South Notts Place-Based Partnership News

Issue 42: May 2025

This round-up of South Notts Place-Based Partnership News includes events, some fab work with local community projects, local events, heroic acts and much more news from across South Notts...

About our partnership
Covering Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall and Rushcliffe, South Nottinghamshire Place-Based Partnership is a collaboration of health and care providers, local authorities, voluntary groups and organisations and local communities working together to help people live happier, healthier lives. The partnership is built around six Primary Care Networks, or PCNs, which are groups of community services working alongside GP practices. You can find out more about the partnership here.

Rushcliffe dementia event a huge success!
The Dementia and Carers Roadshow took place on Thursday 3 April at Rushcliffe Arena in West Bridgford offering a variety of local support to help improve the lives of carers and people living with dementia.

Delivered by the Rushcliffe Dementia Action Network (RDAN) in partnership with Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) and Rushcliffe Primary Care Network, the event provided support for people living with dementia, their families, and for all carers.

Read more here.

Tell us what you think about the Older and Wiser booklet!
A guide dedicated to supporting older people in South Nottinghamshire with their health and wellbeing has been rolled out across health and care settings in South Nottinghamshire.

The guide was the idea of local GP Caroline White. She says: “I created this resource to support colleagues across health and care in South Nottinghamshire in their care of older people. It has been carefully written in patient friendly language and has lots of information focusing on maintaining health and independence in older age, seeking support and care planning."

We are asking for feedback about how useful you think the guide is. This is so we can improve on it for further editions. Tell us what you think here.

This guide is now available at GP practices and other community settings in South Nottinghamshire, but you can also download it here.

Superhero festival back for 2025!
Join Positively Empowered Kids’ Superhero’ Festival on Sunday 22 June at Nottingham Castle. It will be a jam packed event, with interactive experiences, demonstrations, activities, and workshops to ensure the early intervention and prevention of mental ill health in children.

You’ll be able to talk to specialists who can equip you and your children with tips, tools and techniques to use at home, alongside other ideas to boost your mood, like sports, the arts, and nature activities.

There are performances all day from young people, including Nottinghamshire’s Got Talent 2024 winner Freddie Vokes. Find out more.

New guide to help families navigate SEND services
Families with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can find out more about services and support in Nottinghamshire in a new interactive online SEND journey map.

The SEND journey map includes detailed information about education, health and care services for children and young people at different ages. Key features of the guide include:

Age-specific support: The guide is organised by age group, making it easy for families to find relevant services for children and young people at different stages of development.
Interactive journey map: Users can download a full interactive journey map that outlines the support available from birth to 25 years.
Comprehensive service listings: The guide includes key information about education, health and care services, along with details about how to access them.

Read the full story and access the journey map here.

Community, voluntary and primary care

Care Navigation service supports patient to new home
Broxtowe resident, Andrew*, 60, was living with diagnoses of anxiety and depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), insomnia and self-neglect. His living arrangements in a warden aided flat no longer adequately supported his needs and he had been served notice, which was having a detrimental effect on his mental health.

His GP also wrote a letter to Broxtowe Borough Council asking for further support for Andrew with his housing and referred Andrew to the mental health team for assessment.

Throughout Andrew’s journey, the Care Navigator was the single point of contact for all professionals involved in Andrew’s case. They liaised with the GP, Independent Living Manager and Social Services at the weekly Huddle meeting.

Through the coordination of his care of all the professionals involved by the Care Navigator, Andrew had his health and housing needs met and has now moved into suitable accommodation. *Andrew is not the patient's real name

East Leake nursing team ensure patient receives urgent medical care despite challenging conditions
Recent adverse severe weather and flooding in the rural area of East Leake, impacted on the local patients and Nottinghamshire Healthcare community nursing team colleagues.

One patient, living close to the River Trent, was isolated due to flooding with all roads impassable. The clinical care they required was for symptom control medication, due to cancer, and the team needed to visit daily to administer the much-needed medication. Without question the team came together with family, devised a plan of access involving safe routes, and they worked above and beyond to ensure the lady received the care she required, in a timely manner.

The team kept their patient at the heart of every decision they made, to ensure she received the optimum care, with great communication, compassion and dedication.

The patient and her family were extremely grateful to the team for their commitment and care.

Collaborative project to support Eastwood women with menopause
As part of the Integrated Neighbourhood Work (INW) in Eastwood, a menopause support group has been established to provide ongoing help and advice for women. The group aims to create sustainable support by connecting partners and organisations who can provide resources and assistance.

Your Health Notts (YHN) recently collaborated with the INW team by providing blood pressure checks to support cardiovascular prevention. Of those who received the checks, two were referred to their GP for further support.

Also, based on feedback after attending the walking group to connect with members and explore interests, YHN delivered a yoga-inspired stretch and strength session designed to be low-impact, emphasising strength building and mindful breathing through stretches

Innovative vaccination clinics developed by practice nurses
Two South Nottinghamshire practice nurses recently had the opportunity to complete the Mid-Career Practice Nurse Fellowship. This year-long fellowship enabled them to participate in a quality improvement project aimed at enhancing the work of their GP practice or Primary Care Network.

One of the nurses collaborated with the Health Inequalities Team in Nottingham West to deliver relaxed, sensory-friendly vaccination clinics for people with learning disabilities and their carers. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive, with comments such as:

“You understood our family’s needs.”
“I’ve never had an injection while colouring before.”
“I loved the lights.”
“I love not queuing"

The fellowship also offered several training sessions to support the nurses in their quality improvement journey. In addition, it provided personal and professional development opportunities. Due to its success, the fellowship will run again this year. Find out more here.

Council donates life-saving defibrillator to Hucknall walking group
Ashfield District Council has donated a new portable defibrillator to Byron’s Rest Walking Group in Hucknall. The Council worked with the group to identify the need for a portable unit, allowing greater flexibility and deployment of the life-saving equipment in Hucknall. Local events, groups, and activities can now ‘sign out’ the unit, giving those attending the reassurance that a device is nearby should it be needed.

The defibrillator will also be used to deliver training sessions to residents and businesses, with the aim of increasing awareness. It is part of Ashfield District Council’s health and happiness drive, as part of its strategic priorities.

Read more on council's website.

PCN’s innovative work recognised in Occupational Therapy Excellence Award shortlists!
Two Nottingham West PCN projects have been recognised for their innovation and excellence by being shortlisted in the Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards.

Nottingham West Group Work has been shortlisted in the Most Innovative Practice Award. This programme delivers structured, scalable mental health and neurodiversity support through accessible, preventative interventions, which includes mental health skills groups, ADHD/ autism screening groups, and neurodiversity workshops.

Nottingham West Mental Health Occupational Therapists (MHOT) have been shortlisted in the Excellence in Mental Health award. This innovative model embeds MHOTs as first points of contact, addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, and social challenges through personalised, non-pharmacological interventions.
Read more about these projects here

Your local health and wellbeing support

Support for your mental health
A new service is available for people aged 17 ½ years and over with mild common mental health needs in Nottinghamshire.The Wellness in Mind service is being provided by Framework, who will complete an assessment of each person’s needs and develop a personalised care and support plan.

It has been developed following engagement with stakeholders, including people who provide mental health support in the community, GPs, social prescribing link workers and others. Find out more here: https://www.wellnessinmind.org/

A focus on obesity
The March edition of the Population Health Management bulletin focussed on obesity, providing lots of information about the support that’s available, including Your Health Notts' weight loss service, Exercise for Health GP referral and some inspiring case studies...
Download it here.

Top tips for staying well
Alongside our colleagues in Nottingham City Place-Based Partnership, we have produced a stay well leaflet, which will be shared across all our partner organisations.

The leaflet has helpful advice to stay well and lots of information about additional local support available. You can download the leaflet here.

You can also find lots of information about staying well in winter and details of local support here.

Download your district/ borough guide below:
Ashfield
Broxtowe
Gedling
Rushcliffe