The Blind Room

Having decided on what would happen within the room in terms of a hospital narrative, we needed to make a move regarding the props that will be present in the room. These will obviously have to be in-fitting with the hospital theme, hospital beds, drips etc. The first move to try and get hold of this sort of material would be to contact hospital suppliers, easily accessible through yellow pages etc and then to try to contact actual hospitals themselves, and in particular the maintenance departments within the hospitals. We considered the maintenance departments because obviously hospitals wouldn't be willing to just hand over perfectly good beds to us, especially considering the bed shortages currently in NHS. The maintenance departments may have access to broken beds and equipment that could be fixed to a level suitable for the piece, as obviously the equipment in the room does not need to be to the high standard that you would expect in a hospital. Northwick Park hospital would be an ideal resource due to its location, as any equipment borrowed would be easily transportable.