Our Clinical Lead, Dr Jill Langridge, wishes everyone working and living across South Nottinghamshire, a very Happy Christmas in her seasonal message. She also reflects on a busy year for South Notts Place-Based Partnership.
As we look back over the past year, many of us will feel that it’s never been as tough as it is at the moment. Despite very challenging conditions, the South Nottinghamshire Place-Based Partnership has continued to mature, creating a positive environment in which we have made some significant achievements.
The partnership board took the opportunity earlier this month to reflect as a team, the collective values and skills of the partnership, the highlights of the past year, our hopes for the coming year and the potential challenges that we will face.
One of my highlights has been the fantastic work across Arnold, Cotgrave, Eastwood and Hucknall through our Integrated Neighbourhood Working approach, facilitated by Health Inequalities and and Innovation Investment (HIIIF) funding and building on the great work in Killisick and Butler’s Hill and Broomhill.
We are seeing strong relationships develop across communities, working together to co-design and implement initiatives to support health and wellbeing and address inequalities. We have been part of some vibrant community events, such as the Healthy Hearts for Hucknall, and the new Long Term Conditions group in Cotgrave. We have seen strong partnership working, for example in Gedling, where organsations have worked together to listen to young people within three youth centres and respond to what they have heard, to support their mental wellbeing.
Work has continued to support our Place-Based Partnership’s priority of Ageing Well. We have supported the roll out of the ‘Older and Wiser’ booklet, a fantastic resource developed by one of our local GPs. Building on the success of the Rushcliffe dementia project, we are now spreading the initiative across other areas of South Notts. We are also starting on a journey to support our Integrated Neighbourhood areas to become age-friendly.
This year we celebrated two successes at the ICS Health and Care Awards. Congratulations to the Broxtowe Learning Disability Collaborative and to the Opportunitistic Vaccination Team on very well deserved awards.
South Notts PBP has been working with Public Health colleagues to support the launch of the Building Blocks of Health, a new approach to understanding how our physical, social and economic enviroments can impact on our health and wellbeing. We used the Healthwatch Roadshow in Netherfield to demonstrate how this approach is already benefitting communities in South Notts.
Other highlights include the lauch of the Take a Partner to Work scheme, designed to give each other an insight into each other’s day to day work.
I have deliberatively not mentioned any names in this message. What I see every day is fantastic team working, with each and everyone playing an important role in the partnership. So I want to say a huge thank you to all of you, for your hard work, your dedication and your resilience. I hope that this Christmas is a festive and fun time, and that you all are able to take time to look after yourselves and those close to you.
With best wishes
Jill
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