The second major material feature of services which was widely commented upon in descriptions of both inpatient and outpatient facilities, was a preponderance of visible locks and barriers, as exemplified by these extracts from drawings: participants’ [Figures 1-3] As well as being verbally described in the interviews: this is the hospital and the like bars everywhere but not meant to erm there’s they’re look like bars so in this criss cross pattern (Lou, a woman in her early 30s, l. they’re 37-39). so there are locks on the doors there as well but more obvious that a big it’s there’s lock [I:mmm] with a pin number on it whereas I what that lock was can’t remember like [at private clinic] it could have it could have been that it was a key lock cos well it might actually have been a swipe card type lock so a bit more discreet that it’s you here and not allowed out whereas at the [NHS ward] we’re keeping you’re […] a lot more obvious that this is a lock and you come in here unless we let you it’s don’t (Zoë, a woman in her mid-twenties, l. 276-283). And similarly emphasised by Jimmy in another part of his description of the ward discussed in the previous section: I would like to explain a bit about the layout of the ward or prison I was now in […] as you got to the front entrance there were two double doors which were locked at all times and you had to speak through an intercom to be let in, just inside was a waiting area with another locked door which you had to wait at to be let onto the ward and if you had any visitors they had a little glass hatch with sliding doors were you had to
The second major material feature of services which was widely commented upon in descriptions of both inpatient and outpatient facilities, was a preponderance of visible locks and barriers, as exemplified by these extracts from participants’ drawings: [Figures 1-3] As well as being verbally described in the interviews: this is the hospital and the erm there’s like bars everywhere but they’re not meant to look like bars so they’re in this criss cross pattern (Lou, a woman in her early 30s, l. 37-39). so there are locks on the doors there as well but it’s more obvious that there’s a big lock [I:mmm] with a pin number on it whereas I can’t remember what that lock was like [at private clinic] it could have it could have been that it was a key lock cos well it might actually have been a swipe card type lock so it’s a bit more discreet that we’re keeping you here and you’re not allowed out whereas at the [NHS ward] […] it’s a lot more obvious that this is a lock and you don’t come in here unless we let you (Zoë, a woman in her mid-twenties, l. 276-283). And similarly emphasised by Jimmy in another part of his description of the ward discussed in the previous section: I would like to explain a bit about the layout of the ward or prison I was now in […] as you got to the front entrance there were two double doors which were locked at all times and you had to speak through an intercom to be let in, just inside was a waiting area with another locked door which you had to wait at to be let onto the ward and if you had any visitors they had a little glass hatch with sliding doors were you had to