until now, distributing alarm information around large or complex sites has necessitated the costly and time consuming installation of bespoke network cabling. But that situation has changed... Read more...

Everyone Needs a Guardian Angel!
Countless studies show that conventional emergency alarms cause confusion. People are surprised and often startled. They don’t know what’s happening….. but Angel changes that! Read more...

NHS Set To Revolutionise Visitor Access Control
Since the inception of the NHS over 50 years ago, there has always existed an implied right of access to patients by visitors. Unfortunately, a number of high profile incidents have prompted NHS Estates to review this policy, and they looked to Drax for a solution. Read more...

Drax Plays it’s Part in False Alarm Reduction
Current plans to modernise the fire & rescue service have forced the Government to review the number of brigade attendances to false alarms from automatic fire detection systems. Singled out for specific attention has been the NHS, with 50% of false alarms nationally being attributed to NHS buildings. Trusts are required to monitor and report alarms, and Drax have introduced tools to make this job as simple as possible. Read more...