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NHS mental health facility chooses smart access control solution


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Salto access control solution has been installed at a new 16-bed mental health ward in King’s


Lynn, Norfolk. Samphire Ward at Chatterton House


is a new £4m acute mental health facility comprised of two refurbished wards linked to create a modern, compliant unit to be operated by North and West Norfolk Care Group, part of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Managing over 4,000 staff, and with


more than 1,500 access-controlled doors across multiple sites; the trust used a legacy system, Continuim, which is a bolt-on module to Trend BMS, with all doors on the system required to be wired online. Several years ago the trust wanted


a more-modern contactless solution for its facilities that would offer cost savings by not having to wire all doors. SALTO was chosen for all new-build


and refurbishment projects, with a view to possibly retrofitting across all existing sites on a rolling upgrade basis as time and future budgets allow.


MIXING IT UP Security and infrastructure manager for the strategic estates department at the trust, Paul Evans, explains: “Given the nature of our work, and as some of our service users can have really-challenging behaviour issues; it is vital that, for their safety and that of the staff, we are able to control access simply and easily, yet securely, into and around the many different areas of the ward, the administration area, and the rest of the rooms in the building. “A standard off-the-shelf access


control solution was not suitable as reduced-ligature hardware working with contactless smart access control


was needed in the user areas, together with anti-barricade doors, vision panels, automatic lockdown abilities, locker locks, and a host of other special items; so we wanted a company with specialist experience in this field to carry out the supply and installation.” After going out to a competitive open


tender process, security specialist and certificated SALTO partner, AC Leigh, based in Norwich, won the contract to secure the new facility.


REDUCING THE LOAD Online wall readers are used to control access into and around the building and these have been installed on all main entry points, alongside bedroom doors, and in ‘airlocks’ to control access from one area to another. And bedroom doors are all fail secure with mechanical key override and are also anti-barricade. The facility has the bespoke ability to


operate a standard eight-male, eight- female bedroom configuration. However, the trust wanted the


flexibility to extend either male or female bedrooms to 10 bedrooms if needed.


Given the nature of our work, and as some of our service users can have really-challenging behaviour issues; it is vital that, for their safety and that of the staff, we are able to control access simply and easily, yet securely


This was achieved through the


introduction of two swing corridor doors. In standard operation, these are held open with electro-magnetic locks. But, in their swing scenario, a key switch can be operated which releases the hold- open magnet and energises the SALTO system, powering a separate electronic locking device on the door. This enables the trust to easily


maintain the required gender separation within the bedroom areas. Other doors are fitted with Aelement


Fusion smart locks. In staff areas XS4 Mini locks are


fitted and in common areas lockers are equipped with smart XS4 locker locks, enabling each service user to have a secure storage place for their personal items.


SECURE AND RELIABLE To operate the various doors, staff use their smartcard ID badges, while service users have wristbands to access their bedrooms, lockers and certain other doors. Tying all this together is SALTO


SPACE a flexible, fully-integrated electronic locking and software platform which enables operators to effectively manage every door and user access plan on site via powerful web-based access control management software. Audit trail information from the doors


is held for 31 days before deletion in accordance with the trust’s data policy.


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