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November ‘decision-maker’ event will focus on designing for wellbeing and recovery
Therapeutic impact on the health, wellbeing, and recovery, of mental health service-users will be the focus of this year’s mental health & dementia facilities forum, being held at The De Vere Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester from 9-10 November. The organisers – Stable Events (the
Design in Mental Health Network is an Event Partner) say the annual event offers suppliers of specialist mental health and dementia products and services ‘the opportunity to meet key decision-makers involved in the design and construction of health and care facilities’. The company said: “Supplier and project delegate schedules are matched in advance to ensure that their time at the event is maximised. There are also three speaker sessions, focusing on how design interventions can directly impact recovery, as well as supporting hard-working staff to deliver high-quality services.” Speakers will include designers from Medical Architecture, who will discuss
Kimmeridge Court – a new eating disorders treatment facility in Dorset (see also pages 23-26). There will also be news of what is reportedly the UK’s first crisis support café, which recently opened in Ealing. Stable Events said: “Over one and a half
days, the forum will create the perfect environment for those in mental health and dementia design and construction to get together and further innovate – in terms of how we approach projects, and creating products and services which underpin the delivery of modern, effective care. We are compiling a speaker programme to educate and inspire, providing an evidence base from which to create the next generation of
IHP to deliver £100 m AAU facilities for Derbyshire
Integrated Health Projects (IHP), the joint venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine, has been appointed by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to deliver, design, and construct, two 54-bedded mental health facilities for Adult Acute Care (AAU) at the Kingsway Hospital in Derby, and in the grounds of Chesterfield Royal Hospital, with the former also including a 14-bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). IHP says they will ‘provide a rare
investment, and a unique opportunity, to improve adult acute care facilities to benefit the people of Derbyshire, giving service-users and staff an opportunity to shape the future of mental health facilities and environments’. Both AAU facilities will provide 54 single,
en-suite rooms, replacing the current male facilities in Derby and Chesterfield which have dormitory accommodation, and will also include ‘green areas’, therapy space, and temperature-controlled rooms. The units will be equipped with ‘modern facilities and additional resources’ – including a shared therapy suite incorporating an ADL kitchen, an indoor
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mental health and dementia care facilities, both in the UK and further afield. The speaker sessions are open to all delegates.” Speaking after last year’s event, a
spokesman for supplier delegate, Kingsway, said: “The forum is an excellent opportunity to connect with key personnel from both NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in the private sector, along with associated project architects and consultants.” There is also a project delegates’ drinks/ canapés networking reception, and a gala dinner. To book a place, and for more information, visit
www.mhdf-forum.co.uk, or call 020 8288 1080.
Join the INFORMED CHOICES open day at BRE
On 19 Sept BRE will be holding an INFORMED CHOICES open day at the leading not-for- profit building research and innovation specialist’s Watford headquarters.
Hannah Chamberlain, the
DiMHN’s CEO, said: “This will be a day of information and knowledge exchange, a chance to view the testing facilities, and see highlights from the testing standard in action, designed for an audience of NHS estates and specifiers. This day has been planned following the strong level of interest in the scheme demonstrated by specifiers and manufacturers at the Design in Mental Health conference this year. Appetite for the scheme is growing, and the day is planned to allow NHS Trusts to meet to discuss and view the facilities.” Laura Critien, Project lead on
fitness room, an online library resource room, an arts room, and access to a secure roof terrace/garden for wards on the first floor. The new facilities and are part of the
Trust’s £150 m ‘Making Room for Dignity’ programme – a government-funded initiative, backed by national and local funding, to ‘completely revamp’ mental health inpatient hospital facilities in Derbyshire. Ryder Architecture has been appointed, along with Curtins Consulting as structural engineer, and CAD21 as building services designer. The AAU works are due to for completion in Summer 2024. The rendered image shows the entrance to the Chesterfield facility.
INFORMED CHOICES for BRE (see also The Network – May 2023), (pictured) said: “We are really looking forward to opening our doors to NHS estates and facilities personnel for the day. There is nothing like seeing the test in action on site, and visitors will be able to talk about the future of the test, compare with colleagues across NHS Trusts to find out what others are doing, and see the capacity and capability at BRE, which make us more than able to take INFORMED CHOICES to the next level in terms of leading the way in specifying safety and robustness standards in mental health.” Capacity at the event is limited, so please contact BRE directly to arrange attendance and a free lunch – places are bookable via this link:
https://bit.ly/INFORMEDCHOICESeoi
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