CONTENTS


Joe Forster President


jforster@dimhn.org Jenny Gill


Chair/Secretary jgill@dimhn.org


Clive Stone Treasurer


cstone@dimhn.org


Philip Ross Membership


pross@dimhn.org


Jeff Bartle Research Lead jbartle@dimhn.org


Professor Paula Reavey Research Lead preavey@dimhn.org


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COVER PICTURE: Guests at the 2019 Design in Mental Health Awards dinner enjoyed a witty, incisive, and distinctly personal take on mental health, and some practical suggestions on maintaining one’s equilibrium in today’s fast-paced world, from after-dinner speaker, Dr Phil Hammond, a qualified GP, committed campaigner on mental health issues, and seasoned broadcaster and observer.


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THE NETWORK | JULY 2019


Please do not just read this copy of The Network. Instead, let us use each issue as a resource to build on the actions DiMHN members are taking to improve mental healthcare settings and provision. As our recent conference and exhibition was taking place, the Minister for Suicide Prevention was encouraging all MPs to take the Zero Suicide Alliance training. Among our speakers was Dave Riley from Mersey Care, a leading member of that government-funded collaborative. The Alliance comprises health service providers, businesses, organisations, and individuals committed to suicide prevention. One powerful, practical step that Dave Riley recommended to all delegates is to join over 250,000 people that have already completed the free 20-minute Zero Suicide Alliance online module, ‘Suicide – Let’s Talk’. Its purpose is to enable us to identify when someone has suicidal thoughts or behaviour, to speak out supportively, and to signpost them to the right services and support. While attending our conference, keynote speaker, the Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, a former Minister for Social Care, dined with local NHS Trust CEOs and DiMHN representatives with lived experience as service-users. He subsequently invited conference group member and speaker, Katharine Lazenby, to discuss upcoming initiatives at his parliamentary office. He also learned about her association with Maytree, an independent


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charity that runs a residential service for people in suicidal crisis. We are proud that co-production is at the heart of DiMHN and its activities. Our presenters, exhibitors, and awards entrants illustrate this. It is a key focus of our workstreams and their outputs, and throughout our journal and website you can find links and ideas to help you join in. Further testament to the success of networking in our sector is the various ways that members follow up the contacts they make at our events and through our pages. This work is essential, as there are threats, as well as opportunities. Commercial challenges are a reality for members who are in business. Statutory services undergo reorganisation and funding pressures. The impact is felt by social organisations and enterprises. One issue is centralisation among service-user organisations, when economy of scale is needed to contract for services, such as advocacy being commissioned by price, not quality. The resulting imbalance can squeeze out local focus and expertise. The quest for quality and value for money is not best served by making services less responsive to the reality of people’s needs on the ground.


Joe Forster, President, Design in Mental Health Network


5 News 11 Recognising excellence in a sporting setting


This year’s Design in Mental Health Awards Dinner in Coventry in May saw the presentation of eight awards celebrating everything from creativity and teamwork, to service-user engagement, and an entertaining after-dinner speech by Dr Phil Hammond.


19 Reducing the use of restraint and seclusion


At May’s DiMH 2019 conference, Paula Reavey, the DiMHN’s Research and Education Workstream lead, and NAPICU’s Dr Hamid Alhaj, discussed the increasing drive to reduce restraint and seclusion on psychiatric wards, and reported on a joint study.


23 Update on joint testing guidance initiative


An update on the Design in Mental Health Network and BRE’s joint work to establish standards for testing the performance of products used in mental health settings, by the Network’s Testing and Innovation workstream lead, Philip Ross.


28 Creating controlled but more humane settings


A look at ‘the drawbacks of traditional key systems’ in inpatient mental healthcare settings, and at an access control specialist’s development of a wireless solution.


31 Effective fire door strategy in focus


The importance of effective fire doors, and the key role of staff training in their installation, maintenance, and use in healthcare facilities were highlighted at a recent Intastop fire door safety seminar held at the company’s Doncaster base.


34 Attractive rural location for PMLD facility


Westwood Care and Support Group has internally refurbished and reconfigured two two-storey buildings located on the former Huntercombe mental healthcare site at Market Weighton in Yorkshire’s East Riding, to provide new respite/residential units.


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