About Us
Established in 2008, Seating Matters set out to create clinical, therapeutic seating that would cater to the holistic needs of patients - providing comfort, postural support, pressure management and improving quality of life.
Our Purpose
It is our mission to improve millions of lives a year in a sustainable manner.
Seating Matters exists to improve and enhance the quality of life of patients through clinical excellence.
Clinicians, care givers and families can validate, that the correct clinical therapeutic seating can transform how a patient spends their day out of bed, reducing risks like pressure injuries and their consequences which profoundly affect medical outcomes and patient well-being.
That is what we are all about. It matters to us. We care passionately about improving lives through innovative healthcare seating and every team member across our company is dedicated to that goal.
Our History
Seating Matters is a family run business.
Martina Tierney, an Occupational Therapist and author of The Clinician’s Seating Handbook, designed the first Seating Matters chairs to meet the needs of her individual patients with complex needs and pressure injuries.
Throughout Martina’s 30 year career working with patients, Martina discovered the profound effects that unsafe seating could have on patient outcomes and designed chairs to meet their clinical and functional needs.
After results from a clinical research trial proved that Seating Matters chairs helped reduce pressure injuries, falls and care giver injuries, demand for Seating Matters expanded globally.
Seating Matters began to supply government and hospital systems throughout the world and developed partnerships with healthcare facilities to help them reduce cost of care.
Seating Matters is committed to helping millions of lives a year through their products and global partnerships.
Why Choose Us?
Seating Matters exists to improve and enhance the quality of life of patients through clinical excellence.
Clinical Excellence
Set yourself apart with products that help you achieve clinical excellence.
Reducing the Cost of Care
Products that positively impact budget spend by preventing avoidable injuries and staff intervention.
Reducing Injuries
With the right clinical, therapeutic seating you can achieve a reduction in injuries just as falls and pressure injuries.
Clinically Designed Products
All products have been clinically designed to offer support for, not just the patients, but also the care givers.
Sustainable
We are fully committed to Sustainability. Our team make incremental improvements every day aligned with our focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Just ask the experts...
We care passionately about improving lives through innovative healthcare seating.
The change in Barbara when she was sitting in the new chair compared to just laying in bed was amazing.
I’ve always felt when dealing with your company that the satisfaction of the person who was going to be the user of one of your chairs was paramount.
Seating Matters is set apart from other companies by their passion and knowledge for their product and clients.
Lean Thinking
At Seating Matters, we pride ourselves on our decision to become Lean.
Simply put, Lean is a method to reduce non value added activities from a process so that we can add more value to our customer.
As a result of this, we have created a culture of continuous improvement, meaning that our products and services are continually enhanced to provide the best service and clinically excellent products, helping as many patients as possible around the world.
Today Seating Matters stands as an example of world class Lean thinkers.
Next Steps
Take the next step to achieve clinical excellence and a 24 hour package of care for patients.
Book a Free Seating Assessment
Arrange a free, no obligation seating assessment with your local Seating Specialist.
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Schedule a call at a time that suits you to speak with our experts.
