Author: stepstudio

You spoke; we listened – addressing your en-suite ligature challenges

During our previous webinar as part of Design in Mental Health Online we asked attendees to tell us their biggest ligature concern when it comes to mental health inpatient environments. Here’s what they told us: 60% cite doors as their biggest ligature concern. Our previous webinar focused on solving the ligature risk on bedroom doors… Read more »

Solve the biggest ligature risk in mental health

Doors present the greatest ligature risk in mental health inpatient facilities. When we look at the figures from The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH), they paint a stark picture: 90% occur in the patient’s bedroom or bathroom 91% occur under intermittent observations 46% occur using the door or door… Read more »

Alan Chapman

Alan explains ‘self-moving mountains’. He uses stories, songs, silence, breathing, consciousness and sensory being, to show movement beyond words. The tantalising ‘switch’ of disintegration to fearless love. Miraculous power, emergent, as we imagine it. Alan is 63, a butterfly, tea-blender, hill-runner. Founder of Businessballs, Rude Angel and the Festival of Life and Death. Join with… Read more »

Jonathan Campbell

Jonathan Campbell is a professionally Chartered NHS Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities with over 20 years’ experience of mental health, acute and community services.He is a firm believer of how important the environment is for recovery and that safe, robust and secure environments must also be therapeutic and healing.As part of his role at… Read more »

Katherine Lazenby

People Participation Worker, at East London NHS Foundation Trust Having struggled with complex mental health issues since her teens, and the accompanying hospitalisation throughout her twenties, Katharine uses her lived experience to help others in similar situations and improve the provision of mental health and social care. Katharine works with Peabody Housing Association to co-design… Read more »