Preferred Supplier Status

DawMed Systems PLC
31 August 2005


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             31 AUGUST 2005

                               DAWMED SYSTEMS PLC
                          ('DawMed' or 'the Company')
                                        
                  DAWMED AWARDED PREFERRED SUPPLIER STATUS BY
           BMI HEALTHCARE LIMITED, A GENERAL HEALTHCARE GROUP COMPANY
                                        
The Board of DawMed, the medical devices company which designs, manufactures,
sells and services washer-disinfector-dryers ('WDD') used by NHS Trust
hospitals, private hospitals and clinics, is pleased to announce that it has
signed a three year contract with BMI Healthcare Limited under which DawMed is
nominated as Preferred Supplier for the supply, installation, commissioning and
subsequent service and maintenance of flexible endoscope washer disinfectors.
DawMed is the exclusive UK Distributor for Wassenburg flexible endoscope washer
disinfectors.

BMI Healthcare Limited, the private healthcare company of The General Healthcare
Group, has nearly 50 acute hospitals serving the needs of their local
communities and is the largest independent provider of hospital services in the
UK. Committed to providing a consistent, high quality service across the nation,
BMI hospitals have built an enviable reputation for providing excellent medical
and surgical facilities supported by state-of-the-art equipment and a high
standard of nursing care. Equipped with the latest technology, BMI hospitals
perform more complex surgery than any other independent health care provider in
the country.

This award adds to DawMed's already established Preferred Supplier status awards
by Scottish Healthcare in Scotland and by the NHS in England for the Clinic
bench top WDD in their respective Primary Care markets.

Executive Chairman, Kevin Gilmore, stated: 'Today's news enhances DawMed's
position in the market, and provides a stronger platform from which to continue
building our market share of the growth areas on which the Company is focusing.'

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Enquiries:

DawMed Systems PLC                                             Tel: [phone]
Kevin Gilmore, Executive Chairman

Beaumont Cornish Limited                                      Tel: [phone]
Roland Cornish, Executive Chairman

Bishopsgate Communications Limited                            Tel: [phone]
Dominic Barretto / Maxine Barnes

For further information please visit DawMed's website at www.dawmed.com


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