Marion Janner, the Director of Star Wards, spoke at the recent Creating Happy Workplaces Conference about how she helped develop mental health wards through small, low-cost changes.
Marion’s main background is developing and managing services for people with learning disabilities, after previous experience as a chocolate entrepreneur. Following her experience as a detained in-patient, she set up Star Wards to help mental health wards introduce mainly small, low-cost changes which have a huge positive impact on patients’ and staff experiences. In 2010 she was awarded an OBE in recognition of the changes that Star Wards has brought.
“Star Wards’ impact”, says Marion “is thanks to Happy’s approach of trusting, equipping and supporting frontline staff.”
Marion’s presentation at Creating Happy Workplaces was delivered jointly with Cougar’s Clive Hutchinson.
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hi.does star wards still exist plse?
sue
Dear Marion
Many years after working with you and CSVs in Trowbridge I am delighted to have “met” you again in the Guardian. You have obviously been to hell and back (my life has not been plain sailing!), but you are back and it is no surprise that you are doing so much good with what you have learned along the way.
love Barbara