Hospital Lifts

Expert Lift Installation and Maintenance for the UK Healthcare Sector

Procuring lifts for hospitals or care settings, means finding a partner who understands the critical nature of healthcare lift infrastructure. Patient flow, emergency access, staff efficiency, and the movement of vital equipment depend on reliable, specialist hospital lifts.

Beyond standard passenger movement, hospital lifts operate under unique pressures. They are critical infrastructure where reliability is central to patient care and safety. When specifying lifts, compliance with healthcare standards (like HTM 08-02), robust design for constant use, enhanced accessibility features, and infection control measures are top priorities. Our understanding of these specific requirements is the first step in ensuring your hospital lifts meet the needs of healthcare patients, staff, and visitors every day.

Tower Lifts brings over a decade’s experience of working with the healthcare sector, supplying and maintaining passenger and service lifts across the UK. We design lifts to your specifications, install them in such away that respects your environment and provide an aftercare service that guarantees long-term performance.

Understanding the Different Lifts Supporting Hospital Operations

Effective hospital operations rely heavily on the smooth, uninterrupted flow of people and materials. This demands a carefully planned mix of different lift types, each designed for specific tasks and manufactured for exceptional reliability in a 24/7 environment. At Tower Lifts we ensure each lift contributes positively to overall efficiency and safety:

Hospital Lifts Make Healthcare More Efficient
  • Passenger Lifts – Must cope effortlessly with constant footfall – staff rushing between wards, visitors navigating the building. Beyond meeting strict safety regulations, these lifts need to be designed for high-intensity use, including clear controls, and a finish that balances durability with hygiene requirements.
  • Hospital Bed Lifts – Providing core patient care, these spacious lifts (requiring around 2500kg/33-person capacity, 1800mm x 2700mm car, 1400mm doors) are designed for the specific task of moving beds, patients, staff, and equipment smoothly and safely. Precise control and levelling are vital to guarantee patient comfort and ease of transfer.
  • Stretcher Lifts – Offering capacity for emergency stretcher cases (needing approx. 1400mm x 2400mm clear space, 1400mm doors, and 1600kg/20-person capacity), these specialist hospital lifts ensure rapid, unimpeded transport when time is of the essence. Their design includes accommodation for the team and equipment alongside the stretcher.
  • Goods/Service Lifts – Whether it’s catering trolleys, clinical waste bins, or deliveries of vital supplies, these goods lifts need to be tough, dependable, and configured to handle the specific types and volumes of goods essential to daily hospital function.
  • Evacuation Lifts – Essential for emergency preparedness and meeting fire safety regulations (e.g., BS 9999, EN 81-72). These lifts are engineered with protected power supplies and controls to function during emergencies, enabling the safe evacuation of people with impaired mobility who cannot use stairwells.

Case Study – Improving Passenger Flow at Northwick Park Hospital, London

Providing hospital lifts for a major site like Northwick Park Hospital, (part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust), presents unique challenges. With a large daily throughput of patients, visitors, and staff operating 24/7, their passenger lifts face unrelenting, intense demand.

The Tower Lifts team worked closely with the Trust to design and install passenger lift solutions specifically engineered to manage this high volume efficiently. This involved careful traffic analysis to inform lift configurations and control systems, ensuring smooth people flow, minimising waiting times during peak periods, and providing the reliability which is essential in a healthcare setting.

Hospital Lift Maintenance and Emergency Repairs

Hospital Lift Maintenance and Emergency Repairs

Hospitals and healthcare settings depend on the reliability of their lift infrastructure. At Tower Lifts, we recognise that standard maintenance schedules may not be enough. We work closely with NHS Trusts and care facilities to develop tailored maintenance schedules, reflecting the specific usage patterns and roles of each lift.

Should a breakdown occur, we understand the immediate impact. Our 24/7 emergency repair service prioritises hospital calls. Our engineers are trained to respond rapidly, diagnose efficiently, and minimise disruption in sensitive patient areas. With expertise across all major lift brands, you can rely on Tower Lifts for consistent, expert support.

Hospital Lifts Installation From Tower Lifts

Confidence in your hospital lifts provider’s expertise, safety practices, and quality standards is a priority. At Tower Lifts, our experience of the healthcare sector is backed by our ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management) and ISO 45001 (Health & Safety) certifications, alongside UKAS LiftCert accreditation and active LEIA membership.

Discuss your hospital lift installation or maintenance requirements with our team. Get in touch with Tower Lifts today to learn more about our services for the healthcare sector. Call 01525 601099 today.

Tower Lifts hospital lift installers also provide a range of lift services including:

Domestic Lifts • Food Lifts • Bespoke Platform Lifts • Service Lifts • Platform Lifts • Goods Lifts • Scenic Lifts • Heavy Duty / Car Lifts • Passenger Lifts • Dumbwaiter Lifts • MRL Lifts • Fire lifts • Residential Lifts • low-Headroom Lifts