Source: The Independent. 17.01. 2012




The paper reports that the Design Council has spent one year studying how to reduce aggression in A&E wards. Its guidelines, which are being piloted in University Hospital, Southampton, include the idea that staff should be able to dim the lights to calm down agitated persons. It suggests changes to the decor and seating designs, plus signage notifying people why others will be seen ahead of them.





Hospitals plan to

dim the lights at A&E-

you can guess the rest.





A&E welcomes

careful drinkers..or you'll end

up in A&E.





Hospitality

sweet at A&E: all mod

cons for all mod cons.





Get hammered, then dry

out in the comfort of our

Casualty lounge.



'In the interests of

fairness, people who kick off

will be seen to first'