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Sector’s leading event marks its 10th year with workshops and conference streams
This year the annual Design in Mental Health event celebrates 10 years as one of the leading conferences and exhibitions for mental health professionals both in the UK and internationally, and for the 2023 show, a third stream has been added to the conference, which will feature six interactive workshop sessions. DiMH 2023 will take place from
7-8 June at the Coventry Building Society Arena, and visitors can benefit from an early booking rate until 31 March. Details of pricing and the booking form are available at
www.designinmentalhealth.com
Keynote speakers announced Keynote speakers include Andy Johnston, Clinical director at Andy Johnston Associates, and Consultant Forensic psychiatrist, Dr Keith Reid, associate Medical director, Positive & Safe Care Restraint Reduction, at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, discussing ‘Towards Safer Services (TSS)’ – cross-sector strategic guidance on reducing restraint’. The presentation will include reference to some other frameworks and points of good practice, including the importance of sharing information, patient involvement, primary and secondary interventions, and collaboration. Andy Johnston and Dr Reid will also share some top tips, review what participants should have completed, and discuss what is likely to be covered in version 2 of TSS.
Personal standpoint from the CQC’s Mental Health director
Chris Dzikiti, director of Mental Health at the Care Quality Commission, will give an update, and Dan Burningham, Mental Health Programme director at the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board, will discuss ‘Designing a digital pathway for severe mental illness’. Mark Richards, Associate Chief Nursing Officer & Chair of SLWG on NHSS Mental Health Estates within the Scottish Government’s Mental Health and Social Care Directorate, and Susan Grant, Principal Architect, NHS Scotland Assure, will present on ‘Learning from Scotland on development of a tool to assess the quality and safety of NHSS Mental Health Estates’. This update
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Pictured top to bottom: Chris Dzikiti, director of Mental Health at the Care Quality Commission, will give an update on the CQC’s work in mental healthcare. Dan Burningham, Mental Health Programme director at the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board, will discuss ‘Designing a digital pathway for severe mental illness’. Keynote speaker, Andy Johnston, has 35 years’ experience in mental health, having held director posts in the statutory, independent, and professional sectors. Dr Keith Reid will discuss ‘cross-sector strategic guidance on reducing restraint’. Dr Faisil Sethi, Executive Medical Director at Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.
of a 2022 DiMH conference presentation on self-harm reduction learning will bring delegates up to speed on the development and piloting of a tool to assess the quality and safety of NHSS mental healthcare environments. Following pilot testing, due this Spring, the tool will likely be a mandated Standard via new NHSS guidance.
Wide-ranging themes The conference’s wide-ranging themes include: ‘The Person- Centred Approach’; ‘Design, Estates, Facilities, and Equipment Learning’; ‘Collaboration and Partnership Innovation’; ‘Safety and Psychologically Informed Environments’; ‘Clinical and Operational Learning’; and ‘Policy, Research and Standards’. NAPICU (the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units) will deliver two one-hour sessions
– on the patient’s perspective of the physical environment of PICUs, and design issues within psychiatric intensive care. Dr Faisil Sethi, Executive Medical Director at Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, will host a session on ‘Clinical design
partnership innovation: The CAMHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit’.
Workshops to enable peer-to-peer learning Three Workshops on each day will provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning, steered by expert moderators, on topics including: ‘Neurodiversity – an immersive examination of built environments and accessibility’; ‘Mental health on the high street; designing buildings for truly person- centred care – How do we create a new standard for inpatient environments that improves each individual’s recovery?’; ‘Environmental considerations for autism- friendly wards’, and ‘Children and young people: designing for diversity’. The output from each workshop will be published and made available by the DiMHN. Complementing the conference will be
a free-to-attend exhibition, which – having expanded as a result of exhibitor demand for 2023 – will feature over 55 specialist companies. To register to attend, visit www.
designinmentalhealth.com
Enter this
year’s Awards – by 24 February
The submission process for the Design in Mental Health Awards has been launched, and entries are invited in the categories of: Art Installation of the Year; Clinical Team of the Year; Concept Product Innovation of the Year; Estates and Facilities Team of the Year; Low Cost – High Impact Award; Outside Space of the Year; Product Innovation of the Year; Project of the Year – New Build (International); Project of the Year – New Build (UK); Project of the Year – Refurbishment; Research & Education Award; Service User Engagement Award. The deadline for submissions is Friday 24 February. Full details are available at
www.designinmentalhealth.com.
FEBRUARY 2023 | THE NETWORK
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