DiMH 2023 PREVIEW
Kingsway Group: Your partner in patient safety
As an exhibitor for 10 years, Kingsway Group says it is excited to
return to this year’s Design in Mental Health event. The company said: “Welcoming partners to our stand is always a highlight in our calendar, and with new Kingsway innovations to unveil, we are sure this year will be no exception. “Our ‘Bappy Hour’ will return on day
one, enabling attendees to start their day with a tasty breakfast bap and barista coffee as they explore our Anti-Ligature and Anti-Barricade Complete Door Systems, including our Sentry Full Door Edge Ligature Alarm System – the most versatile alarmed door solution for mental health facilities. “Following the warm reception from our NHS Trust partners during our recent
A ‘one-stop-shop’ for safety products
#ALS, Ligature Resistant Products, exhibiting on stand 311, is acknowledged
across the mental healthcare sector as a ‘one-stop shop’, and claims to offer the widest range of ligature-resistant safety products currently available. The company said: “We provide
‘Lunch & Learn’ events, we are also pleased to be bringing our Kosmos Smart Monitoring System to this year’s stand – an assistive technology designed to equip clinical teams with live ligature alarm monitoring across wards, and a complete audit trail of service-user activity and staff observations. Our team looks forward to welcoming you to stand 206, catching up, and exploring how Kingsway Group can serve as ‘Your Partner in Patient Safety’.”
Themed furniture for spaces that aid recovery
Award-winning furniture provider, Teal LifeCare, will showcase new furniture
collections with a focus on ‘Bringing the outside in’. It says the theme reflects its aim of
improving the service-user experience, both internally, and in outdoor spaces. It said: “Our furniture includes a fresh, uplifting colour palette, together with themed artwork to support calmness and relaxation, and safe and appropriate outdoor furniture for use within a therapy garden. These help to create outdoor spaces that aid rehabilitation and promote recovery.” In Coventry, Teal
will 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 a wing-back chair which offers a fresh interpretation and styling, ‘with diffused edges to create a visually striking collection’. Also on show will a new modular
seating range, easily configurable using a palette of different shapes to create different room layouts for waiting or atrium areas, with ‘inspirational colours and finishes to meet the needs of the client group and environment’. Teal LifeCare added: “With its
intelligent use of materials and simple design, meanwhile, the new Tibo indoor/ outdoor table collection has been designed to help encourage social interaction, and is engineered around a durable aluminium frame for strength and rigidity.”
Doorsets improving safety and promoting recovery
Safehinge Primera says it is gearing up to showcase its ‘cutting-edge’ anti-barricade
doorsets in Coventry. The company said: “Our stand will
feature an impressive line-up, including our anti-ligature en-suite door and anti- barricade doorset with full-door ligature alarm, designed to improve safety and promote recovery in mental health environments.” To ‘stay ahead of the curve’ in ensuring
the safety of all its products, Safehinge Primera rigorously puts them through
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independent third-party testing to ensure they meet the highest safety standards. The testing process includes physical, mechanical, and fire testing, and tests for
durability and longevity, ensuring that the products can withstand everyday wear and tear. Safehinge Primera also collaborates closely with industry experts, and conducts extensive research to ensure that its products are up-to-date with the latest safety requirements. Exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to see the Safehinge Primera products ‘up close’, and talk to the team behind them. The company said: “With our impressive track record in doorset design, Safehinge Primera is sure to make a lasting impression on attendees.”
MAY 2023 | THE NETWORK
complete environmental safety solutions from floor to ceiling and everything between. This year we will be featuring several new innovative products designed to deliver unparalleled levels of safety, including: l The Max 5 and Max 10 coat hook from Healsafe Interiör (nominated for a DiMH Innovation of the Year Award).
l Safe Access Evolution – an electromechanical solution to upscale existing locksets to keyless access control.
l Strike-point – a new bathroom / WC alarm system that eliminates the need for pull cords.
l A range of reduced ligature pattresses to cover light switches and control boxes. ALS says it ‘models its success’ on
offering expert advice and product knowledge to enable customers to identify the most appropriate products considering both the environmental and clinical risks presented. It said: “Our team of experts is also leading the way in undertaking ligature attachment point safety audits, as well as providing staff training and consultancy. Our systematic approach to identifying ligature points creates a consistent and reliable means of identifying potential ligature attachment points.”
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