The Health sector
Explore the Stars available for the health sector
The health sector spans public health work, the NHS, NHS commissioned services and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), GP surgeries and new initiatives such as social prescribing.
The Outcomes Star can play a useful role in self-managing of long term health conditions as well as more generally in embedding person centred planning and measuring of non-clinical outcomes.
Discovery Star
The Discovery Star is for people with persistent physical symptoms which are complex to identify and treat such as fatigue, breathlessness, ongoing pain, autonomic dysfunction such as PoTS (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome – where heart rate is raised when sitting or standing) or palpitations. Symptoms may be present due to a number of conditions, including post-viral presentations such as Long Covid, ME/CFS (Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), or other persistent physical symptom presentations such as FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) or fibromyalgia.
There may not be a specific diagnosis or label. It charts the journey of discovery towards finding fulfilment, whatever that means for you, and a sense that things are stable and sustainable.
Preparation Star
The Preparation Star is a visual tool to support conversations about what is important to people when they consider their final years or months. It may be most relevant for people following a diagnosis, or for those who are elderly or have a health condition.
Sexual Health Star
The Sexual Health Star has been specifically designed for work with young people and their sexual health. It is a holistic tool looking at various areas of a young person’s life, but with a focus on enabling young people to have good sexual health.
The Support Stars
The Support Star (Young People) helps young people facing serious illness to talk about the impact of their illness on different aspects of their life and identify any support they may need.
The Support Star (Parents) is designed for use with parents of younger children facing serious illness.
Well-being Star
The Well-being Star is a short and simple to use tool designed for use with adults living with long term health conditions and aims to support people in self-management of their condition where possible.
The Little Star
The Little Star has been developed to support children with motor impairments who are receiving
Conductive Education and/or other therapies. It is designed to be completed by a worker who is offering
professional support to the child, together with the child’s parent(s) or primary carer(s).