Nottingham City Place-Based Partnership are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for a HSJ Award!
Our innovative approach to improving health outcomes of people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) has been named on the shortlist for the ‘Place-based Partnership & Integrated Care Award’ at this year’s event.
This is recognition and testament to the incredible work by all partners to improve health outcomes of people experiencing SMD in Nottingham.
People who experience SMD (co-occurring experiences of homelessness, problematic substance use, mental-ill health, domestic and sexual violence and/or abuse, and offending) are amongst the most vulnerable to poor health outcomes. The challenges they face substantially increases their exposure to chronic health problems, shortened healthy life expectancy, and significantly premature death.
As services are predominantly set up to focus on specific disease or issues, this unintentionally segments responsibilities for the care of people experiencing SMD across multiple organisations. Our partnership model brings together the key partners to work around people’s needs, not the other way around.
Our partnership has been successful in stopping the revolving door of the same services spinning for hundreds of people, helping them to recover, sustain tenancies and get back into employment.
To be recognised by the HSJ is a great honour and we are delighted to be able to celebrate this work of all our partners. A big thank you to everyone involved!
If you would like to know more about some of the work being done to support people experiencing SMD in Nottingham, you can watch our episode of Health & Wellbeing LIVE with Bobby Lowen from our partners at Changing Futures Nottingham.