Seating and tables from Knightsbridge Furniture’s specialist Challenging Behaviour Collection have been specified for the Redwoods Centre in Shrewsbury (HEJ – October 2012), a £46 m inpatient mental health facility recently opened by South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Replacing the ‘old’ Shelton Hospital, the ‘village-style’ Redwoods Centre comprises seven wards offering 112 beds for adult mental health patients. Furniture in day rooms, lounges, dining areas, and bedrooms, is all from the Challenging Behaviour Collection, which comprises upholstered seating, stacking chairs, and foam block ‘soft’ seating, tables, and cabinet units, all designed to be ‘safe and robust, and yet stylish’. “The furniture’s quality is excellent, and it has been wellreceived by service users, staff, and managers,” explained Margaret Hughes, operational commissioning manager, The Redwoods Centre. “It meets all the service users’ varying needs, yet there is no feel of being in an institution.” Knightsbridge presented a diversity of product options, staging an open day to enable staff and service users to view the proposed furniture, colours, and fabrics.
