Compliant lifts are important, whether your a care home group or a retailer, always ensure your lifts follow regulations. LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) has a set of stringent rules that must be legally followed. This is to ensure safe operation of lifting equipment.

A care home group in the local area has an issue. One of their care homes had two lifts that were left isolated. After their LOLER inspections, the inspector put the lifts out of use due to the door gaps being excessive, something that wasn’t addressed by their previous lift company.

This made the building safer, but it wasn’t a long-term practical solution. A lift in a care home is a lifeline to their business due to the fact a lot of residents have mobility issues or complex needs. Care homes rely on working lifts to ensure residents can safely go up and down the building. A non-functional, unreliable or out-of-service lift is a big deal for care homes, as it causes lots of disruption.

With this being said, lifts need to be safe and compliant. If they are not, it means you are putting your residents in danger and risk legal consequences. For this reason, getting all necessary work done is important. Luckily at Nationwide Lifts, we can ensure care home lifts comply with LOLER regulations, run reliably and are safe.

What We Did

They needed urgent help; as soon as we got the call, we were en route. Within two hours, our engineers attended the site and immediately begun their work. By 6:30 pm both issues were fixed the lifts were once again operational, making for a happy client.

The Care Home Group now have compliant, safe and functional lifts, which means residents can now use them to travel to higher floors. If you have recently had a LOLER inspection and you need your lift back in service, get in touch with us today.