Welcome to the latest issue of SWAN – Star Wards Action Network. I was fortunate to be able to visit North East Wales NHS Trust (thanks Simon and Wyn!) and learnt that even when you’ve got a unit which is physically incredibly difficult to work with, it’s still possible to provide an excellent service […]

  Nov 12th 2007 Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the Star Wards’ community. I’ve been lucky to have visited a series of excellent services and appreciate the time that Suzanne Smith and Chris Dzikiti at Bevan Ward, City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health, Michelle Parker […]

  Star Wards Action Network Welcome to the latest issue of SWAN. Thanks again to those of you who responded to the invitation to be a pilot site for the DoH’s Information Prescriptions’ project. Our project partner, Mind, is looking for other funders to help get Mind libraries and other information services onto acute wards […]

Welcome to the latest issue of SWAN – Star Wards Action Network. The highlight of this fortnight was a conference in Dublin about refocusing, which its creator Nick Bowles describes as: “a method to develop practice and manage change in clinical or social care settings, with a sound “work strain” evidence base and robust evaluative […]

  Oct 20th 2007   Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the Star Wards’ community. This fortnight’s edition is all about the superb services I saw in Derbyshire, thanks to Sue Stocks, Associate Director of Nursing. I got  a very representative feel for the care, attention to […]

  Oct 6th 2007 Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the Star Wards’ community. All my shameless begging to be invited to visit you is starting to work! I visited three hospitals this week and, as ever, was deeply impressed with what I saw and learnt. The […]

  Sep 22nd 2007   Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the Star Wards’ community. A very happy new year to all our Jewish members and to everyone else who likes to have as many new year celebrations as possible. (May I be the first to wish […]

  Sep 7th 2007 Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the network. Every day brings a new delight in Star Wards’ development, thanks to the creativity and generosity of members of our community. I’ve realised that we’re operating the equivalent of ‘open source’ software and website creation. […]

  Aug 24th 2007 Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the network. This 20th edition breaks with tradition, by having no mention of Buddy (apart from that one) and with the inclusion of a contribution from one of our members. We’re very grateful to Sue Gurney from […]

  Aug 11th 2007 Holiday edition!! Welcome to the latest newsletter and a warm welcome to the new members of the network. The holiday edition, with international attachments (!) was inspired by an email from Bob Titherington in Sussex – yes, that’s the same wonderful Bob who sends me the minutes of his Star Wards’ […]