NHS Tayside and the North of Scotland Planning Group have chosen Brtiplas’s anti-ligature Safevent windows for new mental healthcare facilities at the Murray Royal Hospital in Perth and the Stracathro Hospital in Angus.
The Safevent was developed to meet the sector’s requirement for a safe, secure anti-ligature window which would allow in maximum natural ventilation and light. Under a “circa £3 million contract” for main contractor, Morgan Sindall, Britplas will fit aluminium Safevent windows and curtain walling and door systems in three buildings that form a new mental healthcare facility within the Murray Royal Hospital’s grounds. Safevents will also be fitted to a new £20 m mental health centre at Stracathro Hospital. The Safevent comprises a doublefronted window, and free-sliding internal/ external sash. The window has one glazed area, with the other incorporating an “invisible” stainless steel mesh; it thus “delivers security in a sensitive, subtle, manner”. The in-line sliding action provides patients/occupants with a greater degree of control.
