Welcome
Welcome to the website for Star Wards, a project which works with mental health trusts to enhance mental health inpatients’ daily experiences and treatment outcomes. We discover, celebrate, share, publicise and inspire excellence in inpatient care, and there is plenty of that all round the country. Our members use and adapt our resources to stimulate and structure therapeutic and enjoyable daily programmes for inpatients in the full range of wards including elderly, rehab, learning disability and secure.
And what impact is it having?
“It’s what I came into nursing to do.”
“Better client feedback, increased staff satisfaction, less aggression and violence, more therapeutic contact.”
On this website you’ll find:
- the Library, with it’s huge collection of Star Wards information and resources
- the Star Wards blog with all the latest Star Wards news, reports of what members are doing around the country and other items of interest
- information on how to join Star Wards
- — and a whole lot more!
Join Star Wards!
Over 300 wards are already members of Star Wards.
“This has been the easiest initiative I have ever had to implement and has been extremely positively received by patients, staff and visitors alike.”
Get (and contribute to!) the regular e-newsletter, the Star Wards’ website and our regional and national networking events. Healthcare assistants are eligible for the Star Awards achievement scheme and wards who have got all relevant 75 ideas in place win the Full Monty Award. Make the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission happy. Make your finance people happy - it’s free to join!
Star Wards Shop
The Star Wards shop is your place to buy Star Wards merchandise.
Like all the best acute wards, it’s open 24/7, therapeutic (retail therapy and all that) and surprisingly fun. But unlike acute wards you get to use a shopping trolley and access it by clicking here
You can even apply the Star Wards’ design to t-shirts and other products of your choice by going here!
Publication
The core of Star Wards is a 64pp resource packed with advice, research and based around 75 practical, yet inspiring ideas. Visit our resources page where you can download a copy.
Bright is very grateful for the support of the John Ellerman Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, LankellyChase Foundation, Comic Relief, NIMHE and the Allen Lane Foundation.
