The Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Health-based Place of Safety (HBPoS) suite at Sevencacres has recently been redesigned and refurbished.
The upgrades aim to ensure patients are provided with a safe and secure assessment environment.
This suite is used when the police service detains someone under a Section 136 of the Mental Health Act because they believe the person may need immediate specialist care.
Section 136 allows the police to take you to (or keep you at) a place of safety.
This purpose-built facility will enable people to get timely care and assessment in a dignified and confidential environment.
Nikki Turner, Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Digital, said:
“We are pleased with the outcome of this redesigned suite which provides a vastly improved modern, therapeutic area for our most vulnerable patients.
“The larger reception room can safely accommodate all the professionals involved in an assessment which means the patient can be rapidly supported with dignity and get the tailored care and treatment that they need in a timely manner.”
Access is discrete from the adjoining general inpatient ward and seclusion facility to ensure there is no patient care disruption at any time.
To support patients to be as calm and comfortable as possible, the suite incorporates a bedroom with an en suite wet room, safe windows that allow natural air flow and a specialist enclosed unit for making hot and cold beverages.
It has been fully decorated in a soothing palette of neutral tones including seascape wall artwork.
Deborah Marshall, a matron at Sevenacres, said:
“It's vital that patients have a private and quiet environment for an efficient and reassuring assessment.
"Our dedicated inpatient ward teams provide around the clock care for these patients, who often have complex needs.
“We feel very positive about this new facility which lends itself to being able to provide the care our patients deserve.”
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