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2023 DiMHN AGM


manufacturers, clinicians, Estates teams, and specifiers.” Achievements in communicating the


new standard this year had included: l The design and publication of a 16-page leaflet for distribution at DiMH 2023 – with 300 copies distributed.


l Establishment of a mailing list across BRE and DIMHN, with a data sharing agreement.


l A workshop at the 2023 DIMH conference attended by 50 people.


l A conference presentation at by BRE and Frank Ellis of Medical Architecture.


l A presentation at IRIC (Incident Reporting Information Centre) Scotland, and establishment of links with Healthcare Improvement Scotland.


Joe Forster said special thanks should go to Ann Alty (originally Whitworth) for establishing the DiMHN – a development he said had resulted from a conversation between he and Ann.


ninth in the ‘Design with People in Mind series’, on the use of art in such settings, will be in a slightly different format this year, as we will include more examples of innovative projects in art, and interviews with artists, experts by experience, and practitioners.” At the AGM Prof. Reavey also mentioned ‘Ukraine Research’ – an opportunity where the Working Group would be investigating mobile mental healthcare facilities to help more people in the community and homes in Ukraine. DiMHN had been mentioned as the main contributor, and she would be leading the data compilation. Prof. Reavey explained that there are


two more research projects ongoing not mentioned in the Board report, both around working with service-users outside of hospitals. Prof. Brown added that despite considerable evidence that seclusion ‘doesn’t work’, it is still being used, which he feels speaks to the need to use the evidence, and to ‘speak in the right voice to those that need to hear about it’. Philip Ross advocated a training course on this, with it being critical to involve ‘the whole group affected’ – including designers, architects, and funders etc.


International Workstream report In his report on the International Workstream’s work, Philip Ross said ‘another major development in the past year’ had been adding two volunteers from America to the team – Frank Pitts, a partner at Architecture+, who plays a significant advisory role in many mental healthcare projects, working alongside partner architect firms, and Stephen Parker, the Behavioural Health design planner for Stantec. The Workstream Chair said: “We used this opportunity to refocus our International Workstream to explore the idea of creating a North America chapter for DiMHN – one that would be better positioned to understand the challenges and needs of local care


THE NETWORK | FEBRUARY 2024


DiMHN Chair Emeritus, Jenny Gill, offered her congratulations on the Informed Choices scheme’s inclusion in the latest supplements to Health Building Notes HBN 03-01 and HBN 03-02.


models and general approach to design and construction.” Philip Ross added that Frank Pitts and


Stephen Parker had been joined by Lianne Knotts from Medical Architecture, who had worked on several projects in Canada, and himself; he had spent the past 6-7 years travelling and learning from the different approaches taken ‘on both sides of the pond’. The small group had met to discuss and refine what the purpose would be for this local ‘chapter’, and how it might be established. Over the coming months, the group would be contacting several architectural design practices and manufacturers, alongside people with lived and academic experience in this field, to seek their input. (To get involved with DIMHN’s North American chapter, please send Philip Ross an email to: pross@dimhn.org)


Informed Choices Workstream Next was the Informed Choices Workstream report for 2023. Its author, Hannah Chamberlain, explained that the partnership with BRE on the new global testing standard had finally seen the first manufacturers submit their products for testing. Dubbing this ‘a huge achievement’, she said 150 people had participated in the workshops that led to the Standard’s development, while 38 contributing companies, and 14 NHS Trusts and Boards, had given input into the knowledge base that led to the final document. She gave ‘special thanks’ to the Working Group set up and run by Phil Ross, and its members, Cath Lake, Kevin Gorman, Phil Barsby, Richard Brown, and Jen Aspinall. Her report said: “We can now think


of Informed Choices as a product that needs marketing and communication, and to that end the Workstream is now operationalised by me, and supported by colleagues from BRE. The DiMHN input from will have a particular focus on communicating the new standard and educating the potential beneficiaries –


l Continuing links with NHS England, and an agreed recognition of the standard in the upcoming HBN 03-03.


l A series of two open days at BRE HQ in Watford for specifiers and NHS colleagues.


l A series of films on the 2023 conference’s first day for use in webinars in the New Year, with questions and comments gathered on Day Two for use on social media.


l A planned webinar series for January- February 24.


Capacity to hugely influence understanding of risk Hannah Chamberlain said: “This important Workstream has the capacity to make a huge difference to our understanding of risk in the built environment. It also enables us to be literate as a community, and have a common language when talking about the need to maintain a level of domesticity and familiarity in creating environments that are physically and psychologically safe for the end-user. We welcome contributions from people passionate about these subjects to help us present the conversation, and help healthcare colleagues reach consensus about best practice for different use cases in acute and forensic settings.” Stressing that it was important to ‘get


the education piece’ around the standard moving, she mentioned that new ligature harm minimisation guidance had recently been co-produced by the CQC, experts-by- experience, and nursing academics over the preceding two years. This was published by the CQC on 21 November last year.


The Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) Workstream The authors of the ‘LEAP’ Workstream report, Hannah Chamberlain and Katharine Lazenby, explained that the Lived Experience contribution to the Network and conference ‘has always been highly valued’ by the membership, Board, and conference attendees. This year had seen it come to further prominence, with the beginnings of Lived Experience consultancy live on the DiMHN stand at the 2023 conference, the establishment of a group cohort within the membership of


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