Staff Recognition Week: Creating artworks to celebrate the NHS during Mental Health Awareness Week

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

An art competition held as part of Mental Health Awareness Week in May encouraged Trust colleagues and their families to get creative and send in poems, short stories and drawings that celebrated the role and achievements of the NHS.

Staff Recognition Week: Supporting patient involvement at HMP Leicester

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

Patient involvement is at the heart of the HMP Leicester Healthcare Team’s work, with team members listening to and engaging with patients to help improve services and understand their experiences.

During the coronavirus pandemic, patient opinions and experience continue to be invaluable, with many necessary changes to services and regimes impacting patients and staff alike.

Staff Recognition Week: Supporting vulnerable young families safely during Covid-19

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a home visiting parenting programme delivered across Nottinghamshire to first-time young mothers, their partners and families. It supports up to 375 young families at a time to have a healthy pregnancy, improve their child’s physical and emotional health and development, plan their own futures and achieve their aspirations.

Staff Recognition Week: Maintaining transgender health services through Covid-19

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health supports people with a range of issues to do with gender identity healthcare. This includes providing transgender healthcare to people who identify as transgender and/or non-binary.  

The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health team

Staff Recognition Week: Developing new ways to deliver pulmonary rehab services

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

Patients accessing the Trust’s Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation service are a particularly vulnerable and high-risk group for Covid-19, so the teams faced a real challenge in continuing to provide a pulmonary rehabilitation programme.

Staff Recognition Week: Finding new ways to 'live well' with the John Eastwood Hospice

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

The day services at John Eastwood Hospice closed for patient safety just ahead of the coronavirus lockdown, but the team was determined this wouldn’t mean an end to the support they offer.

The team works with a wide range of people, from those first receiving a diagnosis of long term ill health to those nearing the end of life. During the pandemic they have been supporting individuals at a distance, while also working hard to redesign services for the future, so they can get up and running again as quickly as possible.

John Eastwood Hospice team

Staff Recognition Week: Continuing to talk wellbeing during challenging times

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

The Trust’s Let’s Talk Wellbeing service provides psychological assessment and treatment (talking therapies) for common mental health problems for patients in Nottingham City and parts of Nottinghamshire, and Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Staff Recognition Week: Letters from new friends ease the loneliness for Lings Bar patients

Throughout week commencing 21 – 25 September, we are holding a special staff Recognition Week to say thank you to our fabulous staff for everything they have done over the past few difficult months and continue to do during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Recognition Week will showcase and celebrate the amazing work of our staff and how they have been innovative in adapting their practices to ensure that our patients and service users have continued to get the very best care and treatment possible throughout this time. The commitment of our staff to making a difference in these unprecedented times is truly inspiring.  You can read about our inspiring staff and how they have adapted during the pandemic below. 

Patients and staff at Lings Bar hospital had an amazing boost from well-wishers during the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, with letters, cards and pictures sent in by hundreds of local people as part of the Dear Friend project.

                                                

Lings Bar Ward team