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It’s the time of year when our AGM is almost upon us, and much time has been spent by the team and the Board collating our annual report. This year has been a special one for DiMHN, with growth of the team, the highest ever attendance at our conference and exhibition, and ambitious plans for both the future of the conference, and the Network and its mission. We’re excited to share an inside track
Positive impact of integrated art Expert view on forensic mental healthcare
Empowering service-users to aid recovery November 2023
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COVER PICTURE: Historically, while in many mental health/ learning disability care environments, the focus in furniture for challenging environments has been on bedrooms and communal areas, Tough Furniture says there is often an equally strong case for specialist furniture in kitchen areas. This month’s cover image shows a marketing reproduction of the company’s standardised kitchen for challenging environments.
on what we’ve achieved as an organisation at the AGM on 16 Nov, and delighted that people have been signing up to attend via the Eventbrite link. Please do book your slot here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dimhn- agm-tickets-728268900887 I’m still keen to meet with people to ensure that your voice is represented in the ‘100 conversations’ initiative, so don’t feel you have missed the boat if you haven’t booked a conversation yet; just email
admin@dimhn.org. As new CEO, one of the highlights of my
year has been meeting and networking with so many of our members. The networking year isn’t over yet, and we have another opportunity coming up with Mental Health and Dementia Forum on 9 and 10 November, which I’ll be speaking at and sharing some of my lived experience. For more information on attending, please see
https://www.mhdf-forum.co.uk. In other news, it was great to welcome
people to BRE’s HQ in Watford for two days of information sharing on the Informed Choices testing standard. There was much positive
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THE NETWORK | NOVEMBER 2023
Journal of the Design in Mental Health Network Anchoring our future plans
feedback and interest, which will form the basis of further webinars to follow in the New Year. For information on the day, and to find out more about how you can keep in touch with upcoming education events, see the story on page 5. Thank you so much for your valued support of the Design in Mental Health Network. As we come together as a Board and ‘exec’ to reflect at our AGM on a year of progress, we’re really grateful for the energy and enthusiasm of our members and experts in mental health design. If you can help by lending your time to this important area, we want to hear from you. The work of the ‘100 conversations’ initiative has helped us find out what our membership needs and wants. Now we need to develop our network further, always with an eye to our end beneficiaries – the people who use mental health settings. We’ll be looking to anchor our future plans by staying accountable to our membership and to our cause – good mental health design, co-produced with people with lived experience, to improve mental health outcomes. If this is also your passion, you are in the right place. Enjoy this edition of The
Network.
Hannah Chamberlain CEO, Design in Mental Health Network
11 Some elements of care ‘still in the doldrums’ 5 News
The University of Dublin’s Harry Kennedy had substantial input into the design of the country’s new National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, and here discusses his thinking on optimal forensic mental healthcare.
18 Empowering service-users can aid recovery
Teva Hesse, Design director at 4D Studio Architects, explores whether ‘designing out risk’ in inpatient mental healthcare facilities means service-users having little to do, and suggests giving them greater individual empowerment to engage in meaningful pursuits.
23 Our locks, your system, no compromise
Max Szczerkowski, Product Design engineer at Safehinge Primera, explains the background to, and thinking behind, the launch of what the company says is ‘the ultimate electronic lockset’ for mental healthcare bedrooms.
27 The positive impact of building-integrated art
Drawing on Scandinavian mental healthcare projects, Arkitema’s Stence Guldager argues that early selection and involvement of the artist, and giving the artist the maximum creative freedom, are key to ensuring that art installations have the optimal impact.
32 How ‘Bedroom Evolved’ pushed the boundaries
Louis Sullivan, Principal architect at healthcare construction specialist, Darwin Group, explains how the firm’s ‘Bedroom Evolved’ has, as it puts it, ‘set a new bar for mental health accommodation standards’.
36 Trust’s proven success with media solution
A collaboration between Lincoln Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dutch company, Recornect, has resulted in a new, accessible media and communication solution for seclusion, de-escalation, and other rooms within the Trust’s medium-security units.
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