Providing protection and safety for staff and patients in secure mental health facilities is challenging.
The latest such Stanley Security project has seen the company design a complete security solution for a new acute inpatient mental health unit which will house 64 adult mental health beds, split into four wards, and a 16-bed adult learning disability ward, in Hertfordshire.
The system features PAC access control on internal doors, CCTV, an intruder alarm in the pharmacy, video door entry on specified ward and main entrances, assistance call points in all bedrooms, and a Bodyguard staff protection system that enables the location and integrity of the staff alarm mobiles to be constantly monitored. Mobiles can send three different alarm types, and mobile identity and location, to rapidly summon assistance. These systems have been fully integrated to work seamlessly, with all system alarms transmitted to one or more staff alarm mobiles. Should an unauthorised person try to gain access, the access control alerts the CCTV system, and the mobile handheld units associated with that area. The mobiles are also alerted to alarms from service users’ rooms, and unanswered calls from the door entry system.
