HUXSTEP CARE SERVICES

Huxstep Care Services was setup in 1999 as a home care service for those that needed it providing one to one care on a personal basis. During this time clients were asking if they knew anyone who would be prepared to take them out for shopping trips, doctors, hospitals, dental appointments and family visits. At the time the idea of disabled taxi services were few and far between. I needed something that other services could not provide. The idea came when I had heard about vehicles that were adapted for wheelchair users.

On investigation and after a lot of research I found several companies that would build a vehicle to suit my needs. It was decided that I would choose Atlas conversions who were based in Portsmouth at that time. So the Renault Kangoo was purchased in October 2001 and used to transport the disabled, As an experienced special needs nurse and having nursing as my background and being a member of the St John ambulance many of my clients needed that extra service I felt I needed to provide more and so the vehicle became equipped with various pieces of medical equipment such as oxygen, suction unit, nebuliser and E-lap seat as well as many other items. Business got off to a flying start, then I approached the Hospitals in the local area offering my services for transport for patients that needed to be discharged and were unable to get home because they were either immobile or in a wheelchair.

After a time the question started coming can you transport stretcher patients, and of course the answer was no. this carried on more and more to the point where jobs were turned down, I needed to do something.