Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS Partners Assembly

Join us. Help shape health and care across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Tuesday 25 October at 2pm-5pm Mansfield Civic Centre
  • Tue, 25 October 2022, 14:00 – 17:00
  • Civic Corner, Mansfield Civic Centre, Chesterfield Rd S, Mansfield NG19 7BH

At this first meeting we will particularly be discussing our Integrated Care Strategy – the strategic plan for our health and care services for the years ahead. We are keen to share with you our work so far, and hear your thoughts and views about what you think should be prioritised within our strategic thinking.

We will also want to explore with you our Vision and Purpose for the ICS – to check that we have this set right for the future. This will include exploring how we will measure our success and making the positive impact on the lives of our population that we all aspire to.

Finally, the event will offer an opportunity for you to network and make links with other organisations and representatives who are working to put the needs of our citizens at the heart of our ICS.

This event is an exciting opportunity to influence the direction and strategy of your Integrated Care System for the next few years – we are really keen to hear from you so please do come along.

Kathy McLean, Chair, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board

Councillor Adele Williams, Chair, Nottingham City Health and Wellbeing Board

Councillor John Doddy , Chair, Nottinghamshire County Health and Wellbeing Board

Universities for Nottingham Leaders’ Forum – A Partner’s View from Kathy McLean

Kathy McLean, Chair, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board reflects on the recent Universities for Nottingham Leaders’ Forum meeting

The Leaders’ Forum of the Universities for Nottingham Civic Agreement partnership met recently for one of our bi-annual meetings.  The Forum brings together the Leaders, CEOs, Chairs and Vice Chancellors of the Civic Agreement signatory partners to review progress against the Agreement, horizon-scan for future challenges and opportunities and discuss collaboration.  This June’s meeting though, was the first in-person session for over two years and really highlighted for me, not just the value of the activity taking place under the UfN banner, but the value of working in partnership and being able to come together to discuss the challenges facing our City and County.

I chair the newly established Integrated Care Board (ICB), a statutory organisation bringing the NHS and local authorities together locally to improve population health and establish shared strategic priorities within the health and care system.  We’re well used to working in partnership with other NHS bodies and with the Local Authorities, but the broader partnership that UfN brings together, particularly with the involvement of the Universities, gives us even more opportunity to tackle the challenges – and maximise the opportunities – we might not otherwise be able to as individual organisations.

Take the recent Leaders’ Forum.  We were able to have a wide-ranging discussion around workforce development, future skills needs and the career pathways in health and social care, with each leader offering varied and valuable perspectives.  We focused particularly on the social care sector and the need to raise the profile of this profession.  If we can develop local solutions, it’s an issue which will have a massive impact on the health and wellbeing of our communities as well as the lives and careers of our social care workforce.

Working in partnership with other local anchor organisations is key to unlocking some of the changes we wish to deliver for our local populations. For example, our shared dialogue under the UfN initiative around clinical skills gaps in the local healthcare workforce has already led to the universities helping us to tackle this by offering additional nursing training places, particularly focused on the identified shortage of adult, mental health and learning disability qualified nurses.  It’s clear to me that keeping these constructive channels of communication flowing will be key to our success, and our shared commitments under the UfN Civic Agreement offer a fantastic opportunity for ever deeper and stronger collaboration.

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Chief Nurse Rosa Waddingham joined colleagues from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May.

Led by Nottingham City Council, they gathered to raise the rainbow flag at the Council House and emphasise the importance of standing together in solidarity against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia to help create a society that is inclusive and free from prejudice and discrimination.

Rosa Waddingham and Councillor Angharad Roberts from Nottingham City Council gave speeches to mark the occasion. View Rosa’s speech on YouTube.

Rosa Waddingham - "There is still more to do to ensure that everyone who uses our health and social care services and works in them can be fully supported and empowered to be their authentic selves at all times."

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw attention to the violence and discrimination often experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex people and others with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities/expressions, and/or sex characteristics.

The date of 17 May was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organisation’s decision in 1990 to declassify what it then described as ‘homosexuality’ as a mental disorder.