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Philip Ross Chair


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Jonathan Campbell Vice-Chair


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Philip Barsby Treasurer


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Professor Paula Reavey Research Lead preavey@dimhn.org


Joe Forster President


jforster@dimhn.org Jenny Gill


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It’s safe to say that 2021 was another challenging year as we continued to navigate the continuing undulations of the pandemic. The number of people contacting NHS mental health services in the UK is at a record high – which only reinforces the importance of this community, and the work that we continue to do at the Design in Mental Health Network.


This was further highlighted in a recent coroner’s report investigating the death of someone who had tragically taken their life while being treated as an inpatient within a mental health facility. The incident involved a ligature being created on a safety device that didn’t perform as expected, at a time when it was needed most.


As a collective, we have to stand up and say that this is unacceptable. We need clear product standards and mechanisms in place; otherwise, how do we know products are safe? This is the very reason that DiMHN, in partnership with BRE, have developed the world’s first testing and certification scheme for products used in mental healthcare facilities, as reported in several recent editions of The Network.


COVER PICTURE:


The recently improved Safehinge Primera load release en-suite door simply detaches when a weight of 5 kg or more is applied. At Design in Mental Health 2021, the doorset specialist launched a partnership with arts and mental health charity, Hospital Rooms. The doorset shown features a Hospital Rooms artwork, ‘Flags & Flares’, by Tim A Shaw, printed on, demonstrating that ‘Safety shouldn’t equal institutional’.


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THE NETWORK | OCTOBER 2022


With the majority of NHS Trusts and private healthcare providers citing ligature safety as their number one priority, we need to move away from the proliferation of individual testing, and adopt industry-wide standards to ensure safety and wellbeing


An eventful 2022 in prospect Journal of the Design in Mental Health Network


across the board. You can find all the relevant information over on dimhn.org/bre-tested- products


Other developments within the DiMHN mean that 2022 is shaping up to be another eventful year. We have the Design in Mental Health Exhibition and Conference going back to its usual early summer slot on 8-9 June at the Coventry Building Society Arena. We’ve received a number of really interesting presentation proposals from a wide range of stakeholders – and (see also page 6) calling for all your award submissions! We’ll also be welcoming two new Associates to our Board – who I’m really looking forward to formally introducing in the coming weeks. In support of the NHS Net Zero initiative, and as part of our own contribution towards sustainability, The Network will soon be going ‘digital only’ three times per year – available on dimhn.org or via email, with a combined printed and digital edition prior to our conference each year – see page 5 for more details. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the first issue of the magazine of 2022.


Philip Ross, Chair, Design in Mental Health Network


5 News 11 A focus on widening engagement planned


The Design in Mental Health Network’s 2021 AGM, held ‘virtually’ on 3 November, saw reports presented by the Chair and Treasurer, and the leads of the DiMHN’s various Workstreams. Some of the highlights of 2021 – including a successful face-to-face conference and exhibition, and the start of testing and initial evaluation under the product testing scheme jointly developed with the BRE, were also discussed.


17 Listening to service-users is imperative for good design


The Design in Mental Health Network has always recognised the value of hearing from service-users on their experiences in a mental healthcare settings. One of the speakers at last August’s DiMH 2021 conference in Coventry with forthright views on the subject – artist and speaker, James Leadbitter – alias ‘the vacuum cleaner’, gave a thought- provoking presentation.


23 Part of the ‘toolkit’ to help young people recover


James Christian, an architect and director of multidisciplinary architecture and design studio, Projects Office, and his colleague, Creative strategist and director, Megan Charnley, report on the practice’s design of the interior of the CAMHS unit at Edinburgh’s new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.


28 Technology keeping a tight rein on site security


Philip Verner, Regional Sales director, EMEA, at the access control and security management specialist, explains how CEM Systems helps mental healthcare facilities maintain a ‘zero-risk strategy’ to protecting staff, service-users, and visitors, ‘by providing absolute control as to who can go where, and when’, within their buildings or sites.


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