Author: stepstudio

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… Read more »

Marc Reed

Head of Capital & Property, Greater Manchester MH Trust

Kingsway Group

Take a Video Tour of new Blossom Court 74-bed state-of-the-art hospital – this project opened in August 2020 and used the Switch anti-barricade door system Stow en-suite door system Door Top Ligature monitors Anti-ligature washroom dispensers

Faisil Sethi

Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Dr Faisil Sethi is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychiatric Intensive Care at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Dr Sethi was the past Vice Chair of National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units and a past elected member of the General Adult Psychiatry Faculty Executive in the… Read more »

Trudi Beswick

CEO at national pan-disability children’s charity, Caudwell Children A successful designer entrepreneur and former Director in the Caudwell Group, Trudi has been the driving force at Caudwell Children since its inception in 2000. Over the past 19 years Trudi has orchestrated the charity’s continued growth, developing it from a small local charity to a national… Read more »

Neil Orpwood

Associate Director, HLM Architects Neil joined HLM in March 1994 working extensively on health projects to be appointed Associate Director in July 2011. He has led on all types of specialism, from inception to completion, most notably for the Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Hull (RIBA 2009 White Rose Gold Award for Architecture).

Paul Yeomans

Director, Medical Architecture  Paul is a highly skilled and experienced healthcare designer with over 14 years’ specialised experience. He has substantial knowledge of the sector in areas of strategy, planning, design and construction and a proven track record of delivery. He brings an approach to design that values improved clinical outcomes and enhances the human… Read more »

Katharine 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 »

Jenny Gill

Coming from an NHS background Jenny has over 20 years’ experience in mental health services and design.  She is an experienced healthcare planner and technical author. Publications include Health Building notes (HBN) 03-01 – Adult acute mental health units (2013) and 03-02- Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (2017) for the Department of Health and… Read more »

Chris Dzikiti

Senior Programme Manager (Mental Health Lead), North London Partners in Health and Social care Chris qualified as mental health nurse in 2002 and has 20 years experience of working in different mental health services. In his current role he works as a Deputy Director of Programmes for NHS England and NHS Improvement supporting the delivery… Read more »