Caribbean cooking classes

BACHS Primary Care Network that covers Aspley, parts of Bilborough, Leen Valley and Basford, has been awarded funding from the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, as part of the Prevention and Promotion Fund. With this funding the BACHS team wanted to extend their social prescribing programme of work to promote health and wellbeing in the community with cooking classes.

Through the universal appreciation of delicious food and working along with “All Things Caribbean” we have established Caribbean cooking classes, which is not only a learning experience, but also a social occasion where like-minded people can meet.

Participants are required to commit to a four-week programme, based at the Marcus Garvey Centre in Lenton. The only thing participants need to provide is a container to carry the cooked food home.

It’s not just about learning to cook. The sessions are designed to promote health and wellbeing and a sense of togetherness to combat social isolation and other low level mental health issues. This has been so popular that the sessions in June and July are fully booked. There are limited spaces in August. If you live in the BACHS area and want to sign up for this initiative contact:

Tara Spackman on 07465663821 or email tara.spackman@nhs.net

‘It was so beautiful to see patients from different cultures in the BACHS PCN area coming together to learn back to basics Caribbean cooking.’ Jason Ferguson, Social Prescriber Link Worker

After the six-week cooking course each participants received a certificate of achievement

The Future of Healthcare in West Bridgford event

Over 100 people attended ‘The Future of Healthcare in West Bridgford’ event at Rushcliffe Arena on Wednesday 27 April, where they learnt more about the exciting developments underway in local health and wellbeing services.

The event was organised by the five Patient Participation Groups for the local GP Practices in West Bridgford in partnership with Chair of the West Bridgford Patient Participations Groups, Paul Midgley, who also expertly chaired the event on the evening – you can see a video of Paul talking about the event here

People came along to listen to local GPs, mental health consultants, social prescribers, physios, pharmacists, council members and voluntary and community sector leaders talk about services and developments across Rushcliffe Primary Care Network. They also had the opportunity to talk about their own experiences and share ideas for improvements.

The presentation pack is available here.

There was a lot of discussion around the new roles working across Primary Care Networks to provide more seamless joined up care, and people were keen to find out more and understand how to contact them. We’ll be showcasing some of these new roles over the next few months so keep an eye on this newsletter, our social media and website.

In addition to presentations and roundtable discussions, there was a bustling marketplace with twenty-two exhibitor stalls manned by local health, care and CVS organisations.

Due to popularity of the event, Rushcliffe PCN has arranged another date for Thursday 30 June, 1-4pm at Rushcliffe Arena so if you missed the first one, please sign up here.

Appointment of Partner Members to NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board

1 July 2022 marks the first day of the new NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and we are pleased to announce the appointment of five Partner Members which makes the Board complete.

As you’ll be aware, a significant change to the local NHS landscape is underway with the disestablishment of CCGs and the establishment of a new Integrated Care Board (ICB) for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

This much welcomed change will bring health and care organisations together in new ways, with a greater emphasis on collaboration and aligning the work of system partners to achieve our shared purpose to improve health outcomes and tackle inequalities, to enhance productivity and make best use of resources and to support social and economic development.

We welcome:

Dr John Brewin from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, to bring a perspective in connection with services relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
Dr Kelvin Lim, from Eastwood Primary Care Centre to bring a perspective in connection with services relating to general practice, PCNs, dental, community pharmacy and optometry providers.
Catherine Underwood from Nottingham City Council to bring a perspective of the social care needs and health and wellbeing characteristics of people living in an urban city area.
Melanie Brooks from Nottinghamshire County Council, to bring a perspective of the social care needs and health and wellbeing characteristics of people living in market towns and rural towns.
Paul Robinson from Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to bring a perspective of hospital, urgent and emergency care services.

These ICB Board roles will be held alongside the individual’s current role.

In a joint statement, Dr Kathy McLean, Chair designate of the ICB, and Amanda Sullivan, Chief Executive designate, said: “The Partner Members of our Board will be critical to the ICB, bringing their knowledge and a perspective from their sectors to the work of the Board, and playing a key role in establishing new ways of working across the system to meet the needs of our citizens.

“In Nottingham and Nottinghamshire we have a successful history of integrated working between the NHS, local government and voluntary sector working together to improve health and care services for our population. The Covid-19 vaccination programme is a standout example of our excellent partnership working.

“We are ambitious for our citizens. They need the best possible health and care deal. We have all the talent between us to be one of the best systems. We look forward to continuing our journey to improve population health and ultimately provide better outcomes for people.”

The Board will meet for the first time on 1 July and papers will be available from 24 June.

Introducing Ebele Omo-Bamawo, PBP Community Development Lead

Introducing Ebele…

Ebele Omo-Bamawo is a Community Development Co-ordinator – Community Relations at Gedling Borough Council and our Place-Based Partnership lead for community development.

She has worked in different roles across the public sector for the Greater London Authority, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Hackney and Groundwork Greater Nottingham.

She is passionate about sustainable community development and has managed and delivered successful projects to reduce child poverty, tackle health inequalities, loneliness and isolation, financial inclusion and enhance employability through training and employment. She was also a London Literacy Champion.

Ebele has been instrumental in the establishment of Community Development Forums and Community Development Groups across South Notts, so we caught up with her to find out more about her role…

What does your job entail?
I’m based at Gedling Borough Council and cover South Nottinghamshire – Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall and Rushcliffe. I work to enable the successful implementation of social prescribing in South Nottinghamshire by ensuring the development of strong and sustainable community groups. I’m also able to support local community groups and activities to accept referrals from social prescribing link workers and, where appropriate, enable groups to expand, enhance or sustain their offer. In addition to this I carry out regular asset mapping to increase community capacity and support and encourage groups to adopt appropriate quality standard

How do the community forums and neighbourhood groups work?
There are three Community Development Forum groups in South Nottinghamshire. They are strategic and aim to help communities and public agencies work together to improve services and how decisions are made. As a group, they establish joint priorities for larger pieces of work, create opportunity for shared learning and improve and broaden relationships in the locality area.

The Community Engagement Groups establish ‘local’ priorities with local people/groups and create more local relationships and networks. They are the “doing”, collective action groups and there are nine in South Nottinghamshire.

What have been the key achievements of the community forums since their inception?

Breaking down barriers by encouraging partnership working as opposed to working in silos
Identifying gaps in provision and supporting each other to improve in their service delivery
Improving community networking, which will only get stronger
Have connected people and strengthened groups through mutual support
Responded to grass roots inclusive funding opportunities, including the PBP Growth Fund which supported 17 community groups last year
New projects and services springing up like Meet, Greet and Eat in Rushcliffe, Stapleford Yarn Bomb in Broxtowe and Falls Prevention Classes

What are the plans for growth and development of the forums?

To stand up for doing the right thing because they know it is the right thing
Consistency in sharing learning between the partners and community groups
To provide more ‘small sparks’ funding like the PBP Growth Funding to sustain community activities
To create capabilities rather than manage dependencies
Encourage more community groups to celebrate outcomes and successes
To sustain community capacity and resilience

Can anyone sign up to get involved?
People can join as long as they belong to a local community group and are committed to attending meetings. If you’re interested then contact Ebele – Ebele.Omo-Bamawo@gedling.gov.uk

Healthier You – preventing diabetes in South Notts

Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

Type 2 diabetes is serious but you can prevent or delay it. If you have been identified as being at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, it is recommended you attend your free local Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme. This Programme provided by Living Well Taking Control gives you the support you need to help manage your health and prevent the onset of diabetes. With support, around three in five cases of Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed by maintaining a healthy weight, eating well and being active. This programme will improve your knowledge, ability and confidence to make healthier lifestyle choices and help you stick to them. The Healthier You Programme will help you towards:

A healthier diet
Better exercise
Emotional wellbeing and ways to manage stress
Weight management.

The South Nottinghamshire Population Health Management Group have worked with Living Well Taking Control to create a short video which explains the Programme content, the commitment required from patients and the aims and objectives of the Programme. The video is available in eight languages as the Programme supports non-English speakers, links for each language can be found below:

The programme is available as a face-to-face group service held across South Nottinghamshire or as a 1 to 1 digital service via a smart phone app. After being referred to the programme your local Diabetes Prevention Coach will contact you and discuss the two options to help determine which is right for you.

Andrew, from West Bridgford, who has accessed the Diabetes Prevention Programme says: “My GP organised a blood test for me as I had some physical symptoms I couldn’t explain and that was when I found out that I was pre-diabetic. I was very surprised as I felt really fit and healthy and my BMI was in the healthy range.

“When I joined this course I thought I knew how to be healthy but I have learnt so much and looking back I can say I have made a lot of changes but at the time it doesn’t feel like a lot. I’m very happy that I have taken up running again, I plan 3 short runs a week so that I can plan my work and family schedule around it. Only now do I realise that my jeans were a bit tight but they feel much better now. I have also got my weight back down to what it was 10 years ago which I am very proud of. I very happy that I am setting a good example for my children – my one year old’s favourite word is now ‘run’.”

Patients who have been identified as high risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by their GP or Practice Nurse will be referred to the Programme and will be contacted by Living Well Taking Control who deliver the programme in South Nottinghamshire.

If you have any symptoms of diabetes like increased thirst, increased urination, fatigue, blurred vision or think you are at risk maybe due to a higher BMI or previous gestational diabetes diagnosis then talk to your GP.

Changing Futures: update June 2022

Changing Futures Main Delivery Service

Changing Futures, a key initiative as part of our programme to support people who experience severe multiple disadvantage (SMD) to live longer and healthier lives. The programme has hit another important milestone towards the full mobilisation of its service, by securing its key partner to take forward the main delivery from July 2022.

We are pleased to announce that Framework will be joining existing delivery partners Al-Hurraya, POW and JUNO Women’s Aid (providers of Specialist Navigators under the programme) following its successful tender to deliver the main Changing Futures service until the close of the programme at the end of March 2024.

The main service comprises many of the core elements of the programme, including Changing Futures Navigators, the Lived Experience Team, Peer Mentors, the Insight and Development Hub and the Practice Development Unit. We are delighted that Framework will bring its extensive experience of support people experiencing SMD from the delivery of the outgoing Opportunity Nottingham programme (due to close in June 2022) and will continue to offer its expertise through Changing Futures.

Opportunity Nottingham

Changing Futures offers its congratulations to Opportunity Nottingham for the huge contribution made to improve the lives of people who experience SMD as the programme nears its conclusion.

We will soon be sending out invitations for partner organisations to join the new Changing Futures Programme Board which will pick up from the outgoing Opportunity Nottingham Board early in summer 2022.

Independent Advocacy

Efforts towards the full mobilisation of Changing Futures in Nottingham are continuing through the procurement of a partner to deliver an Independent Advocacy Service. This service will support people experiencing SMD by offering advocacy to represent their interest in relations with the main programme and other areas of the system (in relation to e.g. healthcare, housing, etc).

The organisation that will be delivering the Independent Advocacy Service will be confirmed in early June.

Embedded Practitioners

The programme has appointed a number of Embedded Practitioner roles across key points of the system in partnership with host agencies operating in these areas. These roles have been established in Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Nottingham City GP Alliance, and Nottinghamshire Probation Service, with additional roles in NCC Housing Aid and Adult Social Care to follow.

Embedded Practitioners are working to support partner organisations to build capacity to engage with people experiencing SMD and to build connections to the wider programme. We will also soon be hosting a number of workshops to invite stakeholders to help develop plans to build capacity corresponding to each area of the system.

Branding

Changing Futures has a new logo! Our identity is an important part of helping our partners and wider teams to recognise our work and feel part of the programme.

Thanks to our lived experience experts (from the Experts by Experience Board and wider ABBA reference group) for their work to help develop a new logo as part of our efforts to promote the programme.

More information:

To access support from Changing Futures, people need to be experiencing at least three out of the following five needs; homelessness, substance misuse, offending, domestic violence and mental ill-health.

If you wish to refer someone into the programme please email changingfutures.refs@frameworkha.org or call 0800 0556191 and we’ll give you more information.

The front line delivery team hold weekly allocations meetings where all referrals are discussed. Following this meeting, you will be contacted by a specialist navigator from one of the projects partner organisations to arrange an assessment. We are still transitioning to the new service so referrals are only being accepted in a limited capacity.

Individuals not accepted onto the programme can also be referred to the Wraparound MDT. This is a multiagency forum which discusses people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage who do not have sufficient support in place to meet their needs, or who are struggling to engage with the support networks that are available to them. To referrer to the MDT please contact the email address above.

If you would like to find out more about the programme email alan.lowen@nottshc.nhs.uk

Reducing inequalities in the health outcomes of Nottingham’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

The maturity matrix

The aim of this programme of work, is to reduce the inequalities in the health outcomes of Nottingham’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. The PBP programme team have been developing a maturity matrix assessment which seeks to improve the cultural competence and responsiveness of the PBP partners, and to ensure better health outcomes for these communities. The point of the maturity matrix is to have those difficult conversations about inequality from the earliest onset. The matrix enables a route into having divergent voices and culturally mature conversations in the commissioning and provision of health and care services. Other enablers include greater strategic commitment and increased tools and resources to address health inequalities. This maturity matrix feeds into other PBP programmes and seeks to address any underlying structural racism that contribute to inequalities experienced in these communities.

Piloting the maturity matrix

We are piloting the maturity matrix over a four-week period before rolling out more widely across PBP partners. The piloting phase is intended to be completed by the end of July 2022. Keep an eye out for further updates as this work progresses.

What outcomes do we expect?

The pilot phase is crucial in providing the learning that will support the development of a robust implementation plan. The maturity matrix has the potential to create significant change across the
Partnership.

Improved collaboration between PBP partners and our Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities can create innovative and targeted solutions that are co-developed to address these inequalities.

Once the Maturity Matrix has been launched, the start of the change process will commence and over time all aspects of the organisation and community it serves should experience some change in delivering better health outcomes for these communities.

Health and wellbeing event for South Notts young people

If you’re aged 11-19 and live in South Nottinghamshire then we’d like to invite you to a health and wellbeing event at Nottingham Arena on 2 July 2022.

The South Nottinghamshire Place-Based Partnership (PBP) – a partnership of local NHS services, councils, voluntary sector organisations and communities covering the areas of Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Gedling and Hucknall – has been working with local young people across South Nottinghamshire to find out what young people really want from their local health and care services and wellbeing activities.

As part of this work, we’ve organised an event for young people aged 11-19 at Nottingham Arena on Saturday 2 July, where we’ll be covering issues from mental health support to local GP services to sports facilities, community activities and more.

At the event you’ll meet with some of our lovely local health and care leaders, learn more about us and have your say about what we need to do to make local services and amenities better for young people. There will also be stalls and freebies!

And as a thank you for coming along, you’ll get a free lunch, a free ice-skating session, and be entered into a prize draw to win an iPad!

We’d love you to help us improve wellbeing and make life better for young people in South Nottinghamshire, so please join us at what we hope will be a great day.

If you have any questions, please email: antonia.smith2@nottshc.nhs.uk

Nottingham City Place-Based Partnership (PBP) Share and Learn series of webinars 2022

We are running a series of ‘Share and Learn’ sessions so all our partners can find out more about our key workstreams and get a better understanding of the work going on in the Nottingham City PBP.

The aim of the sessions are:

to understand what the PBP is and our ambition
to develop a greater understanding of the organisations and services who make up our partnership
to share our knowledge and skills across our partnership
to continue to build effective relationships to allow us to work closely together today and in the future.

The sessions will run for 30 minutes split between a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session.

Find out more about the series of Share and Learn series:

Learn more about the New Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Watch the webinar HERE

Learn about our New Changing Futures programme
Watch the webinar HERE

Learn about our Care Leavers programme of work
Watch the webinar HERE

Learn about best practice in the Voluntary Sector
Watch the webinar HERE

Learn about the Community Transformation programme in Bulwell and Top Valley
20 October at 1pm. Join HERE on the day (don’t forget to save this link for later in your calendar!).

Share and Learn Series: 2021/22

Our ICP and our priorities as we move forward
watch the webinar

A focus on population health management data and what that means for us
watch the webinar

Our approach to increasing Flu vaccine uptake across our ICP
watch the webinar

An update on our work in reducing Health inequalities in our BAME communities
watch the webinar