Patient-Centered Design: Balancing Safety, Comfort, and Aesthetics in Mental Health Furniture Solutions

Synopsis

This presentation explores how thoughtful, patient-centered furniture design can enhance mental health environments by balancing safety, comfort, and aesthetics. With a focus on ligature risk reduction, the presentation draws from real-world examples, such as the Peter Hodgkinson Centre and Camden & Islington, where Hygenius provided custom fitted solutions to NHS facilities. These projects illustrate how high-quality, reduced-ligature furniture fosters therapeutic, homely environments that support mental health recovery, while maintaining critical safety standards in NHS care settings.