Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated healthcare services including intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.
Our On Our Minds blog shares lived experiences from colleagues at the Trust and patients who use or have used our services on a variety of topics from a wide range of services.
To celebrate World Social Work Day, Lynsey Mirfield, Social Work Practitioner at Arnold Lodge, shares more about her role and how she has made a difference to the patients she has supported and cared for.
For Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17-23 March), Anna, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner at the Trust shares a blog about her life living with ADHD and how this has affected her and her journey to becoming a mental health nurse. She also shares details on the support she has from colleagues and the Trust to ensure she feels included and valued.
For Learning Disability Nurses’ Day, Shelly Hancock, Preparing for Adulthood Lead (Health) in our Community Children and Young People Service, shares why she became a learning disability nurse and what she enjoys most about her role.
Holly Atkinson, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, is proud to be a registered learning disability nurse (RNLD) for the past 10 years. She shares what she loves about being a learning disability nurse for Learning Disability Nurses’ Day.
As part of Learning Disability Nurses’ Day (1 November), we are sharing Adam’s story about why he became a learning disability nurse and what he enjoys about his role.
As part of Black History Month, we share Hans Mulleur's story. Let us recognise voices like Hans's that inspire, educate, and bring us together in the ongoing pursuit of equality and understanding.
As SAS Week 2024 comes to an end, we present our final blog for the week. Dr Atif Mahmud shares insights from his journey, highlighting the personal growth he has achieved not only as a medical professional but also as a mentor and leader.
Dr Nidhi Shashidhar shares her experience on transitioning to being a SAS doctor in the UK and how it has been a major shift, particularly coming from a background of practicing medicine in India and the UAE. She describes the transition as both challenging and rewarding, with each day bringing new opportunities to learn and grow.
Today we hear from Dr Jorge Diaz-Munoz about his role as a SAS doctor in psychiatry and the approved clinician (AC) programme. The AC programme is designed to equip doctors with the necessary competencies to provide a high standard of psychiatric care while ensuring that we adhere to the best practices and ethical standards.
Today’s SAS Week theme is SAS in extended roles and SAS development. Dr Hardev Bhogal shares his valuable insights on these topics, emphasising the need for SAS doctors to embrace new challenges and seize opportunities.
