It's cheap, easy to use and it works!

These are all NHS / medical comments.
This is where the Little Green Button grew up.

 
Following a major security incident in the summer of 2003 we invested in The Little Green Button for our 44 computer operators including all Doctors, Nurses and attached clinical staff.
This small floating green button offers security and peace of mind to everyone working at this practice administrative and clinical staff alike - currently our team consists of 10 doctors, 6 nurses, health visitors and other attached clinical staff including midwives etc.
Since our major incident we have had occasion to use this in many genuine circumstances - patient collapses at the reception desk and even outside in the street - in the treatment room area and to summon help when a patient has become aggressive in the consulting room.
It has been effective in 100% of cases. The tool, part of our overall strategy is respected and understood by the whole team and we wouldn't be without it.

 
'We have found the Little Green Button alarm system to be very useful. As it is on the computer screen, it is very discrete and easy to activate without causing suspicion or alerting anyone to what you are doing. Once activated, a message appears on every screen in the surgery directing you to the room where the problem is.
During our Quality Annual Review visit from the City & Hackney PCT last November, they were very impressed and we were complimented on having such a innovative internal alarm system.
The annual subscription is reasonable and we are happy to endorse the Little Green Button system having just renewed our subscription for another year.'

 
'Whilst never used in anger the Little Green Button gives confidence and an easy way for GP's and nurses should they need to call assistance in a medical or non medical emergency. The reception team appreciate the extra security it provides especially if they are alone in an evening with all the clinicians in their rooms. It has been triggered inadvertently on occasions and staff have always reacted positively and swiftly to offer assistance.'

 
'We had relied on wall mounted panic buttons over the years, but as in most organisations, room use changes as does the layout of the room and if you're lucky the number of rooms. We found we were in a situation where some rooms and staff had panic buttons, some didn?t and most of the staff didn?t know how to use them anyway. We heard about Wiggly-Amps from a salaried GP who had joined us, and immediately contacted them. The product is so simple to use, a little (or big if you want one) green button sitting happily on the desk top which can be clicked if there is any trouble. Every room has a computer and everyone uses it, so apart from making sure that you are near the computer it is accessible to everyone. The cost is extremely good at about £100'

 
'We used to have a system where people had to physically pick up a chunky device to press an emergency button. This device was often under papers, stuck in a drawer, on a window ledge or under a desk.
LGB gave us the perfect security tool. It is always there, we know someone will always be available to see and respond. It is not obvious to the patient what is being done, so it does not exacerbate the situation. It also allows a doctors to quietly knock and walk in under some pretext to get the threatened person out of the situation safely.
Basically, it is perfect! Thank you for such a well thought out and useful, simple tool!!'

 
'Queen Square Medical Practice trialled and subsequently purchase the Little Green Button software. We found it very easy to install and use. It required minimal staff training.
We originally purchased the Little Green Button to provide an alarm system to help protect staff. I am pleased to say that to date it has not had to be used to this end. However it has been used on two occasions where patients have collapsed and the health care workers have required urgent assistance. On both occasions GPs, nurses and reception staff responded instantly to the calls for assistance and arrived at the incident within seconds of the alarm being raised.
It has only been used in error once and the response albeit to a false alarm was prompt with several members of team offering assistance within seconds of the alarm call.
We are so pleased with the Little Green Button software we have recently renewed our subscription for a second time.'