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Joe Forster President


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Jenny Gill Chair/Secretary jgill@dimhn.org


Clive Stone Treasurer


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Philip Ross Membership pross@dimhn.org


Dr Evangelia Chrysikou Research Lead


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Journal of the Design In Mental Health Network NETWORK The power of the environment


The Design In Mental Health Network’s Annual General Meeting is taking place as this issue of The Network comes out. If you are reading this on day one of the Healthcare Estates event in Manchester (Tuesday 4 October), you can find us in the Mental Health and Dementia Theatre until 4.00 pm, when we will move to Central 6 for our AGM at 4.15 pm. The AGM is one of the landmarks in the DIMHN calendar, as we sum up the past year’s activities, take stock of the network’s circumstances today, and signpost our key projects for the coming year and beyond. For this, and other opportunities for you to influence and be involved in the course taken by DIMHN, more information and membership forms can be found on our website – www.dimhn.org In this issue of The Network some areas are highlighted that until relatively


COVER PICTURE: A new £14 million ‘state-of-the-art’ CAMHS facility, Ancora House in Chester, has been completed. Located on the Countess of Chester Health Park, it will provide Tier 4 inpatient and day patient care for children and young people with severe and/or complex mental health conditions.


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24 Minimum disruption, maximum satisfaction


A specialist in door hardware and safety explains how the key to ensuring that installations proceed with minimum disruption to client sites is its ‘meticulous and methodical design, testing, prototyping, and planning process’.


28 RFID-based system that meets multiple needs


A specialist designer and manufacturer of anti-ligature door and window hardware explains how it develops tailor-made access control systems for a range of mental healthcare providers.


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recently were not perhaps thought of as priorities – for example the management of sound in the environment, the design needs of people living with dementia, and specialist services for children with specific mental health problems. These are no longer niche topics; the changing landscape of our health and social care needs places these high up the agenda, alongside many other ever-increasing calls on our design capability. DIMHN is committed to collaborating with people across the sector to help us become confident that we can meet these demands. Only a short time ago I came across the phrase ‘… the built environment is often seen as a significant source of mental distress’. This is a reminder of the power environments have when things go wrong, and I know some of our members share my habit of noting design bugs, flaws, and ‘clangers’ as I go about my day. These range from the disconcerting, such as the ‘No entry’ roundel which has swivelled on its pole to prohibit access to my local motorway and is ignored by 100,000 vehicles a day, to the life-threatening, such as the student block entrance doors which fail locked on fire alarm, leaving the occupants to find alternative means of escape. However, sometimes we may not notice the source of a more intangible feeling that things are not right or comfortable. The ability of the environment to effect positive change is just as powerful, on as many levels. By updating and improving our understanding of today’s priorities and anticipating tomorrow’s demands, we can use research, evaluation, standards, collaboration, and more, to help us create environments which promote well-being, efficiency, and healing. DIMHN is developing key projects to contribute to this vision, and we welcome your involvement.


Joe Forster President, Design In Mental Health Network 5 News 10 From ‘institutional’ to welcoming and therapeutic


In the opening keynote at May’s Design in Mental Health 2016 conference, the CEO of a leading Hertfordshire mental health Trust described its recent focus on improving its buildings and centralising its services to improve access and quality of care.


15 ‘Home from home’ design for adolescent patients


St Andrew’s Healthcare’s new £45 million inpatient building, FitzRoy House – into which service-users will move early in 2017 – is set to be Europe’s largest mental healthcare facility yet built for young people.


20 Three sites, one vision for children


The design of three new facilities in Ontario, Canada for children with physical and development disabilities, communication disorders, and autism, described in depth.


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