DiMH 2024 PREVIEW
Bed solution for ‘difficult’ environments
Medstrom says it is is proud to be exhibiting its latest innovation, the Medstrom SoloMH bed, at the DIMH exhibition this year. The new bed is part of Medstrom’s continued development of UK- manufactured medical equipment, with ‘new builds’ now rolling off its Castle Donnington production line. An addition to the company’s Solo bed range, the SoloMH is reportedly ‘groundbreaking in its design’ due to collaboration with healthcare professionals from across the mental health sector. Medstrom said: “By combining the expertise and practical knowledge of clinicians, the SoloMH bed provides an electric-profiling bed solution
for difficult environments, and ensures protection is achieved without compromising clinical outcomes.” The SoloMH is said to offer ‘superior ligature reduction’, along with concealed cables, a wireless handset, robust and durable
components, and a lack of removable parts. Medstrom
added: “All these features
are additions to the already state- of-the-art functions available on the pre-existing Solo bed range, including ultra-low and ultra-high capabilities to prevent fall risk, aid earlier mobilisation, and protect against caregiver injury.”
Intastop will have ‘immersive stand’
Intastop says it will showcase its ‘cutting- edge solutions’ at this year’s Design in Mental Health exhibition. It said: “Using an immersive stand
combining healing design with practical solutions, visitors will get to explore and interact with our range of anti-ligature products.” ‘Renowned for its innovation in the protection of doors, people and places’, Intastop will feature a range of solutions ‘that prioritise patient safety and ligature-risk reduction’.
Sarah Barsby, the company’s Marketing
director, said: “We are this year creating a stand that provides a holistic approach to design in mental health facilities. Our range of products will allow us to combine the practical and functional aspects that enhance patient safety, as well as support staff in their day-to-day care, combined with the healing power of thoughtful aesthetic design.” One interactive bedroom doorset on Intastop’s stand will showcase ‘the renowned’ Duo Door Alarm system, Shrouded Hinge with Smoke Seal, Stainless Steel Top Cap, Removable Doorstop Gen 2, and the Secura Glaze vision panel. Intastop has provided door and wall
protective products, along with anti- ligature and access, seals, and acoustic products, to a variety of market areas for over 30 years.
An informed approach to strategic planning
Medical Architecture says it is keen to speak to NHS Trusts about the challenges they face in providing capacity for mental health services against the backdrop of competing demands for capital investment. The practice said: “Through our work
across the country, we understand the shortfall in available beds, particularly for children and young people, eating disorders, perinatal, and specialist learning disabilities services, and the pressure on estates from increasing levels of backlog maintenance, and limited funding availability. Through an informed approach to strategic planning, we work closely with Trusts to develop a clear vision for their estate, establishing a long-term
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development framework which extracts maximum value from the existing building stock. We combine the latest thinking in estate planning and healthcare design with a practical understanding of what makes healthcare infrastructure clinically, operationally, and environmentally
effective. The facilities that emerge are designed sustainably, with the flexibility to adapt to changing service requirements. “With our focus being on creating
therapeutic environments that promote wellbeing and recovery, we believe strongly in the regenerative power of nature and prioritising access to outside space. We thus ensure that architecture and landscape are integrated and combined with complementary strategies for interior design and art, to create therapeutic spaces inside and out.” The photo shows the Medical
Architecture-designed Sycamore medium secure hospital for men at the heart of the £60 m redevelopment of Northgate Park Hospital, Morpeth.
MAY 2024 | THE NETWORK
Bedroom and dining furniture
Award-winning healthcare solutions provider, Teal LifeCare, will be showcasing new furniture collections at the Design in Mental Health Conference and Exhibition 2024, with a focus on its new Roku Bedroom and Roku Dining collections. Roku Bedroom is ‘a secure, extremely
durable’ one-piece rotationally moulded bedroom collection designed for challenging environments. Smooth, high impact polyethylene with rounded corners and no sharp edges are continuously moulded for safety and durability. Surfaces are stain-resistant, seamless, and easy to clean on both the bedroom and recently unveiled Roku dining collection, with extremely robust, heavy duty construction – with weighting as standard for safety and security. Made from 100% recycled materials, the Roku Bedroom and dining ranges are supplied with a lifetime warranty.
Teal will also unveil ‘new, innovative
and contemporary solutions that help create beautiful, therapeutic environments’, including a new ultra-contemporary sofa collection with flowing curvilinear shape, specifically developed for challenging environments, and new additions to the popular ‘Jenna’ soft seating range, which offers a fresh interpretation and styling, with diffused edges to create a visually striking collection.
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