We work with mental health wards to improve everyone’s experiences of being on them – patients, staff, friends and family. We’re a tiny charity and are able to have a big impact on the quality of inpatient care thanks to the energetic and enthusiastic response of staff and patients to our resources, approaches and ideas. Please help us help wards.
full storyHello to all you Star Wards stars! I’m Sam Wilson, ward worker and newsletter editor. Thank you for reading my blog! This is my third blog in total but my second as Star Wards newsletter editor. I’m really glad and a bit honoured that you’ve come back for a read of this […]
full storyBy Marion Janner Yesterday was yet another extraordinary occasion at the outstanding Harrison House hospital in Grimsby, run by Navigo. At a time when so many crucial services are contracting or closing, they opened the most brilliant model of care – a new therapeutic community. The award-winning hospital didn’t settle for the usual celebrations. […]
full storyHello to all you Star Wards stars. I’m Sam Wilson, ward worker and newsletter editor and this is my blog to welcome you! Hopefully the members’ newsletter will inspire you in the amazing work you do and feel proud to share it with other Star Wards members. And please tell anyone who is not a […]
full storyPriority issues and ideas for improving mental health wards There is outstanding, truly therapeutic, world-leading, creative, empathetic, often fun, empowering work happening on many mental health wards. But there is also terrible variation in quality, even within one hospital. The great thing is that what’s seen as perhaps the darkest part of NHS is […]
full storyMembers use Star Wards’ 75 practical ideas to validate their existing good practice and to inspire further development. Wards which implement all 75 of the ideas are awarded our ‘Full Monty’ award.
full storyThe Royal College of Psychiatrists have set up a Commission “to review the provision of inpatient psychiatric care for adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been set-up in response to concerns about whether there are sufficient acute inpatient psychiatric beds and alternatives to admission available for patients and service users.” More information about […]
full storyA huge thanks to Guardian readers – and everyone else! Star Wards was beyond thrilled to be chosen as one of the Guardian’s 2014 Christmas Appeal charities, along with eight fantastic mental health organisations. Guardian readers (and staff!) are renowned for their commitment to social justice and improving the experiences of people facing the […]
full storyBy Geoff Brennan, Executive Director There are days working for Star Wards that are just the best – travelling to exciting wards, seeing resources that will truly help ward staff, meeting exceptional staff and patients. On Friday the 27th of November I had just such a day. After schlepping to Staplehurst in Kent I was […]
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