Lightening the load for London hospice

It provides services for people with life limiting and terminal illness living it the City of London and the Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham, and in neighbouring areas.

With 42 in-patient beds the hospice generates a considerable amount of laundry, and for many years Armstrong Commercial Laundry Systems has supplied and maintained its washers and dryers.

The large laundry room includes two recently purchased Primus Amazon steam heated 18kg washer extractors, a larger Primus high-spin speed 40kg washer, two small washers that are used for patients’ personal laundry and three Huebsch tumble dryers  which are still going strong at 12 years old.  

Paul Freeman, facilities supervisor at the hospice, said: “The equipment is robust and reliable – even after many years of service.

“If we do have a problem with a machine the engineers come out within 24 hours to get it up and running again, and there’s always good advice when we need to expand or replace a machine."

The machines are operated by dedicated laundry staff and are all in operation seven days a week.