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Joe Forster President
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Jenny Gill Chair/Secretary
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Clive Stone Treasurer
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Philip Ross Membership
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Dr Evangelia Chrysikou Research Lead
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www.dimhn.org May event provided much to talk about
My first priority in this issue of our journal must surely be to commend our conference committee, led by Bev Lamey, and the event management team, for their hard work in organising such a rewarding combination of conference, exhibition, and awards ceremony, for Design in Mental Health 2015. Glowing feedback suggests I was not the only person to come away saying ‘I resolved a certain number of problems, learnt at least twice that number of new ideas, and made at least three times as many new contacts’ (my personal criteria for a successful event). All three parts had something special; once again service-users past and present took the podium, but not just as representatives – they were themselves executives, managers, peer-reviewers, and even the creators of services. Our exhibition area was electrified by the appearance of the Better Bedroom 2, complete and ‘in the flesh’, and I was pleased to hear speakers referring to exhibitors’ offerings, and in turn the implications of the presentations on products and services being discussed on the stands. Dinner was enlivened by a great Clare Allan speech, which was no routine comedy turn; her accounts of both her own and her fictional character Poppy’s experiences of services brought home the difference that can be made by better products and designs of the sort commemorated by our awards. We keep the discussion going in this issue of The Network with reports on several aspects of the event. We have come away with ideas to focus on the real needs of our sector at Design in Mental Health
next year, and we welcome your feedback and involvement in our preparations for 17-18 May 2016. Please contact us through our website (
www.dimhn.org), and, as always, we encourage you to discuss contributing to The Network with editor, Jonathan Baillie.
COVER PICTURE: Gilling Dod Architects’ eye-catching architectural and interior design for The Lighthouse, a community resource centre for people with dementia and their loved ones in Sandwell, won the practice the Service User Experience Award at May’s DIMH 2015 event.
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Bringing St Bernard’s into the 21st century
How a low secure unit in Ealing, originally England and Wales’ first purpose-built asylum, has been redeveloped into a new, high quality, medium secure campus.
Taking the Better Bedroom to the next level
The project manager for the Better Bedroom initiative explains how suppliers of a wide range of products worked to tight timescales to get a second such bedroom built.
A service-user’s view – no ‘one right way’ to get better
A service-user’s view on of some of the elements of mental healthcare accommodation that are key to ensuring a recuperative, therapeutic inpatient experience.
How not to design a perfect facility
The former CEO of a large NHS mental health Trust in Sussex reflects on some of the buildings – good and bad – she has experienced throughout her career, and the lessons learned.
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Having begun with thanks, I must end by acknowledging the contribution of every speaker, exhibitor, delegate, and visitor – without whom Design in Mental Health would not be possible, since our formula succeeds best when the products and facilities on show, and the ideas spoken out, are brought together through the lived experience of all design team contributors. What did I resolve personally? Well, what are we to make of the frequent warning ‘Better not make it too nice, or the patients will never want to leave’? For me, keynote speaker, Lisa Rodrigues, settled this by quoting one service-user, who said of a new unit: ‘I wouldn’t want to be in a hospital, but if I had to be, this is the sort of place I would want to be in’.
Joe Forster President, Design in Mental Health Network
NEWS Celebrating creativity imagination, and design
May’s Design in Mental Health 2015 Awards recognised both individual contributions and teamwork in improving mental healthcare environments.
Sensing the strengths, identifying the weaknesses
At May’s DIMHN 2015 conference, the CEO of one of England’s largest mental health Trusts discussed his experience of visiting inpatient accommodation of widely varying quality.
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