A&E Wards to Adorn New Look For Peace
A&E Wards to Adorn New Look For Peace

After coming across repeated violence cases in A&E units of hospitals, it has been decided that these units would be re-designed to not only give a fresh look, but also to give positive vibrations that would help patients to remain calm.

The Department of Health has decided to use this method in three hospitals, Chesterfield Royal Hospital in Derbyshire, University Hospital Southampton and Guy's and St Thomas' in London.

In order to provide calmer environment, some major changes would be made in all the three hospitals. Seats, beds and wall colors would be changed and TV screens would be installed, which would tell the names of staff members and patients whom they are handling and also the kind of problems they have.

TV screens would also be installed in the waiting rooms, where clinical treatments would be displayed and its different stages would also be shown.

Another novel thing that would be done in the units is `special welcome' A&E patient would be greeted in different manner by special trained staff, who would greet them according to their problems.

The brainchild of Design Council, it has been installed at the cost of £60,000 for a year. David Kester, the head of the Council, affirmed, "It could significantly reduce the burden of aggression from patients. This is design at its best".

It is a combined effort of designers, psychologists and health care experts, who want well being of patients. David said special screens have been installed so that patients, who have been waiting should know staff is busy in attending patients and that is the reason they have to wait for their turn.

As per recent figures, there were 57,830 assaults on the NHS staff from 2010 to 2011. It is thought that screens would also let them know about their turn and would keep them calm as well.

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