Beaumond House to support an additional 1,000 patients a year with growth of Hospice at Home service

The hospice has been awarded a new care contract to lead on the creation of an End of Life Referral Hub and expand its services across Newark, Sherwood, Mansfield, Ashfield and Bassetlaw.

Newark-based Beaumond House Hospice Care will lead on the creation of a new End of Life Referral Hub and expand its Hospice at Home service across North Nottinghamshire.

The news comes after the hospice was awarded a new contract from NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) as part of the North Nottinghamshire End of Life Care Alliance.

Beaumond House’s Hospice at Home service is currently provided to over 200 patients across Newark and Sherwood each year. The new contract will see the service expand within Newark and Sherwood, and additionally cover Mansfield, Ashfield and Bassetlaw from April 2026 – meaning Beaumond House can care for an additional 1,000 patients a year in their place of choice.

This includes patients like Marian who, after being diagnosed with cancer in 2018, would be in and out of care across four different hospitals in the region for three years, until all treatment options had been tried.

During this time, there were a lot of things that Marian needed; although her husband, Les, was hands-on, he felt that Marian’s needs were more than he could cope with alone. There were days that Marian struggled to get from the chair to the bed and, on these days, Marian stayed in the reclining chair and slept – where she was comfortable.  

In her final months, Marian’s wish was to be cared for at home by the Beaumond House Hospice at Home team. This service allowed Marian to be looked after in familiar surroundings and in the comfort of her own home.

Commenting on the care from Beaumond House, Les said “After our referral, they attended the next day, and we often had three to four visits a day. More importantly, she was cared for with so much dignity and we had equipment brought in to support. Nurses, occupational therapists and the palliative care team cared for her every need, which was no easy feat as she couldn’t do anything for herself.”

The new service will see the creation of a dedicated End of Life Referral Hub to help ensure people are not left struggling to navigate care at one of the most difficult times in their lives. Supported by £1.8m from Macmillan Cancer Support’s End-of-Life Care Fund, this investment is about giving more people the chance to be cared for with comfort, dignity and compassion, closer to home. Macmillan’s End-of-Life Care Fund helps services respond quickly to changing needs and make a real difference to patients and families when it matters most.

The hub will ensure a single point of access for end of life care in North Nottinghamshire. It will provide a central oversight of referrals to support patients with personalised care during times of rapidly deteriorating needs, within the final days and weeks of life – maintaining more patient choice and responding to the changing circumstances seven days a week.

This news also means that the Butterfly Project, a volunteer-led care service from Your CVS, will continue to provide practical and emotional support to patients and their families across Newark and Sherwood, and expand to support Mansfield, Ashfield and Bassetlaw.

Louise Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer at Beaumond House Hospice Care, said:

“We’re very proud to have been chosen as the lead provider for this additional care service and new End of Life Referral Hub in North Nottinghamshire. It will make a huge difference and enable us to reach more people in our communities, giving them the care they need in their final months of life.

“At present, palliative care services delivered by ICB-registered care providers in North Nottinghamshire include a mix of health and social care, but they do not have the expertise of hospice care. It is clear that a hospice-led model achieves better outcomes, and this new service will mean that more people have access to personalised hospice care.

“The new contract has only been possible with the support of Nottinghamshire ICB, the Macmillan Cancer Support End-of-Life Care Fund and members of the North Nottinghamshire End of Life Care Alliance – we’re very grateful for their support.

“This is an exciting time for Beaumond House and means we can significantly increase our Hospice at Home service, allowing people in our communities to remain in familiar surroundings and maintain a comfortable quality of life in their final days.

“However, despite this new contract supporting our Hospice at Home service, we will still rely heavily on fundraising for the other services we offer. Hospice care isn’t fully funded by the NHS, so we have to raise around £2.2 million each year to cover the difference between our funding and our costs. Money raised through donations, our shops and support from local businesses will remain vital for us to continue providing care and support to patients and their families when they need it most.”

Richard Ball, Head of System Investments at Macmillan Cancer Support, said:

“At the end-of-life, what matters most to people is comfort, dignity and being in a place that feels like home. This expansion of Beaumond House’s Hospice at Home service will help ensure more people across North Nottinghamshire can be cared for in familiar surroundings, supported by skilled and compassionate teams who understand their needs.

“Backed by Macmillan’s End of Life Care Fund and delivered through a sustainable social investment model, this partnership puts people and families first while helping to transform end of life care for local communities.”

Dave Briggs, Medical Director at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), said:

“Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB are delighted to have awarded this contract to Beaumond House! This is a key priority across our cluster, allowing the service to expand and enabling even more patients to die in their preferred place of care, offering personalised support during such important times.”

Beaumond House is now recruiting for a variety of positions prior to the new care service commencing in April 2026, to ensure it has the capacity to deliver the service and that growth is sustainable.

For more information about vacancies and to apply, visit www.beaumondhouse.co.uk.

To find out more about Beaumond House, visit www.beaumondhouse.co.uk or call 01636 610556 to speak to a member of the team.

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About Beaumond House Hospice Care

Beaumond House Hospice Care is a registered charity committed to providing free supportive palliative care to patients and their families living in Newark, Sherwood, Mansfield, Ashfield and Bassetlaw.

Established in 1987, Beaumond House has four In-patient beds for people with palliative care needs, as well as Day Therapy and a Hospice at Home service providing compassionate support to the community. The charity also offers Complementary Therapy for patients and carers who would benefit from a therapeutic approach.

Beaumond House is registered with the CQC and the team are contactable 24 hours a day, seven days per week, to provide a friendly ear, general information or to signpost patients, relatives and carers to appropriate resources, services and self-help groups across Newark, Sherwood and the North Nottinghamshire area.

For more information, visit www.beaumondhouse.co.uk

About Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support has spent more than 100 years helping people living with cancer. We know that cancer can disrupt your whole life. And it can be made worse simply because of who you are and where you live. But we’re here to change that. The number of people diagnosed with cancer is growing, and every one of them needs the best support to meet their unique needs. That’s why we’ll do whatever it takes to help everyone living with cancer across the UK get the support they need right now and transform cancer care for everyone who will be diagnosed in the future.

North Nottinghamshire End of Life Care Alliance members:

• Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Nottinghamshire Hospice (“Notts Hospice”)
• Beaumond House Community Hospice
• Primary Integrated Community Services Ltd (“PICS”)
• The Hospice of the Good Shepherd (“Bassetlaw Hospice”)
• Your CVS
• John Eastwood Hospice Charitable Trust 

Broad Marsh announced as site for Community Diagnostic Centre and Nottingham University Hospitals chosen to run facility

Plans have been revealed which show that a new state-of-the-art Community Diagnostic Centre will be located in the Broad Marsh regeneration development in the city centre, and will be run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Department for Health and Social Care announced last year that it is funding 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs), including one in the centre of Nottingham, to help reduce the backlog of patients waiting for diagnostic tests.

CDCs are designed as a one-stop shop which support GPs by providing direct access to diagnostics services such as MRI, CT, x-ray, ultrasound, echocardiography, ECG, and lung function testing. This allows for more rapid diagnosis of conditions such as cancer, which in turn will help patients access the life-saving treatments they need more quickly.

We have been working closely with colleagues at Nottingham City Council, who we will be leasing the building from, and now have an initial agreement in place for us to proceed with the £25million NHS facility.

The Broad Marsh regeneration has already seen the development of a new Central Library, car park and bus station, a new Nottingham College city hub and has transformed streets and public spaces in the area by increasing footfall, particularly supporting businesses on Lister Gate.

When the CDC opens, it will provide an additional 100,000 diagnostic appointments each year. Once at full capacity it will provide in excess of 140,000 appointments annually, which will be available to patients through hospital consultants initially, and eventually also via GPs.

To help address the immediate backlog of diagnostics tests before the permanent CDC is open, temporary community diagnostics tests have been available behind NEMS Platform One near Nottingham Railway Station since December 2023.

Paul Matthew, Chief Financial Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said:

“We are delighted that we can now share the news that our excellent, highly skilled and dedicated NUH staff will be running the future CDC facility in Nottingham city centre, which will help to change the lives of so many of our patients for the better.

“This centre will be vital in reducing the number of people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire waiting too long for diagnostic tests so that they can then either have peace of mind they deserve, or can begin any treatment required sooner. It will also enable patients to access these tests without needing to travel to a hospital.

“We look forward to working with our partners to further develop plans to help more patients across the city access the care they need.”

In addition, the CDC will create 75 new jobs in Nottingham across a range of disciplines including consultant radiologists, radiographers, imaging assistants, physiologists and administrators. When the unit is at full capacity it will employ 135 staff.

Planning applications and formal contracts will now be drawn up to enable this important new NHS centre to progress.

The Lister Gate facility will be the second CDC in Nottinghamshire after plans were announced for a centre in Mansfield, to be run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The national programme of CDCs is part of the NHS Long Term Plan to provide patients with diagnostic care nearer to home without the need to attend acute hospital sites.

Nationally CDCs aim to improve population health outcomes and efficiency, reduce cancer waiting times and health inequalities, and help to address the elective backlog recovery exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The national programme is backed by £2.3 billion in government funding, and the CDCs are based in convenient locations such as shopping centres and football stadiums and have already delivered an additional six million tests, checks and scans.

Nottingham City Council Leader, Cllr David Mellen, said: “This is another major step forward in the transformation of the Broad Marsh area that has been taking place over the last couple of years.

“Following the opening of the new Central Library and with work underway on the new Green Heart city centre park, we’re really pleased to be able to announce with Nottingham University Hospitals that this fantastic new health facility will also be located at Broad Marsh.

“When the shopping centre closed following the collapse of intu, we said we wanted to see something different for Broad Marsh, not another shopping centre. This was underlined by the feedback we received from local people as part of the Big Conversation engagement exercise, the largest the council had ever undertaken.

“The Community Diagnostic Centre is exactly the kind of facility everyone wants to see at Broad Marsh. It will provide a boost for businesses and jobs in the area by increasing footfall. By reusing part of the frame of the old shopping centre, as proposed in the Broad Marsh vision, the building will support the city’s ambitions to be carbon neutral by 2028.

“It will also help address some of the significant health issues and inequalities Nottingham faces as a city. People will be able to access vital health services right in the centre of the city, near to the new bus station and car park and a short walk from the train station, in a state-of-the-art building surrounded by new people-friendly green streets and public spaces.”

Amanda Sullivan, Chief Executive at NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, said: “It’s fantastic news that Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s new NHS-run Community Diagnostic Centre will be opening to patients to provide an easier and altogether better patient experience by having a host of diagnostic services in one place.

“Earlier diagnosis is better for everyone. Not only will the increased testing help to improve the health of the local population and meet the growing demand for diagnostic services, it will also help free up capacity at our local hospitals and save money for the health and care system.”

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Joint Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s Emotional and Mental Health 2016-2024

The October 2023 update for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Joint Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health 2016-2024 is now available to download below.

The aim of the local transformation plan is to explain progress to date and future priorities in relation to children and young people’s mental health. Please find attached the approved Nottinghamshire County and Nottingham City Joint Local Transformation Plan which has been endorsed by the ICS Children and Young People’s and Adult Mental Health Board.

The Plan includes Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Authorities, and services commissioned by Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.

Joint monthly shout-outs

This month we have awarded a joint shout-out to two teams who are demonstrating great work:

The Digital Inclusion Officers (DIO) Team from Primary Integrated community Service (PICS)

The team has identified and supported patients in the Nottingham West PCN, who either lack basic internet access skills or availability to set up and use effectively the NHS app. This has improved access for patients and carers and enabled them to have more control of their own health needs and support.

The DIO team has offered 121 support to patients at local weekly drop-ins, roadshows, flu clinics and pharmacies. They are also working closely with GP practices to deliver patient support, which is helping to save time and money for the practices.

All of the DIO team have also accessed carers awareness training and resources from Nottinghamshire Carers Association and have become NHS Carers Champions to continue to foster inclusivity and provide support, and seek to enhance the lives of unpaid carers relating to the challenges they may face when accessing digital healthcare

Bassetlaw Enhanced Health in Care Home Team

The Care Home Model moves away from traditional reactive models of care delivery towards proactive care which is centred on the needs of individual residents, their families and care home staff. This approach is achieved through a whole-system, collaborative approach.

The Team has developed strong relationships with all the care homes and GPs in their areas and attends weekly MDT meetings. It is helping to make improvements include a reduction in falls and increasing training for care home staff to help them care for their residents.

One care home deputy manager said: “It’s an invaluable resource that enhances the care and continuity of our residents lives immensely. We now have a point of contact with the wider team, access to full holistic assessments within seven days of admission, regular visits from yourself and the team and we feel really supported in everything we do.

“The training that the enhanced health in care homes team provides and supports us with is of top quality and every member of your team is approachable and accessible. I honestly don’t know how we would manage without you now.”

Shortlist announced for first ever Health and Care Awards

After receiving a fantastic 150 entries from across the health, care and voluntary sector, the shortlist for the first ever Health and Care Awards has been announced.

The awards have been organised to celebrate success across the Integrated Care System – a partnership of NHS services, local authorities, public sector and voluntary organisations. The awards are being run in partnership with the Nottinghamshire Lieutenancy as part of their commitment to mark 75 years of the NHS.

Here are the shortlisted entries:

Best outcome award

• Community heart failure pathway and access (clinical pharmacy support for Nottingham West Primary Care Network)
• Children’s Bereavement Centre: 2023 bereavement residential
• One version of the truth data (supporting hospital discharge)

Health inequalities award

• Improving the uptake of health checks for people with learning disabilities from ethnic minority communities
• Targeted Lung Health Check project team
• Kashmeera Gorecha (improving uptake and understanding of talking therapies in South Asian communities)

Value for money award

• Promoting Independence Service (Bassetlaw Action Centre)
• Working to Achieve Value and Excellence (WAVE) Programme (Nottingham University Hospitals)
• NEOS Daycase Arthroplasty MDT Team (Nottingham University Hospitals)

Social value award

• Small steps Big Changes Family Mentor Service
• DFN Project Search at Sherwood Forest Hospitals (helping people with special educational needs and disabilities into paid employment)
• Trevor Clower (support for unpaid carers)

Prevention award

• Gedling – Falls Prevention Project
• Bassetlaw Food Insecurity Network
• Children with Diabetes Team and Active Hospitals

Equity award

• Smokefree team
• Oasis Community Centre
• The BAME wig project
• Andrew Dobb (Family Support Worker in the Community CAMHS South Team)

Lord-Lieutenant’s partnership award

• Mental Health Support Team Steering Group
• NUH Prehab Service (preparing people for cancer surgery)
• Veterans Care in Custody

The winners will be announced at a ceremony held at Nottingham University on 24 October. One winner from the categories will be selected to win the overall Lord-Lieutenant’s Health and Care Award.

Two entries have also been highly commended by the judges:

• Rosewood PCN severe multiple disadvantage Team
• Richard McHugh (co-founder of ‘In Sam’s Name’ charity)

Kathy McLean, Chair of the Integrated Care Board, said: “I am truly delighted by the response we’ve received to our first ever Health and Care Awards. It has been fantastic to find out more about the collaboration between different organisations to help improve health and care for the people of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

“Thank you to everyone who has entered the awards and a big congratulations to all those projects and people who have been shortlisted. I look forward to hearing more about your work at our awards ceremony later this month.”

Sir John Peace CVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire said: “The awards provide a perfect opportunity to report the excellent care we have found, at a time when providing complex care in all its forms to meet the differing needs of individuals and populations is challenging. 

“All the entries we’ve received are innovative, creative and contribute towards ensuring that people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire can access the best person-centred care possible. Well done to everyone involved.”

Keep up to date with the category winners and overall award winner by following us on Twitter on 24 October (7.15 – 8.30pm) @Notts _ICS

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For more information contact julie.cuthbert2@nhs.net or 07901 513299

Monthly shout out – Expert Patient Programme

Congratulations to our monthly shoutout, the Expert Patient Programme from Bassetlaw Action Centre. The programme is part of a new government initiative to help people living with long-term conditions to improve their quality of life through a self-management course led by someone else with a long term health condition.

The programme is a time-limited course, suitable for people who have any long-term health condition, including Arthritis, Heart Disease, Stroke, Depression, MS, Epilepsy, ME, Schizophrenia, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, HIV and other conditions that impact on a person’s life.

The course has been designed to help people with a chronic or long-term illness regain as much control over their physical and emotional well-being as possible. It complements existing health care programmes and treatments, empowering participants to be more informed and better able to develop partnerships with their medical practitioners.

It is delivered by tutors, who are living with long term health conditions, who use a detailed, scripted manual, underpinned by ongoing research. They work with participants to set practical and achievable action plans that are evaluated weekly.

Last year, Bassetlaw Action Centre received 233 referrals into the programme with 171 people completing at least 4 out of the 6 sessions. 99 per cent of people said they would recommend the service, 96 per cent reported that they felt listened to and understood as well as empowered to make choices and decisions about their health.

Paula Graham, Health and Wellbeing Manager at Bassetlaw Action Centre said, “We are pleased that people who completed the course reported that they have greater confidence in dealing with their illness, experience less pain, fatigue, depression and anxiety. They are more likely to continue with exercise and relaxation techniques; make fewer visits to their GP and have better communication with health professionals.

“The reason the course is successful is because people with different conditions share many of the same problem. No matter what illness they have, it is often the consequences of that illness which causes them problems and reduced their quality of life. This programme helps participants facilitate the development of self-management skills, such as problem solving and goal setting.”

John Bradley, who competed the course, said: “I would like to thank your organisation for providing the excellent course and allowing me to benefit from it. It has given me very valuable knowledge that is already helping me to cope with my COPD. One example is that I study food labels much more diligently and that makes me think of the course.”

Course tutor Norman Shaw said: “As a SWP tutor I find doing this very rewarding in as seeing how the participants change over the course and become more confident in managing their long-term condition. I also find that it is very helpful with my own long-term condition as I am always finding new ideas and learning from the participants.