TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper aims to describe how a patient centred recovery approach was implemented in a secure learning disabilities service.Design/methodology/approach– There are no specific tools for measuring recovery in a secure learning disabilities service. The Recovery Star; a measure of individual recovery was adopted for use among the patients. Staff underwent training on the use of the Recovery Star tool after which a multidisciplinary steering group made some modifications to the tool. Training was cascaded to staff throughout the service and use of the Recovery Star tool was embedded in the care programme approach process.Findings– It was found that implementing a recovery approach with the Recovery Star tool was a beneficial process for the service but that services will require a whole systems approach to implementing recovery. Key workers working with patients thought that the structure of the Recovery Star tool opened up avenues for discussing topics covered in the domains of the Recovery Star tool which may otherwise have not been discussed as fully.Practical implications– The availability of a tool, integrated into existing service processes, e.g. care programme approach and accompanied by a systems approach, equips patients and staff for articulating and measuring the recovery journey.Originality/value– The paper shows that the Recovery Star tool, embedded in a care programme approach process, equips patients and staff for measuring the recovery journey.
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 2042-0927
DO  - 10.1108/20420921211236807
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/20420921211236807
AU  - Esan Fola
AU  - Case Katie
AU  - Louis Jacques
AU  - Kirby Jemma
AU  - Cheshire Lucinda
AU  - Keefe Jannette
AU  - Petty Maggie
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Implementing a patient centred recovery approach in a secure learning disabilities service
T2  - Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 24
EP  - 35
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -