Anti-ligature window brings successful contracts for Polar

Three years’ development work by Middlesbrough-based Polar in conjunction with Kawneer has resulted in a unique anti-ligature window that is experiencing take-up by several NHS Trusts and NHS contractors.

The specially designed AA 3110 Healthcare Solution window maximises natural light and ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harming for patients. Polar has won a number of projects from NHS Trusts in the North East of England and Scotland, including Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford District NHS Care Trust and Sheffield NHS Trust.

Polar has also worked in conjunction with Laing O’Rourke on several anti-ligature window projects for Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Trust, including Gosforth, Gateshead & South Tyneside (Hebburn), Prudhoe and Morpeth, as well as Middlesbrough for Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. In North Lincolnshire Polar worked with Interserve at the Peaks Lane Mental Health Unit in Grimsby for North Lincs NHS Care Trust Plus, while in Scotland Polar worked with Yorkon at the Carseview Centre in Dundee for Tayside NHS Mental Health Tribunal Scotland, and is shortly starting work with Laing O’Rourke at the Dumfries and Galloway Acute Mental Health Unit.

Features The AA 3110 Healthcare Solution is a horizontal sliding window with full anti-ligature features. An extremely versatile system, it is available in three security levels and can be adapted to the requirements of individual clients. An aesthetically pleasing window, it is designed to withstand severe and sustained attack from various objects, enabling the AA 3110 to meet the demands of all NHS mental health security and ventilation needs.

Polar managing director, John Wilson, commented: “A great deal of development work went into this unit and its proven performance has given confidence to the many NHS Trusts now specifying it.”

More information on this specialist product is available by contacting Polar on 08000 277 468 or see the Polar website at www.polarne.com. ENDS
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Polar’s anti-ligature window is being increasingly specified For further media information and photographs please contact Bridget Summers, Footprint, PO Box 4, Thorpe Park, Leeds LS15 8WX. Tel: 0113 251 5697. Fax: 0113 251 5351. E-mail: bridget@fim.org.uk