South Notts Community Voices event – young people

As a Place-Based Partnership, we’re really keen to hear what’s important to young people to help them keep healthy and well so we worked with our District and Borough Youth Council members to design an event for young people.

So on Saturday 2 July we held our very first Community Voices engagement event for young people at Nottingham Arena, with all the young people who joined us to share their views being treated to an ice skating session with their parents at the close of the event.

Pictures of young people at the Community Voices event — Some of the young people who joined us at our Community Voices event at Nottingham Arena

It was a really fun, action-packed morning with lots of discussion about what the young people loved about the area they live in terms of health and wellbeing opportunities (tops) and what they didn’t like (pants). You can see the washing line of feedback in the pictures above.

We also talked about how they keep healthy and mentally well and what support needed to be available. Finally they had to draw their ideal place (blindfolded!) which certainly made for some interesting presentations.

Look out for the more, including feedback and evaluation in an upcoming newsletter.

Local GP invites South Notts residents to discuss health and care priorities at partnership’s ‘Community Voices’ event

Dr Nicole Atkinson, Clinical Lead for South Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) covering Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall and Rushcliffe, is inviting people who live in those areas to join her at a digital event to discuss priorities for health and care in the area.

The event, which will take place on Zoom between 3pm and 5pm on Thursday 1 October, will be led by Dr Atkinson, who also works as a GP in Eastwood

The South Nottinghamshire ICP works across health and care organisations, local councils and communities to support the integration of services and help local people live happier, healthier lives.

Interested residents and health and care workers in the area can sign up at: https://south-notts-icp-community-voices.eventbrite.co.uk

Alongside Dr Atkinson, there will be a presentation from Dr Tim Heywood, Broxtowe GP and Clinical Director of Nottingham West Primary Care Network.

People attending the event will be asked for their views on the Partnership’s key priorities for the next year, which are:

Ageing well
Care navigation (the patient journey through health and social care)
Mental health
Health and wellbeing
Community engagement

Dr Atkinson says: “This event is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with the development of integrated services in South Nottinghamshire. I’m really excited to talk about our priorities with local residents and start involving them in our work.

“There has already been a lot of really innovative work that has started here in South Nottinghamshire that has improved services for patients, which has then gone on to be rolled out across other areas. We want to build on those successes and involve local communities to help drive further innovation.

“We really want to engage people so they are genuinely involved in how their local services develop and how we join up care. So, if you have the time and you want to get involved, I look forward to talking to you.”

People who are interested in finding out more about the Partnership and getting involved with shaping services can sign up at: https://south-notts-icp-community-voices.eventbrite.co.uk

Zoom instructions

Event agenda

Community Voices breakout rooms

People who are interested in finding out more about the Partnership and getting involved with shaping services can sign up here.

Dr Aamer Ali joins the South Notts ICP Clinical Leadership team

We’re delighted to announce Dr Aamer Ali has joined the clinical leadership team for the South Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership.

Working alongside ICP Clinical Lead, Dr Nicole Atkinson, Aamer will bring his considerable experience of both working with elderly patients and driving integrated working to this new position.

Aamer is a Consultant Geriatrician at Nottingham’s Queens Medical Centre, with interface and front door frailty as his main area of clinical practice.

He is also the Clinical Director of Integrated Medical Services, and his expertise and experience from more than 12 years working with commissioners and providers will be invaluable in influencing the direction of travel towards improvement for services for older people across South Nottinghamshire.

This role is a perfect fit for Aamer, who has a history of working with teams across the South Nottinghamshire patch. He says: “I have worked closely with South Notts teams, most notably on GPs supporting the Health Care of Older People wards in QMC and development of the community geriatrics project including care home vanguard.”

Aamer runs an outpatient clinic in falls and bone health, along with a virtual clinic for the community falls and bone health team. He also provides mentoring and the educational lead role for the community falls team as well.

He is also a lead in the elective Orthopaedics SCOPES service and is working with the End Of Life Care team in Nottingham.

With his wealth of skills and experience, Aamer will bring strategic oversight to the ICP’s older people’s strategy and hopes his expertise can help shape the development of the ICP’s plans.

Aamer explains: “I have co-authored the NUH Dementia Strategy and sit on both the ICS’s dementia and end-of-life groups, while I also developed the ‘front door’ frailty team that has been working for many years in the emergency department.

“All these projects have given me a broad knowledge, understanding and expertise in older people and older people’s services, particularly working with them when they are in vulnerable states and when they are admitted in crisis.

“I think that it’s really important that I share that expertise and use it to make a difference to community teams. We have talked about transformation for a long time but I have felt that real transformation hasn’t taken place yet.

“I would like to think that, as a hospital doctor bringing this perspective to a community setting, I may be able to influence decisions which result in significant change in elderly people’s services, working with the community services to develop a countywide strategy.”

Born in Lahore, the City of Gardens, Aamer graduated in Pakistan before coming to the UK in 1996, where he trained locally as a geriatrician. A father of three, he has a Level 2 in British Sign Language ( aspiring to level 3) and a love of Indian classical music.

Dr Nicole Atkinson says: “I’m delighted that Aamer has joined the clinical team. His knowledge and expertise will be key to helping us deliver improved integrated care for our older people, and ultimately support them to live happier, healthier lives in South Nottinghamshire.”