Better bariatric care
A complete support service to help you care safely, efficiently and kindly for bariatric patients and those with complex needs.
Lightening the load
Caring for bariatric patients can add stress to already stressed hospital staff and systems, compromising safety, efficiency and patient dignity.
BE provides a complete service to ensure hospitals are fully prepared: making the critical first hours safer and calmer and the ongoing support more streamlined to get patients home sooner. Our unique service combination of equipment, mobility bundles, hands-on education and 24/7 support means hospitals have what they want, when they need it, to provide the best modern care for bariatric patients.
The complete toolkit for safe bariatric care
Our equipment, service, training and management tools allow you to plan and care with confidence.
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Products & Services
Delivered exactly when you need, our ready-to-go, high-quality equipment and mobility bundles are designed to eliminate delays, enhance flow and create safer shifts.
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Education
Our tailored training modules and practical guidance ensure care teams understand how to enhance safety, efficiency and comfort when working with bariatric patients.
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Tools
Our real-time digital management tools give you complete visibility over costs, risks and timeframes, helping you to drive continuous improvement in both care and efficiency.
Getting patients Home Sooner™
Our Home Sooner promise, to create a better experience for patients and reduce the additional burden of bariatric care on hospitals, is built around three key moments: Arrival. Stay. Home.
With a focus on providing the best processes, products and people, we’re able to give hospitals a connected model of care around these moments, removing barriers, reducing risk and supporting the safety of the staff who make this care possible.
Our methodology has been proven to deliver better outcomes for patients, staff and the wider health system, cutting lengths of stay by up to 74% and reducing nurse and patient injuries by up to 90%.
People
Expert GearMeds on-site to support set-up, train staff, and resolve issues in real time.
Products
Specialist equipment, bundles and tailored to each patient’s individual needs.
Process
Clear, repeatable pathways through the entire patient journey.
Three key moments
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With BE you have exactly the right equipment and systems in place to care for your bariatric patient from the minute they arrive.
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Our tailored care bundles support a safer, speedier recovery, with equipment and protocols designed to aid early movement.
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Our support bundles make discharge smoother and recovery safer, so patients can get home sooner.
A measurable impact
Hospitals that follow the Home Sooner™ model have reported significant improvements in safety, cost and efficiency.
74%
Shorter stays when hospitals are prepared
40%
Less spent per patient on average
90%
Up to 90% fewer bariatric-related injuries for patients and staff
Committed to transforming
bariatric care for over 12 years
BE is part of the Essential Helpcare Group. By designing smarter systems and solutions, empowering nurses and supporting hospital systems, we’re committed to enhancing the quantum of care required by patients with complex healthcare challenges to get them home safer and sooner.
News
New BE Five-step Pathway
BE has introduced a five-step pathway to better bariatric care – from reactive and fragmented to fully integrated. It gives hospitals a clear way to understand where their systems sit today, and where to focus next, supporting safer shifts, smoother patient flow, and more consistent care journeys.
November 15 2025
Stories that shift understanding
BE has released a series of illustrated books designed to build shared understanding of bariatric care. Using simple, person-centred storytelling, the books explore real scenarios across emergency care, education, equipment and mobility. They create a common language that supports confidence, alignment, and better decision-making across teams.
December 21 2025
Care that fits – delivering a bed that is ‘just right’.
BE has introduced on-demand bariatric care bundles that deliver Goldilocks care – equipment that’s just right, when it’s needed most. Designed for real bodies, not one-size-fits-all assumptions, each bundle arrives fast and ready to use, reducing risk, restoring dignity, and supporting safer, smoother care pathways Home Sooner.
January 30 2025
Earlier Mobilisation in ICU
To finish off - we have a new study to share that we think you'll enjoy reading:
Key Principles for Rehabilitation of Critically Ill Patients with Obesity
Recommended by one of our seminar presenters, Dr Caz Hales, we believe this study aligns well with the BE Home Sooner story - See BE ICU Earlier Mobilisation here.
July 29 2026The Dolphin Launch
If your bariatric or complex care patient is in pain, agitated, at high risk of pressure injury, and a challenge to reposition, then the launch of Dolphin Therapy locally may be just the thing to relieve this situation. With one of the largest real-world evidence bases of any pressure relief system - including spinal injury, critical care, and post-surgical outcomes - it's available and ready to go now for ICUs and complex care situations. We've done a quiet launch to a few sites in the state, and we're more than happy to show you too - simply let me know.
July 29 2026
5 Transformational Stories
We are super excited to release our 5 Transformational Stories Booklet - five patient and staff stories, inspired by the real patterns we see across hospitals here locally in the state.
Meet Marama, Henry, Sela, Robert and Priya. Although a little confronting to hear the challenges, we found that by relating the successes back to the 50 Barriers that were overcome or removed - like turning Sela's 7-person lift into a 2-person job with zero staff injuries - it really helps show how challenges can be turned into opportunities.
We hope you enjoy the short read - and do let us know if you'd like your own printed copy.
See 5 Transformational Stories Booklet here.
July 29 2026