We are all the experts on ourselves. Ideally, we need to stay within our homes and communities. However, if a facility is needed it needs to feel comfortable and the person needs the space and opportunity to learn who they are. Let’s be open to the idea that western psychiatry is not necessarily the right… Read more »
This presentation will involve: input from a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Architecture. The theme will be the journey of developing the case for and the design of a CAMHS PICU in Poole, Dorset. The presenters will bring together the patient experience, the clinical need, the operational drivers, and the design piece. The recognised shortage… Read more »
The provision for quality mental health facilities within our urban environments is a challenge many of our healthcare providers face. As our cities grown in scale and population, so do the mental health needs of residents – but how can we provide therapeutic, healing environments amongst the noise, chaos, and commotion of our urban settings?… Read more »
‘HBN 03-01 Adult mental health units: planning and design’ states that ‘Ground floor ward accommodation is recommended’ but does not provide any further qualification. In this presentation, Mark will discuss principles and assumptions, drawing on a range of case studies that explore approaches to ground floor and multi-storey mental health accommodation, to test this statement…. Read more »
Designing a Digital Pathway for Severe Mental Illness This design took place in an inner London borough with the 3rd highest rate for severe mental illness in England. It was driven by feedback from people with lived experience of severe mental illness, who highlighted absence of care plans and support post discharge from secondary care…. Read more »
Funding has been given by NHS England to make inpatient wards more therapeutic for people on the autistic spectrum. Many autistic people have sensory difficulties, where they are over-sensitive or under-sensitive to the world around them. The project is intended to focus on four wards to create change which can be applied across the remaining… Read more »
Focussing on the design and use of commercial, public and residential buildings the new BSI guidance document PAS 6463 Design for the mind (Neurodiversity and the built environment) recommends ways to make spaces accessible and inclusive to people who have differences in sensory processing. This may include people have been assessed as neurodivergent, people with… Read more »
On July 16th 2022, the 988 Crisis Hotline will activate, allowing a nationwide network of crisis centers & support facilities across America to respond in concert. With the funding provided by the Behavioral Crisis Services Expansion Act, among other bills recently passed and soon to be signed, we’ve prototyped design and planning approaches for the… Read more »
We design our built environment and the places we inhabit to meet a series of technical standards, developed to accommodate diversity through built form and to provide spaces that support physical ability, motor, visual and auditory impairments. In developing truly inclusive environments, we need to support the mind and the needs of people who experience… Read more »
Stonebow – Acute Adult Inpatient Hospital Hereford We spent a day talking to staff and patients to understand the challenges faced by the current service. We are carrying out some design and construction work to improve the unit and are gather some thoughts and views on how we can make the ward environment better. We… Read more »
Step Exhibitions
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North Farm Road,
Tunbridge Wells,
TN2 3DR,
United Kingdom.
Tel. 01892 518877
If you would like more information on how you can be involved on a commercial level as either an exhibitor or sponsor, please contact the team on: +44(0)1892 518877.
Step Exhibitions
Step House,
North Farm Road,
Tunbridge Wells,
TN2 3DR,
United Kingdom.
Tel. 01892 518877
If you would like more information on how you can be involved on a commercial level as either an exhibitor or sponsor, please contact the team on: +44(0)1892 518877.
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