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Jonathan Campbell, Vice-Chair
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www.dimhn.org NETWORK NETWORK Journal of the Design in Mental Health Network Coventry event’s highlights in focus
Helping specifiers make ‘informed choices’ Highgate East facility’s extensive co-design
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COVER PICTURE: Pioneered by collaboration between Darwin Group, Safehinge Primera, and Medical Architecture, and supported by specialist suppliers, Modern Methods of Construction are ready to further enhance mental health accommodation, says Darwin Group. It is ‘committed to delivering facilities 60% faster than via traditional construction, with improved quality, due to its ‘complete control over the design, manufacturing, installation, and fit-out processes’.
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Hello, and welcome to the conference event preview edition of The Network magazine. As you will see from the event preview on pages 41-50, there is a packed agenda for us all in just a few short weeks, when we come together again as a community at our annual conference in June to celebrate excellence in design for the mental health environment. This year, more than ever, there is excitement in the air as we mark our tenth conference year, and, in partnership with BRE, the long- anticipated launch into the marketplace of our global testing and certification solution for mental health design, Informed Choices (see pages 14-16 and 24-27). We’re also marking the eighth edition of our highly acclaimed work on research and evidence, Design With People in Mind, this time with a focus on seclusion. We’re formalising our consultation offer to designers and architects with Lived Experience Experts on our stand, the Design in Mental Health Village. There are many rich conversations to have, and connections to be made. As I start to get to know the membership and meet with you, I’m struck by the level of passion and connection with this important topic – and by how the Design in Mental Health Network, in bringing people together, performs a valuable service. It is in our value set – of intellectual curiosity and commitment to improving therapeutic outcomes, of rigour and open access – that we are best able to support each other.
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9 Service-users’ major say in Highgate East’s design 14 Helping specifiers make more ‘informed choices’
19 Mental health specifiers targeted by IPS specialist
BioClad, an IPS unit and hygienic and antimicrobial cladding maker, has established its first in-house IPS manufacturing unit, as its looks to move into acute mental healthcare.
24 Pre-testing a ‘valuable exercise’ for Polar NE
Polar NE discusses its recent positive experience having one of its windows ‘pre-tested’ to the BRE and DiMHN’s Informed Choices standard test criteria.
29 A ‘home from home’ for children with disabilities
Fleet Architects explains how it has ‘reimagined respite care’ for young people at the John Greenwood Shipman Centre in Northampton.
33 Hot and cold drinks ‘on tap’ for service-users
New drinking taps from Hotspot Titanium are designed to give staff and service-users safe, rapid access to hot and cold filtered water, helping foster greater independence.
37 One furniture specialist’s journey toward Net Zero
Furniture manufacturer, Pineapple Contracts, discusses the NHS’s Net Zero targets that mean suppliers will soon be required to demonstrate their carbon reduction activities.
41 DiMHN’s annual event set to celebrate 10 years A look ahead to next month’s 10th DiMH conference, exhibition, and awards. 3
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust’s new Highgate East inpatient facility will provide first-class, 21st century mental healthcare for adults across North Central London.
A look by three BRE staff at the new BRE / DiMHN Informed Choices product testing standard and associated certification scheme, and what the process involves.
If I can meet up with you
‘in real life’ however, even better. I look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Hannah Chamberlain CEO, Design in Mental Health Network
Journal of the Design in Mental Health Network Much to celebrate in Coventry in June
A conversation I had recently with Stuart McArthur of Sir Robert McAlpine sums it up well. He said: “DiMHN gives me the opportunity to learn, share, challenge, and develop my understanding of the constraints and opportunities presented by mental health design. Uniquely, DiMHN has created an ecosystem of clinicians, designers, service- users, manufacturers, and constructors, and a platform to allow parallel and contemporaneous thinking in the development of healthier, people-centric approaches to be shared for the benefit of all.” Over these two days in June, we’ll be
meeting to learn, share, and challenge. Whether you are an individual member or a commercial partner, we’ll be there for you to sharpen your professional practice. If you’d like to discuss how you can further commit to and benefit from the Design in Mental Health Network community, my calendar is always open for a virtual coffee. Do book a discussion one to one here:
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