On Our Mind

Posted on 13 Jun 2025

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.

Posted on 10 Jun 2025

Scarlett wanted a career in Communications, and the work experience week further confirmed this for her.

Posted on 17 Apr 2025

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.

Posted on 18 Mar 2025

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.

Posted on 18 Mar 2025

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.

Posted on 1 Nov 2024

For Learning Disability Nurses’ Day, Shelly Hancock, Preparing for Adulthood Lead (Health) in our Community Children and Young People Service, shares why she became a learning disability nurse and what she enjoys most about her role.

Posted on 1 Nov 2024

Holly Atkinson, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, is proud to be a registered learning disability nurse (RNLD) for the past 10 years. She shares what she loves about being a learning disability nurse for Learning Disability Nurses’ Day.

Posted on 1 Nov 2024

As part of Learning Disability Nurses’ Day (1 November), we are sharing Adam’s story about why he became a learning disability nurse and what he enjoys about his role. 

Posted on 24 Oct 2024

As part of Black History Month, we share Hans Mulleur's story. Let us recognise voices like Hans's that inspire, educate, and bring us together in the ongoing pursuit of equality and understanding.

Posted on 17 Oct 2024

As SAS Week 2024 comes to an end, we present our final blog for the week. Dr Atif Mahmud shares insights from his journey, highlighting the personal growth he has achieved not only as a medical professional but also as a mentor and leader.