Compliance Services for Mental Health Units

Specialist anti-ligature compliance and safety services for mental health environments.

Protecting Patients. Supporting Your Teams. Specialist compliance services for mental health settings

Ligature risk is one of the most serious safety concerns in mental health care. Every fixture, fitting, and product in your environment must be assessed, tested, and maintained to protect vulnerable patients.

Protects Plus was founded on anti-ligature compliance. It's our specialism, our heritage, and remains at the heart of what we do. We understand the unique demands of mental health environments – and we work sensitively alongside your clinical teams.

The Challenges You Face

  • Ligature risk – Constant vigilance required across every room, corridor, and outdoor space
  • Balancing safety with dignity – Creating therapeutic environments that don't feel institutional
  • Product compliance – Ensuring anti-ligature products are installed correctly and functioning as intended
  • Staff confidence – Your teams need assurance that the environment is safe

Services for Mental Health Units

Anti-Ligature Compliance

Annual load release testing, curtain track maintenance, blinds, ligature point audits, and remedial works. As the sole approved testing partner for Yewdale Kestrel, we bring unrivalled expertise.

Fire Safety

Risk assessments, fire door audits (including anti-barricade doors), and compartmentation surveys.

Electrical Compliance

Fixed wire testing and PAT testing with sensitivity to the clinical environment.

Water Hygiene

Legionella risk assessments and water safety management.

Mechanical & HVAC

Medical gas, ventilation, generators, and critical plant.

Real-Time Compliance Visibility

All your compliance data in one place – the Protects Plus Portal.

Our purpose-built portal gives you instant access to all your compliance information – not just anti-ligature, but fire safety, electrical, water hygiene, and every other service we provide. One login, one dashboard, complete visibility across your estate.

  • Live dashboard showing compliance status at a glance
  • All services in one place – anti-ligature, fire, electrical, water, and more
  • Downloadable reports for CQC and commissioners
  • Automated notifications for upcoming tests
  • Full audit trail for every asset

Why Mental Health Units Choose Us

  • Anti-Ligature Specialists

    This is where we started and what we know best. Over 20 years' experience in mental health environments.

  • Approved Testing Partner

    Sole approved tester for Yewdale Kestrel, the most widely specified anti-ligature curtain track in UK healthcare.

  • Sensitive Approach

    We understand the clinical environment and work alongside your teams with care and discretion.

  • End-to-End Accountability

    Testing, remediation, certification, and ongoing management. Nothing falls through the cracks.