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Autumn 2022 study tour in Texas and California


As part of the International Workstream programme, the Design in Mental Health Network is organising a delegation of professionals specialising in mental health and dementia care design to travel to California and Texas from 23 September – 2 October 2022.


Delegates will visit facilities such as residential units, including those for adolescent care, low/high secure units, and dementia care facilities, and meet leaders in healthcare and design at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium 2022 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, from 27-29 September next year, as well as staff at academic institutions. The exchange will include extensive discussions on topics such as design as vital factor for the wellbeing of everyone working in, or using, mental health services, the role of healthcare design teams in Europe and the US, and a comparison of design leadership there.


The DIMHN delegation will be led by Alex Caruso. Co-founder of ACA, an architectural


and interior design practice specialising in health and social care, he is also a DiMHN director and the lead for the Network's International Workstream. He said: “I highly recommend DiMHN colleagues, as well as other healthcare and design professionals, to join us to learn about health and cultural influences and styles in architecture from this region of the US. Delegates can play a role in defining the themes for


discussion, and will be able to both share and gain insights.”


He added: “Delegates will make visits in the Los Angeles and Austin, Texas areas. The study tour will provide opportunities for delegates to exchange information with their overseas counterparts, while forging international friendship. The trip will provide opportunities for cultural visits, and free time for leisure. Delegates are welcome to bring their spouses/partners.”


Programme details and a registration form are available by calling 07769 256396, or e-mailing acaruso@dimhn.org.


Manchester multi-level inpatient unit part of wider Trust plans


Construction of one of the first multi- level inpatient mental health units in the north of England – the new 150-bed Park House development at the North Manchester General Hospital site – is expected to start next January, and scheduled to be completed in early 2024.


Gilling Dod Architects was appointed in 2019 to develop the design to replace the existing Park House facility as part of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s dormitory eradication programme. The new hospital – one of the first phases of a wider masterplan for the site – will incorporate seven adult acute wards, one older adult ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit, and a Section 136 unit, supported by off-ward therapy spaces, a gym, café, shop, offices, and staff welfare facilities. Gilling Dod says


AGM to be held on 3 November


Notice is hereby given that the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Design in Mental Health Limited will be held on Wednesday, the 3rd day of November 2021. The meeting will convene at 12 pm, and will be held virtually. Under section 324 of the Companies Act 2006, and article 19 of the Articles of Association of the Design in Mental Health Ltd., a member who may not be able to attend in person may appoint a proxy. To attend the meeting please contact admin@dimhn.org by 9 am on 3rd November 2021, and an invitation to the meeting will be forwarded to you. AGM PAPERS 2021 – Please be advised that these papers are available via admin@dimhn.org


Comprehensive security system Mersey Care Foundation Trust’s new


medium secure unit, Rowan View, required a security system that would ensure the convenience and safety of all guests, visitors, and staff.


service-user and key stakeholder consultations have been integral to the design process, with a ‘variety of media’ – including online workshops and in- person exhibitions – each tailored to manage the COVID risk and lockdown status at the time, ‘integral to the design process’. Each ward will have direct level access to its own garden spaces ‘regardless of level’. The building design utilises an existing step in site levels to manage access to garden spaces. The architects emphasise that ‘sustainability is at the heart of the new facility’ – it is designed to be able to operate as a Net Zero Carbon building, with no fossil fuels used in its heating. The embodied carbon of the construction is targeted to better the 2020 targets of the RIBA Sustainable Outcomes Guide. The scheme is also targeting BREEAM ‘Excellent’, and will harness Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).


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Opened in 2020, the purpose-built £53 m NHS facility houses 123 beds over eight wards. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust required a security solution encompassing CCTV, video intercom, and access control. As well as managing complex access requirements spanning many different authorisation levels, the Trust wanted to ensure that door integrity was maintained in restricted areas - impractical via a purely mechanical key system, which would lack traceability and create issues if keys were lost or misplaced. Abloy UK and


Grantfen jointly created a bespoke, unified system incorporating CCTV, video intercoms, and access control. The CCTV was designed on the Genetec platform,


and also incorporates cameras from Axis, Bosch, Hanwha, and Oncam. Abloy UK also provided CLIQ technology for a sophisticated access control and key management solution. CLIQ ‘delivers the benefits of proven physical security and full digital management’. It also helps increase individual accountability, as keys are programmed to provide permission based on approved access levels. Any lost or misplaced keys can simply be deleted from the system, eliminating the risk of unauthorised access or escalating replacement costs.


OCTOBER 2021 | THE NETWORK


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