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Scenes from South Shields provide a stimulus
Scenes from everyday life typical to the surrounding area, including of seagulls, the sea, and people eating fish and chips – all ‘recalling the joys of the outdoors of South Tyneside and South Shields’ – are captured in a range of illustrations introduced by art and design consultancy, Art in Site, into Haven Court, an integrated care hub in South Shields that supports elderly people’s health and wellbeing. Opened in 2016, Haven Court was jointly
provided by South Tyneside Council and South Tyneside NHS to house a range of health and social care services. It provides coordinated support for residents and visiting patients – including those with various stages of dementia, one key goal being to help people live independently for longer.
said: “We introduced a series of illustrations by David Jones, which draw on local culture, history, and traditions, to brighten the space. The experiences depicted will be familiar to those visiting or inhabiting the unit, many of whom grew up and worked here. The drawings thus provide a focus or trigger for conversations and reminiscences.”
Other illustrations placed strategically
Art in Site – which produces bespoke art and design for healthcare and mental health spaces – was hired as the art consultant. The consultancy
Boosting quality care with new York facility
York City Council has approved an application for a new 72-bed mental health hospital for adults and older persons on the city’s Haxby Road, expected to be completed in 2019.
The impetus to build the hospital came following an October 2015 Care Quality Commission report which deemed an existing facility at York’s Bootham Park
Hospital unsuitable for inpatient accommodation, with all beds relocated and the wards closed. Leading the new-build project is P+HS
Architects. Director, Derek Shepherd, said: “The closure of Bootham Park Hospital was immensely stressful for many people involved, and local people have shown concern and passion for mental health provision in York. This new facility will ensure that the highest levels of modern mental healthcare continue to be delivered within the Vale of York, within a safe, therapeutic environment. The new hospital’s design proposes to be sympathetic to the York vernacular, building on the views received during the extensive consultation with the local authority, service-users, carers, and clinical stakeholders.”
The hospital will have four 18-bed wards – comprising two adult single-sex wards and two older people’s wards (one for people with dementia, and one for people with mental health problems such as psychosis, severe depression. or anxiety). Funding and service provision will be provided by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Sleek, simplistic design and water savings
Dart Valley Systems – which specialises in water-saving technology for commercial washrooms, and has produced ‘leading automatic washroom technology’ for over 30 years (see also pages 12-14) – says it has worked hard in the past 12 months to expand its Safe Ensuite range and control systems.
Recent introductions include a new Low
Profile Basin and the company’s Multi-Channel Washroom Control box. The Low Profile Basin is a handwash basin which can be configured to
the customer’s requirements by having integrated tap holes if required. It has a sleek and simplistic design in keeping with the current range. The Multi-Channel
Washroom Control box (pictured) is, DVS says, the company’s ‘most innovative control to date’. It allows for the control of two washrooms
at any one time, and also independently. The control box has 10 programmable channels, along with a further two which can control the DVS Flushvalve.
around the unit include scenes drawn from local culture and history – such as Vikings landing, and their boats, and ruins – drawn onto furniture in social spaces, while portraits of local professions occupy wooden fins in the waiting area. All the drawings have been reproduced on wooden surfaces, bringing non-clinical materials into the environment.
ProCure22 framework success for Kingsway
Kingsway Group says it is delighted to have been selected by the ProCure22 framework as the only mental health specialist doorset provider for the scheme.
The company said: “Following the success of the ProCure21+ Standard Components agreements, the ProCure22 framework has invested in negotiating the next generation of Standard Component agreements with healthcare suppliers to deliver to all current projects being progressed under the ProCure21+ and ProCure22 frameworks. The new agreements offer a more diverse range of products to support the Efficiency and Productivity Programme (EPP) to match ProCure22’s continuing drive to offer NHS clients improvements in both capital and operational cost efficiencies.” Kingsway’s marketing manager, Nathan
Palmer, said: “It has been a great journey working with the framework team to ensure we can add value to the NHS. Our constant drive for better environments from innovative products has secured us our place on this scheme, and we are committed to delivering the high expectations of the standard component agreement.” The complete list of product suppliers
selected by ProCure22 to date is: l Fire smoke dampers: Advanced Air, Action Air.
l Doorsets: David Smith St.Ives, Conduit Construction Network, Hanson & Beards, IDSL, Kingsway.
l Flooring: Tarkett, Forbo, Gerflor. l Medical bedhead services: Static Systems Group, Cableflow, Mediplan. l Paint: Akzo Nobel (Dulux).
ProCure22 says further agreements for Sanitaryware, Radiant Panels, Secure Windows, Lighting, and Suspended Ceilings, will be announced soon.
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