{"id":7625,"date":"2018-12-11T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=7625"},"modified":"2021-10-27T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:45:38","slug":"mental-health-perimeter-fence","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/mental-health-perimeter-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes an effective mental health perimeter fence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare facilities in the UK are built to support people with mental health issues who need to be treated in specialist, secure facilities. This includes people who have a forensic history and those known to present with challenging behaviour that can involve violence. Many users of such facilities are supported as in-patients in low, medium or high-security settings on-site.<\/p>\n<p>With the growth in awareness of mental health issues, these facilities are getting increased exposure to mainstream attention and win awards for things like their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-modern-world-expo-2015\/\" title=\"Security in the modern world at Expo 2015\">modernity and the standards of their security<\/a>. Some of these facilities have been treating patients for over 100 years, with a proud history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/protecting-injured-birds\/\" title=\"Protecting World Leaders to Now Protecting Injured Birds\">protecting those in need through world<\/a> wars and other trying times.<\/p>\n<h2>Ensuring a secure perimeter<\/h2>\n<p>Perimeter fencing companies are called upon by architects to assist in designing effective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-for-mental-health-facilities\/\" title=\"Why good security is crucial for mental health facilities\">mental health fencing to maintain security at these facilities<\/a>. These projects tend to have particularly complex performance specifications, and product designs must meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-needs\/\" title=\"Identifying your site\u2019s unique security needs\">security needs<\/a> without making a facility look too much like a prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/fence\/\" title=\"What does your fence say about your business?\">Fence<\/a> height, post details and gating are important to prevent escape and any personal damage. Still, the overall look needs to be in keeping with a harmonious aesthetic congruent to promoting good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/mental-health-fencing\/\" title=\"Designing effective mental health fencing\">mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mental health perimeter fence requirements<\/h2>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\">Zaun<\/a>, we have manufactured complete solutions for these facilities, building on standard designs to meet the requirements with anti-climb perimeter fencing. Special posts can be designed to provide a flush face on the interior and a tamper-proof barrier on the exterior. Other special design features can be included to get the right balance between an anti-climb, tamper-proof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-fencing-public-sports-facilities\/\" title=\"Why security fencing is essential for public sports facilities\">fence and a subtle profile that doesn&#8217;t undermine a facility&#8217;s<\/a> function as a place of treatment for mental illness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\">Zaun<\/a> delivers mesh and other secure perimeter fencing solutions for a range of environments with many satisfied clients. For example, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/secure-mental-health-units\/\" title=\"Keeping mental health units secure for patients, staff and visitors\">mental health<\/a> fencing solutions are effective and subtle and unobtrusive, a major plus for a mental health environment where patients and staff need to feel comfortable with their surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare facilities in the UK are built to support people with mental health issues who need to be treated in specialist, secure facilities. This includes people who have a forensic history and those known to present with challenging behaviour that can involve violence. 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