In an opening session at May’s DIMH 2018 conference, leads and members of the DIMHN workstreams outlined the goals of their workstream, and some of the ambitious and potentially far-reaching activities that each is undertaking.
This year’s Design in Mental Health conference saw wide-ranging attendance from NHS Trusts, mental health campaign groups, the architectural and construction supply chain, suppliers, academics, researchers, and others with an interest in the continuing provision of high quality, therapeutic mental healthcare facilities. In an opening session, leads and members of the DIMHN workstreams outlined both the goals of their workstream, and some of the ambitious and potentially far-reaching activities each is undertaking. The Network’s editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.
Before introducing each workstream representative to the podium, DIMHN chair, Jenny Gill, thanked the conference committee for their input. She said: “It is great to have such a multidisciplinary representation, because in mental healthcare design really matters; it is not just a ‘nice to have’, but rather a vital element for everyone who uses or works in the facilities across the mental health sector. A really high quality, well-designed facility gives a good place for staff to work in, and, of course, crucially, improves patients’ recovery journey.”
She went on to remind this year’s conference delegates that last year delegates had received a (then) new Design in Mental Health Network
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