Design for Safer Living
We listen and observe to understand your challenges
with doors and the wider built environment.
Together with you, our front-line team and design engineers
develop products that provide unrivalled safety and robustness
while supporting therapeutic design.
Anti-Barricade & Anti-Ligature Safety Door Sets and Components
Working with NHS Trusts, primarily in Mental Health facilities, we provide doorsets that balance safety needs with aesthetics and function that supports patient recovery.
Product highlights:
- Award-winning Anti-Ligature En-suite Door
- Unique Full-Door Ligature Alarm Sensor
- Market-leading Anti-Ligature Handles, Lock Sets and Door Components
Full-Door Ligature Alarm
We have created the world’s first and only full-door ligature alarm system for mental health environments which detects ligature attempts across the entire door.
49% of inpatient suicides within mental health facilities occur using the door or door hardware.
Our anti-barricade door sets include a wireless full-door alarm. We’ve turned the entire door into a weighing scale which detects vertical loads over 5kg.
Read our Skelbrooke PICU Ward, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Case Study
Window Handles and Restrictors for Mental Health Facilities
Working within mental health environments to reduce ligature risk, we replace outdated uPVC window handles and provide new robust and durable window solutions.
Product highlights:
Replacing existing window handles is more cost-effective, making this a suitable option for NHS Trusts - our window solutions provide patients' freedom and empower clinicians and nurses.
Read our Inspired CAMHS, Humber Teaching NHS Trust Case Study
Load-Release Fittings for Mental Health Bedrooms and Bathrooms
Working with staff within mental health facilities, patients need safe, familiar fixtures and fittings that are anti-ligature, therefore minimising the risk of suicide.
Our load-release fittings look like those you would find in your bathroom at home. This restores dignity and creates a familiar and comfortable environment to aid recovery.
Product Highlights:
- Shower and Curtain trackers
- Coat Hook
- Soap Dish
- Toilet Roll Holder
Read our Newbridge House Case Study
Finger Guards
Working with public and private schools and other environments where children’s little fingers are at risk of being trapped in a door; our aluminium finger guards guarantee that children’s fingers are safe from harm.
A finger protector is essential for school staff and parents alike. Our finger guards provide long-term financial benefits versus plastic finger guards - which continuously crack, split and need to be replaced.
Read our Finger Guard Case Studies
Meet Doora, our new product training vehicle
If you’d like to see our life-saving products for mental health services in person - you can book a visit to our mobile showroom and product training base to your facility. Learn about the life-saving details of our doors and how they balance physical & psychological safety to support mental health patients through vulnerable times.
Try our Door Designer Tool
We have a wide range of doors with different technical and aesthetic options for customers to select, discovering the perfect door for their project and scenario. Review our wide selection of doors and find the best option using a new Safehinge Primera door set configurator interactive tool.
Try our Door Care Package Cost-Saving Calculator
Our unique Door Care Package with a 5-year robustness guarantee is the only one on the market to cover service-user damage. In addition, in the unlikely event that the door breaks beyond repair, we guarantee to replace the door and make the room operational within seven days.
Why work with Safehinge Primera?
Richard Nenneau, VP of Behavioral Health, Penn Highlands Healthcare
"A reliable, ligature-resistant solution was the key for us. The overall design of the bathroom door is impressive, from colour choices to build. The research behind the solution and the fact that it has been well thought through, rigorously tested, and proven to work on other sites made it stand out to us."
Dr Barbara Vann, Chair, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
"The feeling you have in this building is that this is somewhere that is safe, comfortable, and pays attention to my well-being and mental health."
Bob Anderson, Senior Architect, Dundee City Council
“We wanted a durable finger guard that also looked good and could be integrated into the building design. The impact from wheelchairs and trolleys can cause damage to building fabric. We found retrofit plastic and fabric finger guards unattractive, bulky and shorter life - information provided suggests a lifespan as low as 6 – 12 months. We were keen to avoid unnecessary maintenance costs”.
Rodney Van Nest, Chief Operating Officer of Appalachian Behavioral Health
"Patients love the privacy the en-suite doors provide versus the shower curtain they had before, and the staff really love them."
Awards & Accolades
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2022Design in Mental Health - Product Concept Innovation Award for Older People Door with Full-Door Ligature Alarm
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2022
Nightingale Awards (Healthcare Design Expo & Conference) - GOLD Award the for Anti-Barricade Doorset
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2021
CHAS Accreditation
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2020
European Healthcare Design - Design innovation for quality improvement Award for Full-Door Ligature Alarm with Online Status Monitoring
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2018
Design in Mental Health - Product Innovation of the Year
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2017
Design In Mental Health - Product Innovation Award for Full-Door Ligature Alarm
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2016
Design in Mental Health - Product Innovation Award for Anti-Ligature En-suite Door
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2014
Design in Mental Health - Product Innovation Award for Swiftstop Anti-Barricade Doorset
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2014
Glasgow Business Awards - Innovation in Business
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2010
British Council for School Environments - Fittings and Furniture Supplier of the Year
Sowenna CAMHS,
Cornwall NHS
Sowenna - the first of it's kind for Cornwall Partnership NHS FT - is a purpose-built child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) unit, providing inpatient treatment for young people aged between 13 and 18 years. We worked with Ryder Architecture and the Trust to select the right doors to select the right doors to balance patient and clinical needs and reduce risk.
Invergarven ASN
School
South Ayrshire Council invested £4m to build a new Invergarven Additional Support Needs (ASN) school on the grounds of the existing Girvan Academy. It's thoughtfully designed to facilitate the learning and development of pupils and includes our integral finger guards throughout.
Foss Park Hospital,
Tees Esk & Wear NHS
Foss Park is a new build hospital that gives support for critical mental ill-health. A key focus for Tees Esk & Wear Valleys was to provide a path to recovery for patients while giving staff reliable access when it matters most. We provided 350 of our 5-Way SOS mechanical locksets throughout both wards.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Our door is always open.
If you'd just like to get in touch or find out more about our products, give us a call or drop us a line.
t: 0330 058 0988
e: info@safehingeprimera.com
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