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Joe Forster President
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Jenny Gill Chair/Secretary
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Clive Stone Treasurer
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Philip Ross Membership
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Jeff Bartle Research Lead
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Professor Paula Reavey Research Lead
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Those of us involved in designing for, working in, and receiving, mental healthcare have always done our best to make such environments work better. In the past we were used to hearing about features and facilities which would be ‘nice to have’, but which were not available or could not be provided or afforded. However, our awareness of the possibilities for change and innovation has moved on. We still talk about solutions we may not have found yet, but now we will not rest until we have an answer. The need for effective networking becomes more pressing as our aspirations continue to grow in this way. The Design in Mental Health Network is here to help meet that need. Each member, supporter, and director, has a part to play in this process, and there are many ways to get involved. Our website – at
www.dimhn.org – is a good place to keep up to date with opportunities to fit in, and for us all to keep in touch with each other.
COVER PICTURE: Mitford – an adult autism inpatient unit on Morpeth’s Northgate Hospital site – provides inpatient support and treatment for up to 15 adults with severely complex autistic spectrum disorders. Designed by Medical Architecture and built by Kier under ProCure21+, it is reportedly the UK’s first building specifically created for this service-user group.
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Bigger questions matter as much as individual solutions, and challenge us to find a voice that will influence progress. How do mental healthcare buildings fit in among other healthcare infrastructure or the wider community? After all, most mental healthcare, both informal and structured, goes on away from purpose-built facilities. If the whole built environment is required to promote mental wellbeing and support recovery, how can we address such a wide field of activity? Our various skills in listening, user-led design, and bringing influence
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9 £10 million autism unit to ‘transform’ patient care A director at Medical Architecture discusses the imagination, thought, and collaboration that went into the design of a new adult autism inpatient unit at Morpeth’s Northgate Hospital, reportedly the UK’s first building specifically created for this service-user group.
12 Thinking differently and valuing feedback
The design manager at specialist in electronic water efficiency controls, Dart Valley Systems, describes its approach to manufacturing for mental healthcare and other ‘secure’ applications.
16 Turning cameras into health monitors
Oxehealth claims to be the world’s first company to offer technology that enables clinicians and carers to monitor human activity and vital signs ‘totally contact-free’. The company recently completed its first commercial installation in mental health.
19 Carpeting offers many therapeutic benefits
A specialist manufacturer and supplier of commercial carpet explains the significant contribution carpeting can make within a variety of mental healthcare settings.
23 Customer feedback the starting point
Safehinge Primera says it worked with architects, clinicians, facilities managers, infection control leads, and other key stakeholders, to develop its award-winning Safehinge Symphony en-suite door – the latest product to come out of its comprehensive design process.
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Journal of the Design in Mental Health Network Experience can inform the best design
to bear, provide a strong foundation for us to build on.
It is now commonplace for people in a
professional context to discuss their own experience as a patient of mental health services, or perhaps as a carer or supporter of one. DIMHN itself is represented at all levels along these lines. Over refreshments at a reception for people in our field someone introduced me to their colleagues as ‘a guru of mental health design’. While very flattering, of course, that accolade belongs elsewhere. Even in the same room were people higher qualified, more experienced, and better able than me (several of them firmly at the forefront of innovation). What I have done, however, is been inspired by people who have used their own experience and that of others of using services to work together and make a difference. This has helped take design to levels that were not even thought possible in the past. Perhaps what prompted that introduction is obvious after all – on my name-badge were the letters ‘DIMHN’.
Joe Forster President
Design in Mental Health Network
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