New LED ceiling panels have been installed at the Royal Bolton Hospital to try to create a calmer environment for neurodiverse children. The panels have been installed in the hospital’s plaster room, and were paid for with funding from the Our Bolton NHS Charity and St James’s Place Charitable Foundation. The hospital hopes the panels, which sit above each of the four bays in the room, will create a calmer environment for neurodivergent children – who have may have conditions such as autism, ADHD, ADD, dyspraxia, and more.
It comes as a follow-up to a new sensory wall which was installed in the hospital’s orthopaedic outpatient department. Sign up to our newsletters to get the latest stories sent straight to your inbox. Drifting clouds, spring blossom, and under the sea will all appear on the newly installed screens.
Plaster room technician Sean Griffiths said: “It means a lot to get the ceiling and walls transformed in the plaster room as it helps our patients by putting them at ease and is a more pleasant environment for staff to work in. “I am passionate about helping improve our department to help all patients, but epically neuro-diverse patients due to my son being on the autism spectrum, and I am always happy to support others.” As well as the screens, a new colour-changing bubble wall panel has also been installed, offering something to focus on.
The bubble wall can be adjusted to create the desired atmosphere for patients. The new colour-changing bubble .
