Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 426-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
The Specialist Treatment and Recovery (STAR) team is a team commissioned by GICB to provide assistance with complex mental health needs that cannot be met by existing commissioned services.
Firstly can you provide all information you have regarding the responsibility, duties and aims of the STAR team? Are they a subsection of the recovery team? What facilities, treatments and resources do they have access to? Are they supposed to interact with patients directly or do they possess a more bureaucratic role or do the members provide treatment themselves?
Secondly can you provide a contact email address for the STAR team.
Our response:
The STAR team is not a sub-section of the Recovery Team. It is a standalone team with a delegated budget from the ICB (Integrated Care Board). The team consists of Clinical Case Managers and a Social Worker, whilst the panel consists of a wider group of professionals and is responsible for decision-making in relation to funding requests.
The team is responsible for receiving, and triaging, referrals relating to individuals with secondary mental health needs where the referrer is requesting services that are not already provided/commissioned by Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust. This may include one-off assessments or evidence-based treatment that is offered by other NHS Trusts or the private sector.
Direct patient contact depends upon the nature of referrals but would not replace any support already provided by the individual’s secondary mental health team. Clinical Case Managers are responsible for gathering information in relation to the referral, presenting this to the panel (ideally in collaboration with the referrer) and monitoring/reviewing any services commissioned by STAR.
The email address for the STAR (Specialist Treatment and Rehabilitation) Team is STAR@ghc.nhs.uk.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.