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Easily accessible, inclusive mental health services play a vital role in society and demand is growing as people live longer and awareness of mental health conditions improves.

WSP’s specialist healthcare advisors, designers and engineers are helping providers and policymakers expand capacity and provide a growing range of specialist services to meet patients’ diverse needs. From rising anxiety and depression to more prevalent degenerative brain diseases.

We help to deliver all kinds of mental health facilities including transforming existing hospitals and units to deliver new standards of care. Community outreach hubs. Hotel-style clinics and health campuses. Assessment and treatment centres integrated into acute care facilities and general hospitals. High-security forensic psychiatric hospitals. 

Collaborating closely with our clients and design partners, we create nurturing environments that are welcoming, calm and safe for patients, staff and visitors. 

We create mental health environments that foster healing and wellbeing, allowing patients to focus on their recovery.

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World-class mental health hospital design

   

Vitos clinic

Forensic Psychiatry, Hadamar

Clean, safe environments

Hygiene and patient safety are key. Our healthcare engineers use a ‘safety by design’ approach to ensure the highest standards of patient care throughout every detail of a project. In practice, examples include minimal-maintenance facilities and features that minimize risk, such as natural surveillance integrated into structures and layouts. We sensitively combine the most appropriate measures to meet the unique needs of each facility.

People-centric experiences

We collaborate closely with patients, families and staff, and draw on the latest research to create welcoming, inclusive environments focused on care, recovery and wellbeing. From structural and acoustic engineering solutions prioritizing privacy and dignity, to design approaches providing natural light, fresh air and access to nature.
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Mauri Ora Rotorua, New Zealand

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Hafan y Coed, Wales

Operational efficiency and performance

As specialists in sustainable design and healthcare engineering, we understand that patient wellbeing and sustainability often go hand in hand. We have delivered some of the world’s most energy, water and resource-efficient facilities. Combining technical ingenuity with the healing power of nature, art and human connection to create impactful places for people that are cost-effective to build, operate and maintain.

Future-ready mental health facilities

Modern mental health facilities are continually evolving to provide caring and compassionate environments for healing and wellbeing. We work closely with our clients to set new standards and create flexible, resilient spaces that can adapt to communities’ changing needs and the impact of climate change. Bringing together world-class therapeutic design, pioneering architecture, and innovative materials, technologies and construction techniques.
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Zucker Hillside Hospital, USA

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