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Canadian facility to offer a ‘real step-change’ in care
Canada’s new $405 m Saskatchewan North Battleford Hospital, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, provides a 284-bed mental health facility with 188 beds, replacing the existing 156-bed facility, and a 96-room secure unit for male and female offenders living with mental illness.
The completed project was delivered under a P3 contract by Access Prairies Partnership, a consortium led by Graham Construction. Medical Architecture led the clinical design, with executive design team, Kasian, and Integrus Architecture & WSP. Medical Architecture explained: “The new facility is on a ridge overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. All patients have their own bedrooms, and share the naturally-lit common and public spaces. The design provides a modern, recovery-focused mental health setting. A large welcoming foyer with expansive views of the landscape beyond leads to the central therapy mall, which includes a gymnasium and a gift shop, with art and furniture created by patients. A salon and apparel shop run by patients also contribute to this sense of wellbeing. Each inpatient unit is planned with individual bedrooms, and a spacious shared living
Multi-use chair and matching table unveiled
Healthcare solutions provider, Teal LifeCare, has unveiled ‘an innovative multi-use chair’ created by international furniture designer, Ben Grafton. A new addition to the Roku family,
area offering direct level access to safe outside gardens.”
Linda Shynkaruk, director of Saskatchewan Hospital, said: “We are absolutely ecstatic with this facility. We’re going to be able to provide a second-to- none service for our patients.” Province Premier, Scott Moe, dubbed the new hospital ‘one of the most advanced mental health treatment centres in all of Canada’. Medical Architecture director, Chris Shaw, added: “It’s gratifying to see a transformational design which enables a step-change in mental health and addictions care being delivered at scale in this project.”
Trust signs up to ‘green’ initiative in UK mental health first
As part of its ‘ongoing commitment to sustainability’, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the UK’s first mental healthcare provider to sign up to Green Impact, an environmental scheme developed by the National Union of Students (NUS), and used in the higher education sector, now tailored for use by healthcare providers.
Designed ‘to help people improve their environmental performance and working environments, while gaining recognition for their efforts’, the scheme encourages staff, together with volunteers, patients, and service-users, to complete the online Green Impact toolkit, which ‘acts as a framework for continual improvement’. The toolkit is made up of a variety of environmental actions on issues including food, waste, energy, travel, and biodiversity, all of which Nottinghamshire Healthcare says support its ‘overarching aim of delivering sustainable healthcare’. Completed toolkits are audited by local university students and volunteers from the Trust’s Involvement Centres, with teams awarded a bronze, silver, or gold accreditation in recognition of their achievements.
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Dean Fathers, the Trust’s Chair, said: “Nottinghamshire Healthcare has been at the forefront of environmental improvements for a long time, and has won several awards in recognition of this. I’m delighted we’re supporting the Green Impact programme. We’re encouraging all our staff to back this initiative, and to support the fantastic work taking place to continue to make our Trust environmentally sustainable.” Pictured is the Trust’s Energy and Environment Team – left to right: Istvan Sereg, Energy manager, Rosy Bennett, Environmental manager, Cara Turton- Chambers, Environmental officer, Lynn Walker, Environmental and Sustainability manager, and Anneli Judd, Energy and Administration officer.
Roku Keata is a durable, rotationally moulded chair and matching table collection ‘with contemporary, progressive styling’, designed for multi-environment use. ‘Roku’, Japanese for ‘six’, refers to the number of applicable environments – which includes dining, bedroom, reception, lounge, high security, and outdoor settings. A compact footprint means the chair easily passes through a doorway or tucks under a desk or dining table. Teal LifeCare said: “Roku adds to
London-based product designer, Ben Grafton’s extensive list of ground- breaking healthcare seating designs. The challenge was to create a versatile, compact chair with progressive styling and visual appeal. With a sculpted, soft form, Roku Keata is robust enough to meet the requirements of a wide range of environments, including ‘challenging behaviour’.” Options include upholstered seat and back pad options, along with a matching multi- use table, available in six new colours – Heather, Azure, Saffron, Ocean, Sunset, and Fern. For hygiene control, Roku has
‘excellent chemical resistance’, with smooth, sealed, wipe-clean surfaces, while for extreme environments, Roku Keata can be weighted (up to 60 kg) to limit misuse while maximising safety. Teal LifeCare added: “Constructed from one-piece medium density polyethylene, the chair offers excellent impact strength and durability, while a flowing design makes Roku Keata difficult to pick up, with rounded edges, and no sharp corners or areas for concealment.”
JULY 2019 | THE NETWORK
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