ASKLiON Directory
AskLiON is an online service directory designed to help people find information about a whole range of organisations and services.
The website is compatible with smart phones and tablets, so you can find information when you are on the move.
https://www.asklion.co.uk/kb5/nottingham/directory/home.page
Share Your Views On NHS Weight Management Services
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is considering how community pharmacies can help patients manage their weight.
We are looking for views on a proposal involving an NHS weight management service for patients who meet the NHS eligibility criteria only and would include all relevant weight loss interventions recommended by the NHS.
It is important to note that this is at a design stage only, and we are seeking your input into a possible option to be considered. Information collected from this survey will be used to inform any future development of a service. This survey is being carried out to determine if this proposed service would meet the needs of local people if it were to be developed and implemented in the future.
Please share your views by following this link – NHS Community Weight Management Survey
Or by scanning the below QR code –
Nottingham City Libraries Opening Hours From August 2025
Free exercise referral programme at Nottingham Trent University.
Autistic Nottingham have expanded their mentoring team and are accepting new referrals! To be eligible for the scheme, the individual must;
- Be actively interested in and looking for paid or voluntary work
- Be diagnosed as Autistic OR on a waiting list for diagnosis
-Have the “Right to Work” in the UK
-Be able to provide a fixed address
For self referrals or to ask for more information please see their website;
https://autisticnottingham.org/employment-mentoring/
National guidance for identifying and supporting unpaid Carers in England to improve integrated system working
Identifying and supporting unpaid carers in England to improve integrated system working | Carers UK
Hospital Discharge Checklist
If you’re caring for someone who’s had to go into hospital, it’s vital that you are consulted, involved and given the right information and support by health and social care professionals, so you can look after the person safely when they leave hospital.
For more information on this, and to better understand your rights as a carer, contact out Carers Hub team
Carers Register
It is Carers Rights Day and the perfect opportunity to highlight the services and support available to carers.
For example did you know you can be registered as a carer with you GP surgery?
My Support Network
My Support Network is a new initiative launched to help people understand the care their loved ones are receiving in their own homes. The new initiative is a document called ‘My Support Network’ which will enable people in the community to better understand who is providing support to them.
My Support Network is a document where relatives, carers, professionals and health care providers can put their contact information on the form and this information is then available to the person and to the other people on the form. The document will belong to the relevant person for them to keep in their own home and will be kept in a yellow folder. They can then invite anyone who supports them to add their contact information.
The document keeps information together in one place – who has visited, their contact information and helps to ensure that people receive all the help they need.
Feedback from the Newark Carers Roadshow in May 2023 was really positive.
“This would be so helpful for Mum, she lives alone and having support information in one place would be so much easier.”
“I’m just out of hospital and so many people have been, like OT’s, Age UK but I can’t remember who is who or how to contact them, this would be really useful.”
“My Dad has Dementia and this would help me and the rest of the family know who is involved in supporting him.”
If you have a service visiting your home, they may offer you a copy of the My Support Network document – if not you can ask for one or you can print one off from the NHS website – https://notts.icb.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/My-Support-Network-CSR-Final-v2.pdf
To find out more about My Support Network and how it could help you, a family member or someone you support please visit notts.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/my-support-network/. Or scan the QR code below
DWP: Pension Credit awareness drive as thousands of eligible pensioners yet to claim
Pensioners are urged to check if they could be eligible for Pension Credit to secure the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to £300 per household. While around 1.4 million pensioners are already receiving Pension Credit there are up to an estimated 880,000 households eligible for the support who are yet to claim. Claiming this benefit can also passport pensioners to additional help with housing costs, council tax, and heating bills. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pension-credit-awareness-drive-as-thousands-of-eligible-pensioners-yet-to-claim–2
Radford Care Group Open Day
Alison Hill our Health Liaison Worker attended the Radford Care Group Open Day to celebrate the service and renaming of the building ‘The Pauleen Davies Centre’ in memory of the former Founder of Radford Care Group.
The event was a chance to celebrate the Service and for local organisations to share resources and talk to visitors and Professionals about the support available to them and their loved ones.
Radford Care Group Patrons Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean also joined the event to officially open the renamed centre and meet local services and those who attend the Centre.
Carers Week Celebration Event – 12 June
We had a fantastic day with carers from Nottingham City and County joining us to celebrate Carers Week. The carers enjoyed shoulder and hand massages, a drumming workshop, making their own smoothies on our Smoothie bike, bingo, tombola, crafts and games in the garden and some delicious food and refreshments. We had a fabulous selection of professionals also joining us and providing valuable information for Carers.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved.
Carers Week celebration – 10th – 16th June
Carers Hub, have been celebrating Carers Week with carers from Ashfield and Bulwell who have enjoyed guest speakers from NHS Talking Therapies.
Martin Lewis: ‘Chancellor – will you end the awful cliff-edge on Carer’s Allowance that means you earn 1p over £151 and you lose £80 a week?’
Social Care Awards winner
Huge congratulations to Carers in Hucknall Self Help group on receiving a Social Care Award for being the most inspiring On-Line Self Help Care group 2024 in the East Midlands. Well done!