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At long last we can hold our first Development Meeting in our new home (Socially distancing of course). We are so pleased to be in our new home and the facilities (and atmosphere) are amazing.

Another successful remote go live thanks to Mike Birdsall as well as Ivan and his team for adapting to the challenges that Covid-19 brought. Ivan sent a few words. We implemented BEST originally in 2011 and in the period since we have always had an invaluable support partner in ensuring […]

Soft Options are moving. After 25 years in Amisfield House we are now moving to a much more modern facility with an open plan office space known as Hub 26. Hub 26 is a lifestyle centre with luxury office space just off the M62 at Junction 26 and offers many […]

Bromley Wheelchair Service have placed their order to upgrade to BEST V14. The team here at Soft Options are very much looking forward to working with the service and hope that as travel restrictions begin to ease a visit can be arranged in the very near future to get the […]

BEST Collaboration #1 Some of our existing users of BEST contacted us via the National Wheelchair Managers Forum to discuss the options for managing remote appointments. Today we held our first BEST Development Collaboration sessions with 27 contacts from various sites across the country. Any existing users who are interested […]

Following a successful remote training session last week Kelly is holding a further 2 training sessions this week to cover the following: 1. System Basics 2. Patient Navigation 3. Patient History 4. Equipment Review 5. Review Screens

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have decided to upgrade their 47 user Wheelchair and Approved repairer (AR) modules to BEST V14. Like most of our new sites they have opted to install IMF to help streamline their service. The upgrade is an integral part of ongoing service developments to modernise […]

Despite us not been able to travel to site due to the current circumstances Bristol have begun their BEST V14 training. Today and over the next couple of weeks Software Developer Kelly is hosting multiple remote training sessions via WebEx to give an overview of the system, starting with the […]

Invacare have placed an order to upgrade their current BEST system at Warwick to BEST V14. They have also chosen to incorporate a number of additional features, including EDT and IMF.

AJM Healthcare run multiple Clinical Services using BEST V14. Today we went live with Portsmouth & Plymouth. A few candles were burned by staff from Soft Options and AJM Heathcare to ensure everything was ready in time. Once again Dave and the team at Soft Options have pulled out all […]

Mike Birdsall (Soft Options Software Developer) completed the first half of the East Berkshire Wheelchair Service Annual Consultancy Day which had been scheduled before the Covid-19 outbreak. After the Service had supplied a comprehensive agenda and details of how they would like to use their ACD, we decided to split […]