Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated healthcare services including intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.
Our On Our Minds blog shares lived experiences from colleagues at the Trust and patients who use or have used our services on a variety of topics from a wide range of services.
A recent work placement student has shared positive feedback about their experience within CAMHS Integrated Specialist Services, praising the support, guidance, and inspiration they received from one of our Specialist Practitioners.
For Occupational Therapy Week, Esther Dark, Specialist Occupational Therapist in the Trust's Nottinghamshire Eating Disorder Service delves into this year's theme, 'Right Support, Right Time: Unlocking the Power of Occupational Therapy' which centers upon highlighting occupational therapy's importance in prevention-focused care.
As we mark Community Services Week, we celebrate the dedication and hard work of our community care teams.
Carly was grateful for everyone in the team and it allowed her to discover her potential in different fields.
Rebecca Sams is a dedicated learning disability nurse with the Community Intellectual and Development Disabilities team in Nottingham City. With 30 years of nursing experience, she is passionate about effective communication with patients and their families, ensuring individuals feel safe, happy, and empowered to make their own choices. Rebecca hopes that by sharing her experiences, she can inspire the next generation to support some of society's most vulnerable people.
Scarlett wanted a career in Communications, and the work experience week further confirmed this for her.
Lee Stokes is a communications assistant in the Communications Team at Nottinghamshire Healthcare. For Administrative Professionals Day, he shares his career path from leaving school, apprenticeships, undertaking a part-time degree and being a valuable asset to the team he works in.
To celebrate World Social Work Day, Lynsey Mirfield, Social Work Practitioner at Arnold Lodge, shares more about her role and how she has made a difference to the patients she has supported and cared for.
For Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17-23 March), Anna, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner at the Trust shares a blog about her life living with ADHD and how this has affected her and her journey to becoming a mental health nurse. She also shares details on the support she has from colleagues and the Trust to ensure she feels included and valued.
