News
2026
Three field service engineers join the UK team
Kieran Bastow, Leanne Oakes and Tomasz Wilk have finished their induction at Morley and are now covering the North West, Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
New training room at Morley
The training room at our service centre now has four VR-7 beds, two VR-5 beds and a VR-A4 test rig, so every delegate on a technical course works on a bed of their own.
More field service engineers in Ireland
Two more engineers now cover hospitals in Ireland, bringing the team there to five.
2025
Thirty years of Van Roon in the UK
Van Roon Medical UK was founded in Leeds in October 1995 with four staff and a showroom bed.
Lithium-ion battery packs for VR-series beds
Replacement battery packs for VR-7 and VR-5 beds are now lithium-ion, with longer life and 4.1 kg less weight.
2024
VR-7 XW bariatric intensive-care bed now available
The VR-7 XW brings the VR-7’s controls to a 1,000 mm platform with a safe working load of 320 kg.
VR-3 service support ends on 31 March 2024
We will stop servicing VR-3 beds on 31 March 2024, as spare controllers are no longer available.
2023
VR-7 side rail latch correction complete
Every VR-7 bed affected by field safety notice FSN-UK-2022-07 has now been corrected.
2022
VR-A4 active mattress launched in the UK and Ireland
The VR-A4 alternating-pressure mattress can be controlled from the VR-7’s footboard panel.
2021
We have moved to Morley
Our office, workshop and parts store are now under one roof at Tarnfield Way, Morley.
2019
VR-7 intensive-care bed available in the UK and Ireland
The VR-7, Van Roon’s new intensive-care bed, is now available to hospitals in the UK and Ireland.