Webinar: Ligature and Self-harm Design Strategies

Improving the safety of your doors is the single biggest impact you can make on patient safety.

The second in our learning series took place on 28th May 2020, focusing on design strategies to reduce ligature and self-harm risks.

At 51%, doors represent the most significant source of ligature-based suicides in inpatient mental health settings. So, improving the safety of your doors is the single biggest impact you can make on patient safety.

A recording of the session and links to useful resources are available below for you to explore at a time convenient for you.
If you have any questions, please let us know.

Useful resources

During the webinar, we mentioned a few associated resources.  You can find links to these below.

Access to the presentation slides

Products discussed during the presentation:

• En-suite door
• Full-door ligature alarm (market launch coming soon)

View the BRE Testing Guidance for Products in Mental Health Facilities

Reports we’ve referenced:

• National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide Annual Report 2017
• Environmental design Mental Health Aggression study – by Roger Ulrich
• Inpatient Suicide under observation report