Issue 3 13th May 2020
StayingHOME – Nottingham City Council
International Nurses Day
Routine Vaccinations Support for shielded patients Active Notts The NHS is urging the public to get essential vaccines, despite the coronavirus outbreak. #NeverMoreNeeded Regular vaccination appointments should be attended to prevent serious diseases and BAME Resource Hub reduce pressure on the health service. #HelpUsHelpYou Nottingham Bike Aid
Age UK Survey #TogetherWeAreNotts
Line of Duty star Vicky McClure, Olympic medalist Rebecca Adlington and Michellin-star chef Sat Bains are among a few famous faces Nottinghamshire and from Notts who have appeared in a video for Nottingham City Libraries us to encourage local residents to stay at NHS App- Personal Health home. and Care Record To watch the video, click here. 1
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Grief Helpline International Nurses Nottinghamshire Hospice has launched Day a grief line to offer 24 hour support to International Nurses Day was people who have been bereaved and in celebrated on Tuesday 12th February. need of help. They are also welcoming Our Nottingham and Nottinghamshire calls from frontline staff who are CCG Chief Nurse, Rosa Waddingham, struggling and need support. offered a special message of thanks to
all nurses. To watch the video, click This includes emotional support and here. someone to talk to as well as practical help; food deliveries, medication collection etc.
The number for the grief line is: 0800 111 4451.
Support for shielded patients
If you are self-isolating, you can self- refer to access support from the NHS StayingHOME- Volunteer Responders. These volunteers can assist with tasks such as Nottingham City Council collecting weekly shopping, medication or provide a ‘check-in chat services’ Nottingham City Council have shared their over the phone. 'StayingHOME' resources which includes a range of activities and ideas of things to do To check your eligibility for this scheme, with your kids during this time. click here. To self-refer to this scheme, call 0800 196 3646 between the hours Try out a home work-out, join virtual events of 8am and 8pm. or get stuck into some arts and crafts. Find 2 out more. Issue 3 13th May 2020
Nottingham City Council residents can also access support and help in getting #NeverMoreNeeded essential items by calling their Customer The #NeverMoreNeeded campaign Hub on 0115 915 5555 or completing has been launched to recognise and the online form found here. For a cost, value the critical work that charities you can also sign up to receive a food are playing in responding to the parcel delivered to your door. To find Pandemic. This campaign aims to out more, click here. make the voice of charities heard and Nottinghamshire County Council raise awareness of their essential have set up a Coronavirus Community work. Support Hub to help those who are To read more, click here. staying at home and don’t have the support of family and neighbours. Volunteer groups and services can help BAME Resource Hub with tasks like accessing food, medication, dog walking etc. Click here Spark and Co. have created an online to input your postcode and find out what resource hub aimed at informing and services are being offered in your area, supporting Black, Asian and Minority including their contact information. Ethnic (BAME) populations during the current pandemic. Recognising that Active Notts BAME populations are amongst one of the hardest hit due to Covid-19, the Active Notts have created a support hub resource hub provides links to webpage on how to stay active whilst organisations that can support with a staying at home. range of issues during this time. Click here to access their support hub Click here to access the resource hub. which provides ideas, information and inspiration on how to look after your physical and mental wellbeing during this time.
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Nottingham Bike Aid Nottingham Bike Aid is offering personalised travel plans, reconditioned bikes and more to key workers and volunteers who want an alternative method of making their essential journey.
To find out more and to sign up to the project, click here.
Age UK survey
Age UK has released a social care and Coronavirus survey to understand what has changed and the impact of those changes for those providing social care for older people during the lockdown.
The outcomes will inform Age UK’s work with the government.
To participate in this survey, click here.
Mental Health Resilience Workshops for Young people
The Prince’s Trust, are delivering online workshops to help young people aged 16-30 develop greater mental health resilience, communication skills and teamwork. The next workshop will commence on the 20th of May. 4 For more information, contact [email protected].
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Nottingham shire closed. County Libraries Here’s a snapshot of what’s available:
eBooks, eAudio, eMagazines and #BeInspired by culture, eNewspapers. learning and libraries at home Health and Wellbeing – tips and resources to keep you physically Libraries across Nottinghamshire may and mentally fit. be temporarily closed, but Help with getting online. Support for jobseekers and those Nottinghamshire County have been applying for Universal Credit. working hard to bring Inspire to you at Business & IP Centre Nottingham home! For the time being, supporting ups and growth #InspireOnline is the home of Activities for families and children Nottinghamshire culture, learning and including twice-weekly live libraries, for you to access 24 hours a Storytimes day, 7 days a week. To access the business start- website, click here. You’ll also find a Local history and heritage online Virtual World carefully curated with Find it at relevant resources, websites and online https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/leisur experiences. From eResources to e-and-culture/libraries/one-stop-online- historical archives, magazines to library/ download and fun activities to help keep Follow them on Twitter and Facebook the kids entertained! Check out some of their highlights! and sign up for their newsletter for all the latest updates. You can access most of #InspireOnline or it's FREE to join them for full access to eReading and eAudio.
Nottingham City Libraries
Nottingham City Libraries have set up a virtual library packed with things to entertain, inform and educate you and 5 your family while library buildings are
Issue 3 13th May 2020
NHS App – Personal Health and Care Record There is going to be a new online service for Sherwood Forest Hospitals (SFH) patients via the NHS App and Patients Know Best (PKB). This will give people secure access to their Personal Health and Care Record from their smartphone, tablet or computer. It’s a free service which already works with a number of other NHS organisations. Features people will be able to access as part of this service include:
consultations virtually via a consultations virtually via a questionnaire, video, voice or secure questionnaire, video, voice or secure messaging messaging the ability to self-monitor, track the ability to self-monitor, track symptoms and test results symptoms and test results virtually access care plans to help virtually access care plans to help manage their care safely at home manage their care safely at home easily share their health data with easily share their health data with family, carers or any health and care family, carers or any health and care professionals anywhere if they professionals anywhere if they choose. choose.
As part of this process people will start to As part of this process people will start to receive an email or text from PKB to ask receive an email or text from PKB to ask them to register for the service. So far it is them to register for the service. So far it is being piloted in the critical care Covid-19 being piloted in the critical care Covid-19 wards to help staff keep carers/relatives wards to help staff keep carers/relatives updated on their care. Already 20 relatives updated on their care. Already 20 relatives and carers have been invited to use PKB and carers have been invited to use PKB so SFHFT can communicate remotely with so SFH can communicate remotely with carers/relatives during this time when they carers/relatives during this time when they are unable to visit. are unable to visit.
It is already being used by many of our GP It is already being used by many of our GP Practices and we will start to roll it out to Practices and we will start to roll it 6 other services within SFH over the coming out to other services within SFH over months. the coming months.
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Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG Covid-19 update
Cases in our community: Cases are gradually declining Restoration and recovery Intensive Treatment Unit Moving into restoration and occupancy is decreasing, recovery phase at same time as although we are still using the incident response additional capacity created. We are retaining the discharge Care Homes: model developed for Covid-19 response Approximately 5% of residents Considering creating Covid and have Covid-19 non-Covid zones in hospitals Approximately 50 homes have A national ‘open for business’ an outbreak campaign has launched. Impact and infections in our care homes in line with national Testing: picture We have significantly increased We have mobilised considerable testing capacity additional support around PPE; training and staffing. Continuing to coordinate a local response. testing capacity Continuing to coordinate a local response.
Primary Care:
Support to practices is ongoing – practices are managing well We are retaining the Clinical Management Centres to use if needed.
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Community and Voluntary Services Updates Plans to re-establish health and care Below are links to your local Community and Voluntary Services. Visit their services: websites or sign up to their bulletins to stay up to date with events in your Nationally and locally plans are being community. developed for a restoration and recovery Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service: period, with restoration referring to the re- establishment of critical service and https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/news-and-events/sign-up-to-our-e-bulletins recovery the wider set of health and care Ashfield Voluntary Action services. https://www.ashfieldvoluntaryaction.org.uk/news/ This work will look to return health and care service to their broad range of Mansfield Community and Voluntary Service functions, while also seeking to retain https://www.mansfieldcvs.org/news some of the benefits and lessons learned from some of the transformational Rushcliffe Community and Voluntary Service changes we have made (e.g. speeding up http://www.rushcliffecvs.org.uk/ safe discharges, increased use of remote 7 GP consultations). Newark and Sherwood Community and Voluntary Service http://www.nandscvs.org/resources/e -bulletin/
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