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Summer 2017

Stage FOUR - Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent

6th September - Start 10.45am - 175km

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Communities are stepping forward to having a greater say on the future of their local area by producing neighbourhood plans.

Both Southwell and Thurgaton have steered themselves through the process and have successfully seen their final submissions each backed by a referendum.

Neighbourhood plans, which are part of the Localism Agenda, empower local communities to give vital input into their future growth and improvement by giving an extra level of detail to the planning process. The emphasis is on producing a vision for the future and on guiding development rather than preventing it.

The Southwell Neighbourhood Plan, produced between July 2012 and November 2015, was passed by a referendum of the town’s electorate and later adopted by the district council last year. Likewise, Thurgaton’s was completed by May of this year while Farnsfield and Fernwood have had their plans independently examined and, subject to modifications, they have been recommended to go to referenda which will take place later this year.

King’s Clipstone, Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton, Epperstone and Fiskerton-cum-Morton are all developing their neighbourhood plans.

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Castle House, the new headquarters of Newark and Sherwood District Council, will be open to the public from September 2017.

The offices, off Great North Road, Newark, will be shared with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Citizens’ Advice, the National Probation Service, Newark and Sherwood Community Voluntary Service and Newark and Sherwood Homes.

Moving to modern, cost-effective and efficient offices is expected to save council taxpayers in the region of £500,000 each year.

Being close to the town centre will improve access for many customers and residents and, with more than 230 staff working close to town centre businesses and services, it will have a positive impact on the local economy, supporting the council’s prosperity agenda.

An increasing number of the DWP’s customers are using the internet or telephone to access support and information with Jobcentres increasingly used for booked appointments.

Newark and Sherwood District Council leader Councillor Roger Blaney said: “These new offices will bring many positive benefits to our customers and residents by providing a more joined up and seamless service, with more than one organisation in the same location. Going forward, we will also be making important savings.”

Graham Sheppard, DWP District Manager, said: “By moving into new offices with the district council and sharing the space with other public and voluntary sector partners, we will help more people into work.”

The council’s current headquarters at Kelham Hall, a grade I listed building, has been sold for development into a hotel, spa and conference centre.

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Newark and Sherwood Homes hope to be building new houses by the end of the summer in partnership with Newark and Sherwood District Council.

The council’s five-year development programme will deliver 335 new council homes across the district.

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Bridge Ward – £1m for transformation project

Following on from the Bridge Ward Neighbourhood Study in Newark, the district council has been successful in securing just under a £1m from the Government’s estate regeneration fund.

This will enable it to focus on the growth and regeneration of the Yorke Drive estate, along with proposals for delivering new homes on the Lincoln Road playing fields and enhancing the local sport and play provision on offer.

As this work progresses, a programme of engagement will be undertaken with the community to ensure local views are captured.

Ollerton & Boughton Neighbourhood Study

The council, with local stakeholders, is now taking forward a Neighbourhood Study for the Ollerton and Boughton locality with a particular focus on Kirk Drive, Stepnall Heights, Hallam Road and the land between these.

The study will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the area looking at both ‘People’ and ‘Place’ so as to identify needs, opportunities, challenges and priorities.

Over the coming months there will be a number of opportunities for local residents and stakeholders to be involved in this work. This is so the council is able to gain an invaluable insight into local issues experienced by residents to inform the outcomes of the study.

A blue plaque to commemorate a renowned Newark philanthropist has been unveiled at the former library building which carries his family’s name.

The work and legacy of Sir William Gilstrap is now marked at the Gilstrap Building which is located in Newark Castle grounds.

In 1883, Sir William presented the building, a free public library, as a gift to the town in recognition of the great kindness shown to

members of his family and to himself during his time in Newark in his early life.

Sir William bore the £10,000 cost of the library himself, equivalent in today’s values to circa £2.5 million.

The Grade II listed building is now leased to Nottinghamshire County Council which operates a Register Office from there and where weddings and civil partnership ceremonies now take place.

Sir William offered financial support, among a number of other projects, to building a hospital in Newark and in 1887, in official recognition of his work, he was awarded a baronetcy in Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Honours List.

Sir William’s great, great, great niece, Baroness Miranda van Lynden MacRae, attended a ceremony to unveil the plaque.

Last year, the Friends of Newark Castle marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir William and expressed their wish to mark his contribution permanently.

An approach was made to Newark Archaeological and Local History Society (NALHS) which readily agreed to assist, using its experience in erecting more than 30 plaques which are located throughout the town.

Finance was sought and the trustees of the Gilstrap Charity awarded a grant which enabled the project to proceed.

Ambitious plans to turn Newark Castle’s historic Gatehouse into a major new visitor attraction have won a major boost thanks to funding from the National Lottery.

A ‘first-round pass’ by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has been awarded to the district council for its Newark Castle Gatehouse Transformation Project.

The project aims to restore the Gatehouse area of the castle - where King John died 800 years ago - by adding a roof, floors and windows. This will both protect the structure from future degradation and open up a series of new exhibition rooms

A new Gatehouse entrance via the Castle’s North West tower would allow for a separate, paying attraction to be developed, greatly assisting with the sustainability of the site.

Development funding of £84,000, made possible by the National Lottery, has been awarded to help the council progress its plans to a stage where it can apply for a full grant at a later date.

The castle, which has stood on the banks of the River Trent for 900 years, is a scheduled ancient monument with one of the finest surviving Norman gatehouses in the country. The castle was largely reduced to a shell of its former self after Oliver Cromwell ordered it to be put beyond military use during the 17th century English Civil Wars,

however much of the original Gatehouse structure remains today.

The project will house a key educational resource featuring King John, Norman crime and punishment, the outlaw sub-culture that surrounded the mythical Nottinghamshire hero Robin Hood and the castle’s pivotal role in Newark’s Civil War history.

It will feature among a cluster of heritage attractions with Lincoln – with its copy of the historic Magna Carta which was sealed by King John – and Nottingham – with its castle and cave complex – both close by.

Last year the Castle marked the 800th anniversary of King John’s death with a re-enactment from Regia Anglorum. With the renovations to the Castle, visitors will get a real sense of what life was like when King John spent his final hours in the Gatehouse.

Castle warden Floss Newman said: “We are so excited to announce we have received this Heritage Lottery funding. It will bring a whole new dimension to the castle and enrich Newark’s history even more.”

For more information and to keep up to date with the progress of the project, visit our dedicated Facebook page – www.facebook.com/newarkcastlegatehouse

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Funding boost for Gatehouse project

A piece of waste ground in Newark has been transformed in response to calls for improvements from local residents.

The district council headed up the scheme to change the appearance of the land next to Hawtonville Community Centre, off Jersey Street, which was in a poor state of repair and the subject of complaints of anti-social behaviour.

Thanks to funds from Nottinghamshire County Council’s Supporting Local Communities (SLC) scheme (£30,000), Newark and Sherwood Homes (£5,000) and Newark and Sherwood District Council (£2,000) in partnership with the regeneration charity Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield and contractors NT Killlingley, it is a much improved environment.

Old fencing, graffiti boards and walls were removed from the land and the area completely re-surfaced with colour effects, lighting bollards and

newly-planted trees – work which was completed within three weeks.

The council’s chairman for 2016/17, Councillor Tony Roberts, opened the new space along with the four house captains from William Gladstone Church of England Primary Academy School.

In a study carried out by the Hawtonville Neighbourhood Partnership last year, which involved more than 300 residents and prompted 1,000 suggestions, the biggest concern of residents was the environment and open spaces.

Following the work with stakeholders and residents a new vision was created – Hawtonville: A proud and prosperous community.

In addition to the Hawtonville Open Spaces project there are a number of projects investing in the neighbourhood:

• The CCTV camera at St Mary’s Gardens has recently been upgraded to improve its capacity to work at night.

• Newark and Sherwood Homes recently appointed a senior housing officer for Hawtonville with responsibility for supporting the local community, in line with the recommendations of the Hawtonville Neighbourhood Study.

• The district council is working with partners to increase the use of Hawtonville Community Centre.

Waste ground is transformed

Councillor Tony Roberts performs the honours accompanied by local children.

An artist’s impression of what the Gatehouse would have looked like.


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What’s on in the district

this summer?

Seventy top flight professional singers and players will gather over the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 24-28) to take part in the fourth annual Southwell Music Festival.

The skill and enthusiasm of this remarkable ensemble, many of whom have taken part on previous occasions, are a key reason for the festival’s growing reputation.

The packed and varied programme includes several repeated concerts, making it possible for the most dedicated music lover to hear every note and, of the 28 events, half are free of charge.

The centrepiece of the five-day programme will be an all-Mozart concert featuring multi-award-winning pianist James Baillieu performing piano concerto No. 21 C major K467 on Saturday, August 26 from 7.30pm in the Nave at Southwell Minster.

This will be followed by a performance of the Great Mass in C minor K427 with the critically acclaimed soprano Sophie Bevan, a regular at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera, and mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly, a recent graduate of ROH’s Jette Parker Young Artists Scheme, as the soloists.

The professional choir and orchestra will be conducted by Marcus Farnsworth with the orchestra led by associate artistic director Jamie Campbell.

A key aspect of the festival is to develop local musicians. BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, will be making a very welcome return on Saturday,

August 26 from 1pm at Southwell Minster, and will be giving a recital, accompanied by James Baillieu, in a programme which includes Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No.2 in G Minor, Op.5.

This year’s festival has a strong French theme with a whole programme of chamber music, a late-night performance of Poulenc’s choral tour de force Figure Humaine, and a family concert featuring his setting of Babar the Elephant, as well as an organ recital by Matthew Martin with a strong Gallic theme.

Bookings: Tel - 0115 989 5555 and for further information go to www.southwellmusicfestival.com

Vicar Water Fun Day takes place on Sunday September 3 from 10am until 3pm. Enjoy a range of activities in this beautiful park which has recently benefitted from a programme of tree planting and now has special names for its distinct areas.

Travel back to the 17th century

Take a flight of fancy at the National Civil War Centre this summer.

Learn about Ingenious Inventions from 17th Century Nottinghamshire with Prince Rupert and Margaret ‘Mad Madge’ Cavendish.

Prince Rupert was so keen on inventions that he turned Windsor Castle into a lab for testing a variety of weird and wonderful devices including ballistic teardrops and a human torpedo. Mad Madge was considered an outrageous woman in her time but she made history as one of England’s first ever science fiction writers.

At the National Civil War Centre this summer try your hand at pendulum painting or crafty calculations. Make a mini watch or learn what 17th century scientists saw when they first looked through a microscope. Investigate the work of a 17th century scientist and learn about Pascal’s adding machine so you can make crafty calculations of your own. If that’s not enough, you can make your own heavenly creations and imagine the world of the 17th century stars with the build-your-own telescope activities.

Watch out for colourful costumed performances happening every day from 29 July until 3 September. The centre opens 10am to 5pm daily.

All activities are included with your entry ticket. This summer, take advantage of 20% off all tickets when you visit with a child over five. Or buy an annual pass to keep enjoying our museum and activities all year.

There is something for all ages at the National Civil War Centre this summer.

Summer in Newark and Sherwood heralds

a wide variety of events for many tastes

and ages to watch and

enjoy or take part.

Kids crafts are taking place at

Sherwood Forest Arts and

Crafts Centre every Wednesday

of the school holidays. Among

the activities that will be hosted

are painting, sewing, bath bomb

making, paper craft and jewellery

making. Please note all activities are

available at every session and there

is a small charge for each activity.

Every Sunday throughout August

you are invited to come and enjoy

free brass band entertainment at

Newark Castle.

The programme starts on August

6 with music between 12noon and

4pm with Sunday, August 27

marking the finale to Newark Town

Council’s series of concerts, where

there will be an afternoon of family

entertainment with food and drink.

Come along with a picnic, relax and

enjoy the music before a firework

display finale.

East Midlands Classic Vehicle Club

will be hosting a Classic Car

Show at Sconce and Devon Park

on August 6 from 11am until 4pm.

There is free admission to this event

and opportunity to see more than

100 cars, old and new.

Newark Comic Con takes place

at Newark Showground, also on

August 7 with guests from TV,

films and comics. The action starts

at 10am and continues until 4pm.

On August 9, from 1pm until 3pm,

join Newark and Sherwood Play

Support Group which is hosting

free children’s activities, games,

drumming and much more at the

annual Play in the Park which

takes place at Sconce and Devon

Park.

The Eden Hall Newark Half

Marathon is on Sunday, August

13, starting at 10am at Sconce and

Devon Park. The event will again be

raising money for Beaumond House

Community Hospice. The run skirts

East Stoke before making its way

through Elston and then back to

the Sconce Park. There will also be

a 2km fun run, starting at 10.30am

which goes around the perimeter

of the park. For further details go

to www.newarkhalfmarathon.co.uk/

race-info

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An opportunity for our district to SHINE!

Festival of Cycling

Hosting premier road race

Newark-born former professional cyclist Dave Miller, a leading member of Newark Castle Cycling Club, is delighted that his home district of Newark and Sherwood will be hosting a long stretch of the Tour of Britain’s Stage 4.

Dave (56), a two-time British champion, knows that bringing such a high profile sporting spectacle to the local stage will bring prestige, a boost to tourism and business, and create a sporting legacy for present and future generations.

He says: “This is a chance for Newark and the wider district to show itself – the castle, St Mary Magdalene Church, the Market Place and Southwell Minster are all impressive places to visit – and demonstrate what we have in terms of tourism. The race will be beamed out worldwide on live television. What an opportunity!

“In terms of cycling we will see some of the top international riders and the big hitters among cycling

teams. As a 12-year-old boy I remember watching my first cycling race and that changed the course of my life, that’s when

I started becoming interested in cycling. By having the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in Nottinghamshire what a legacy that will create.”

Dave recognises that the event is an opportunity to encourage cycling at all levels, from sport to recreation, and to raise the prospect of improved facilities for cycling in the district.

Newark Castle Cycling Club has more than 100 members aged from seven upwards and Dave, along with the club’s chairman Paul Beaumont, know the Tour will raise the profile of the sport across the district and county and will hopefully inspire people to get on their bikes.

All-comers are invited to take part in the Newark and Sherwood Festival of Cycling which will run from August 31 through until September 10 – to coincide with the OVO Energy Tour of Britain.

From junior rides to friendly outings, spinning and social excursions, there’s something for everyone.

For the latest details go to www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/tob/festivalofcycling

“This is a chance for Newark and the wider district to show

itself – the castle, St Mary Magdalene Church, the Market

Place and Southwell Minster are all impressive places to visit –

and demonstrate what we have in terms of tourism. The race will be beamed out worldwide on live television. What an opportunity!”

Newark and Sherwood will take centre stage for a day this September when the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, the UK’s premier road cycling race, rides into Nottinghamshire.

Stage 4 of the race will finish in Newark itself with riders having started off in Mansfield, pedalling around a 175km route through Nottinghamshire, most of which will be through the district and Bassetlaw to the north.

It is the biggest sporting event to come to the district and the first time it has played host to the prestigious event – and it could return next year.

Nottinghamshire, which is the only county in the Midlands to host one of the eight stages, will enjoy the glare of a worldwide TV audience, as well as a predicted boost to the economy and tourism expected to be worth millions of pounds.

Wednesday, September 6 will witness 120 of the world’s top cyclists racing from Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent. In Newark and Sherwood, the route will go through Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park as well as Blidworth, Farnsfield, Edingley, Halam, Southwell, Kirklington, Bilsthorpe, Edwinstowe, Budby, North and South Clifton, Girton, Besthorpe, Collingham, Coddington before finishing at Sconce and Devon Park in Newark.

Councillor Roger Blaney, leader of Newark and Sherwood District

Council, said: “We are absolutely delighted that Newark and Sherwood will feature prominently in the OVO Energy Tour of Britain this year. This will draw big crowds and thousands of visitors to the area to witness cycling at the highest level. They can expect a warm welcome to the district and we look forward to a wonderful spectacle of competitive, international sport.”

Derek Higton, Nottinghamshire County Council Service Director, Commissioning, Resources and Culture, said: “This is a great coup for Nottinghamshire to host a full stage of the UK’s biggest free-to-attend sporting event for the first time. With a world-wide audience of millions and an estimated 1.6 million spectators expected over the eight-day race, all eyes will be on Nottinghamshire on Wednesday, 6 September.

“We are delighted at the prospect of some of the biggest names in cycling coming to our county and hope it inspires more people to cycle, whether to get to work, help them keep fit, or just to get out to enjoy the great outdoors.”

Mick Bennett, race director of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, said:

“We have worked hard with our Nottinghamshire partners to create an attractive route that will take in six of the county’s

districts and bring the OVO Energy Tour of Britain to areas we have never visited before.”

District Council Chairman, Linda Tift with pupils from Lowe’s Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School and cyclist Matt Cronshaw.

TOUR OF BRITAIN

COMPETITIONYou could be in with a chance of riding away with

a Tour of Britain winner’s cycling jersey in our easy-to-enter competition.

The Tour have kindly donated a white SKODA King of the Mountains jersey, signed by the 2014 winner of that section, Mark McNally.

All you have to do is answer the question in the coupon below, provide your name and address

and return to the address stated.

The winner will be invited to receive their prize at the Stage 4 presentation ceremony in Newark.

Where will the finish be for Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain 2017?

ANSWER:

Name:

Address:

Contact tel. number:

Return to: Tour of Britain Competition, Communications Team, Newark and Sherwood District Council, Kelham Hall, Kelham, Notts, NG23 5QX.

Usual competition rules apply. Competition closes: Friday 1st September at 12pm.

Strategy to improve network

Nottinghamshire County Council has won a significant amount of money from D2N2, the Local Enterprise Partnership, which will be spent on improving cycling facilities in Newark.

The project is at the very early stages of the feasibility design stage and is currently in the process of identifying routes. Further details are due to be announced later in the summer.


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Stage FOUR - Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent

6th September - Start 10.45am - 175km

The route for the 2017 Tour of Britain covers

a total of 1,310 km, starting in Edinburgh on

September 3 and finishing on September 10 in the

Welsh capital, Cardiff.

There are eight stages in total, visiting parts of the UK that the race has never been to before, including Stage 4 which

goes through Nottinghamshire on September 6. The day after, riders take

part in a 16km time trial in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

A total of nine new venues will host the race this year which has introduced OVO Energy as a headline sponsor.

Stage 4 TimetableStage 4 starts at 10.45am in Mansfield

town centre with the finish expected to be approximately 3.30pm at Sconce

and Devon Park in Newark. Details of approximate timings along the route for

when the peloton will pass through will be published before that day’s racing.

GET INVOLVEDSponsor: Businesses and organisations are being offered sponsorship opportunities. For further information please email: [email protected]

Volunteer: Local people wishing to volunteer, called ‘tour makers’, for the start, finish or to help out at any community events in between, should email: [email protected]

Cheer them on: With 175 kilometres of Nottinghamshire roads due to be covered by the race, there will be plenty of opportunities for local spectators to be part of this fantastic event. More details will be announced over the coming months. Communities along the route are being encouraged to use the theme of cycling to decorate their towns and villages.

ROAD CLOSURESDue to the nature of the event and in consideration of safety issues for all parties, cyclists, spectators and other road users alike it will be necessary to apply a number of Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTRO’s) or road closures for the overall event. There will be fixed traffic management controls at the start and finish of the race and a ‘rolling road closure’ for the main part of the event. This will be managed by the police through its dedicated specialist motor cycle team which will be attached to the Tour Team.

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There are 14 general practices in Newark and Sherwood which between them look after more than 130,000 registered patients every day.

General practice is considered, by many, as the ‘glue in the system’. 90% of patient interactions with the NHS happen in general practice.

Demand for general practice is growing like many other areas in the NHS. As the population grows older and patient needs become more complex, the job of our practice teams is becoming more of a challenge.

These days practices are seeing and treating more patients, with multiple medical problems, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and depression. As medicine has advanced over the last decade or so, people are also surviving secondary

illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.

In addition to this, the demands for urgent and on-the-day treatment is growing year on year. Practices are currently working on plans to extend opening hours in response to a national drive to open longer. You can expect to see this introduced during the coming year.

General practice is so much more than seeing patients face to face. There is a wealth of other activities that go into running a practice on your behalf. For example, seeing patients as a home visit when they are unable to come into the surgery; linking with community teams such as district nurses; populating registers of people living with long term conditions such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease); finding people at highest risk of hospital admission and working with the wider teams such as social workers to ensure plans are in place to keep people safe and well; working to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults who may be at risk of abuse; working with families and carers to have difficult discussions about end of life and choices about dying. This is as well as the ongoing training and education of staff, supervision of junior and trainee

staff and representing the practice at key meetings to influence decision making.

To achieve this wide range of services, practices employ a range of staff and this is set to change in the future. Currently the common roles include GPs, practice nurses and reception and secretarial staff. Growing in number are other roles such as nurse practitioners, pharmacists and physiotherapists. This direction of new and emerging roles is set to grow. Talks about mental health input into general practice are happening already. Given the number of people presenting to a GP or nurse with depression and anxiety, it would make sense to have someone available and with the time away from the busy practice to help its clinical staff.

This also makes sense for our practices to work together and they have been finding ways of relieving some of the day to day pressures. Examples include:

The Acute Home Visiting Service

A new nurse-led visiting service has started for patients registered at Newark practices. The service provides an ‘on-the-day’ home visit and is provided centrally instead of every practice going out to people’s homes.

Patients will still contact their practice as normal and should a home visit be necessary, your GP will assess whether the service can meet your need.

The service means home visits can start much earlier in the day, instead of waiting for GPs to come out at the end of a busy surgery. Being seen earlier in the day is not only more convenient but also means treatment can be started quicker and the chance of being admitted to hospital should therefore be reduced giving patients and families peace of mind.

Wound care clinic

As part of the urgent care hub, Newark practices have been working together to improve wound care services across Newark and Sherwood. The first step in this process is to

focus on the provision in Newark. Two locations have already commenced. The service started in February and is now permanently located in Newark Health Centre, with a satellite provision three afternoons a week at Collingham. This gives patients more flexibility over appointment times and increases the number of appointments available for all Newark residents. Patients are booked in by their practice which will continue to oversee their care needs.

How you can help your practice

When to see a doctor on the same day and when not to...

Appointments on the day are usually set aside for illnesses or injuries that require diagnosis or treatment the same day. Examples such as; chest infection, urine infection, sudden onset of pain, an injury or dizziness. Usually the symptoms have been present for 2 or 3 days. This doesn’t normally include issues that you’ve been struggling with for a number of weeks for example. But if you are unsure, ring your practice and they will decide how best to manage your request to be seen.

Please turn up for your appointments and if something changes ring and cancel them…

Practices continue to report patients who ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) appointments. It would help practices immensely if you could cancel any appointments you are unable to keep as it allows best use of the time staff have available to see and treat other patients.

Sensible things to keep in your medicine cabinet

Many common conditions can often be treated at home without the need to see a doctor or nurse. Keeping medicines in a handy cupboard and safely out of reach from children is a sensible thing to do. Having them is one thing, taking them is another. Patients often say they don’t want to take pain relief in case it masks their symptoms. GPs actually find it helpful to assess a patient who has already tried self-treatment. Here is a list of things considered to be useful:

• Paracetamol – for pain or fever; this is particularly useful for children with high temperatures.

• Ibuprofen – sometimes known as brufen – for pain and fever for adults and children

• Anti-histamine – to calm down rashes and allergies

• Rehydration sachets – to help in times of diarrhoea and vomiting to keep well hydrated

Remember to order repeat prescriptions before bank holidays too. Running out of routine medication is unlikely to cause you serious harm if you miss one dose but this does depend on the medication you take. Blood thinning medication, for example, should be taken without any failure as this can have serious or fatal harm on your health.

You should always remember to take medication as prescribed. And if you decide to stop taking medication, for whatever reason, please be sure to discuss this with your doctor first. Some medication can be harmful if stopped immediately.

Online booking is now available in your general practice

Did you know you can now book appointments online, order repeat prescriptions and change appointments? Simply register on your practice website and you will be sent the instructions. It is a simple and quick process and means you don’t have to queue to order medication. It can be done from the comfort of your own home.

So what is driving these changes?

Lifestyle choices are well known to have a contributing influence on our health. Being overweight, not taking enough exercise, stress and smoking all increase our chances of being ill in the future. For example, type II diabetes, the form controlled by diet or medication, is reversible in some cases when the right lifestyle choices are made.

If you have access to the internet, visit the NHS Choices website for all sorts of tips and tools to self-check your own health: www.nhs.uk/tools/pages/toolslibrary.aspx

Newark Practices Are Leading The Way!

Newark practices have come together to focus on services they can provide collectively across a larger area. This makes sense for patients as the amount of services can be expanded, which means you are less likely to need hospital for things that can be done in the community. This includes Newark Hospital for services that have been traditionally provided at Kings Mill. The emerging models of care are part of the national interest through a programme called Vanguard. Areas across the country were selected to test new ways of working in order that they can be replicated elsewhere.

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has increased the number of day case procedures it offers at Newark Hospital.

Minster Ward became a day case unit in 2014, providing medical and surgical procedures between 7am and 10pm Monday to Friday.

New procedures introduced at the unit include referrals from the Urgent Care Centre, also on the Newark Hospital site, for patients who need to be monitored by nurses and reviewed by doctors for suspected deep vein thrombosis, accidental overdose, mechanical falls and anaemia, along with outpatient care for conditions such as cellulitis (a serious skin infection).

These have been added to existing treatments such as blood transfusions and gastroenterology, osteoporosis and rheumatology infusions.

Patients will continue to be able to have certain vascular, dermatology, plastics, gynaecology, orthopaedic, podiatry, urology, breast and ophthalmology surgery and the team also run regular pain management clinics and IVT clinics, where ophthalmology patients are given eye injections.

Ant Rosevear, Assistant Chief Operating Officer for Newark Hospital, says: “This is great news for patients, particularly those who live in the Newark area.

“We already offer a wide variety of operations and procedures but we hope to build on our successes at Minster Ward by further expanding our day case services.”

Yvonne Langford, 52, from Digby in Lincolnshire is a patient who is regularly treated on Minster Ward. She says: “I have Crohns Colitis with inflammatory mass, an inflammatory bowel disease, which was diagnosed

25 years ago. It can be very painful, which means I need to come into hospital for treatment every eight weeks to keep my symptoms under control.

“I am given an infusion of infliximab by a nurse, a drug which helps to prevent inflammation and relieves my symptoms. The staff on Minster Ward are wonderful, really friendly. Sometimes I’m sharing a room with five or six other patients of different ages and at various stages of the condition, so we can all have a good chat about it and support each other.

“I used to have to travel to King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton in Ashfield which meant a four-hour round trip. Now I have my treatment at Newark Hospital I only have a half hour journey each way door to door, which is great, as one and a half hours after my treatment I really need sleep. It means I can drive myself and get home before I need to rest.”

Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ major campaign to recruit more nursing staff has seen some promising results.

The first assessment day was held on 25 April and had a 100% success rate, with all candidates being placed in roles across the Trust.

Since the launch, 29 permanent nurses have been recruited and more than 200 nurses (both internal and external candidates) have joined the hospitals’ bank staff rota (an in-house rota system which fills vacant shifts that need to be covered).

Chief Nurse, Suzanne Banks, said: “The campaign is really working. We have certainly seen an increase in the number of people viewing our nursing recruitment adverts and applying for jobs. I would encourage anyone who is looking for the opportunity to work with dedicated, friendly staff to come and have a chat with us and see what we have to offer here at the Trust.

Many people have been surprised at the range of opportunities we have available.

“After being rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘good’ for both safety and care provided, the Trust is now determined to further improve to become outstanding.”

The Trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Newark Hospital, and services based at Mansfield Community Hospital and Ashfield Health Village in Kirkby, is already performing strongly in many areas, such as the four-hour standard for urgent care, sepsis management and infection control.

Suzanne added: “It is an excellent time to be joining the Trust. We are looking for nurses with the right skills, experience and values to join our team and help make our vision – Dedicated to Outstanding care – a reality.

“We are taking a different approach. Rather than advertising individual nursing vacancies, we now have a range of assessment days lined up, which are designed to make joining our team as easy as possible. On the day, applicants will be assessed for the nursing specialties that they are interested in. The assessments often only take half a day and we can be flexible to accommodate people’s schedules. So if you can’t make a full day don’t worry, still apply and we will work around you.

“Once you have applied, you will be invited to an assessment day, where you will be able to meet the team you will be working with and also gain an overview of our hospitals. Candidates will also be interviewed on the day. We hope that this will make the process easier and encourage more nursing staff to apply for our exciting and challenging vacancies.”

A dedicated recruitment website has been set up and can be found at sfhjobs.co.uk. The next assessment day is on 21 July. Applicants can apply via sfhjobs.co.uk

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named best in the country for improving patient flow and improving value, efficiency and patient experience in the prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Value in Healthcare awards.

The national awards recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and improvement by the NHS, while also recognising the excellent use of resources.

The award recognises improvements made by teams across the whole trust, resulting in the average length of stay reducing by two days with an estimated annual saving of around £6 million.

Dr. Ben Owens, Clinical Director of the Emergency Department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals, said: “It is such an honour to receive this award on behalf of staff across our Trust. It demonstrates everyone’s commitment to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of care we give, so patients can enjoy a speedier recovery and go home as quickly as possible.

Within the last financial year, 104,000 people attended the King’s Mill Emergency Department and more than 22,000 patients were seen and treated at the Minor Injuries Unit at Newark Hospital, which in late 2016 was upgraded to an Urgent Care Centre.

John is a highly experienced Chair and former NHS Chief Executive of three major teaching hospitals and has held previous NHS roles in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. He is no stranger to this arrangement, having been the Chair of the Staffordshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) until recently.

John says it is an extremely exciting time to be joining the Trust: “It is clear that Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a successful journey of improvement – what staff have achieved in the last year is truly fantastic.

“I am looking forward to becoming part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ journey. I have met many good people in my dealings with the Trust to date and have been most impressed with the calibre of staff and everyone’s commitment to build on the improvements already made.

“I am particularly passionate about supporting Trusts to take a leading role in local partnerships,

the most notable locally being the Nottinghamshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) and the Better Together Alliance. Unless we work more closely with social care, community services, local authorities and other local health and care services, elderly people in particular will not receive the services they need to maintain their independence.

“Added to this, the NHS continues to experience ever-increasing challenges with regard to increasing demand for hospital services and needing to become more efficient. Such challenges cannot be resolved if healthcare organisations work independently, and I believe that my experience and expertise will help support the Trust in strengthening collaborations with partners and, ultimately, in improving our effectiveness.”

Welcoming Mr MacDonald, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Lead Governor Sue Holmes said: “We are delighted to welcome John and look forward to working with him.

We are proud of the progress made by staff over the past year, which was recognised in the CQC’s recent inspection when the Trust was rated as ‘Good’ for Safety and ‘Good’ for Caring. We have since developed a plan to become an outstanding Trust, and Governors appointed John because we believe his experience and expertise will absolutely help support us in getting there. His experience and dedication to partnership working with the NHS, local authorities and social care will be invaluable as we strengthen collaborations with partners to improve health and care across our local communities.”

Before joining the NHS, John worked with Touche Ross Management Consultants in the UK and has ten years’ experience working as an economist with international aid agencies in Africa and the Middle East.

More recently, he has supported numerous NHS Boards to create highly effective top teams as well as to develop successful Trust strategies.

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Richard Mitchell has been appointed as Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ new, Chief Executive.

Richard joins the Trust from the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust where he was the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. Having worked previously at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Richard is familiar with the local area.

John MacDonald, Sherwood Forest Hospitals Chair, says: “Richard’s skills, experience and passion for delivering sustainable improvement are perfect to support us on our journey towards becoming outstanding. He has an excellent track record of leading major change within the NHS, and clearly exhibits the values that we hold dear at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

“Previous Chief Executive Peter Herring, should be proud to have handed over what is now an increasingly well-performing, stable organisation thanks to his leadership and the hard work of all Trust staff over the past 18 months.”

Richard is very excited to be joining the Trust, and says: “I have already met a number of staff, patients, governors and members of the Board and I am very much looking forward to joining the Sherwood Forest Hospitals team. Staff at the Trust should be really proud of the significant improvements achieved, and I look forward to leading the Trust on its journey to become outstanding, building on the good work of Peter Herring and his team, and working collaboratively with healthcare partners.”

Richard began his NHS career in 2004 on the NHS Graduate Management Scheme. He has previously worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and has been based in the East Midlands since 2012.

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Enjoy the following benefits:Anthony Rosevear is Sherwood Forest Hospitals’ new Assistant Chief Operating Officer for Newark Hospital.

Anthony is based at Newark Hospital and joined the Trust from Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, where he was divisional general manager. He has also managed cancer and orthopaedic services at neighbouring trusts in the past and has a clinical background in physiotherapy.

Anthony is excited to join the Trust and said: “Newark Hospital is my local hospital, and the hospital that my family and I use, so I have seen and experienced first-hand some of the fantastic things that staff have already achieved. I am delighted that, going forward, I will be able to support staff as we build on these achievements. This is a positive and exciting time for me to be joining Sherwood Forest Hospitals and I am keen to work closely with front-line staff and our patients to deliver outstanding care.”

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Dementia care appeal launched at Newark Hospital

An appeal has been launched to raise £105,000 to make a Newark Hospital ward more dementia friendly.

The Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Charity, the Friends of Newark Hospital and the Friends of Sherwood Forest Hospitals are aiming to improve the environment of Sconce Ward, with the fund kick-started by a generous £10,000 donation from the Friends of Newark Hospital.

Sconce Ward is a sub-acute ward and although it treats the full age range of adult patients many are frail, older patients with dementia.

Possible plans for the ward include colour coded areas, clear signs with pictures and better lighting to help patients who might be disorientated, an end-of-life care room in a quieter

part of the ward where patients can spend time alone with family members, a social activities area to keep patients stimulated meaning they are less likely to try to walk around the ward unattended, reducing the risk of falls, adapted flooring to help reduce the risk of falls and mobile nursing stations so that nurses can work closer to vulnerable patients.

Matron for Newark Hospital Carly Rollinson said: “It’s really exciting for us to be looking at this project at Newark Hospital. We really want to improve the ward for our patients by making areas easier to recognise and navigate around. I would urge everyone to get behind this appeal as it really will help to make such a difference.”

Chair of the Friends of Newark Hospital, June Howsam, added:

“We are delighted to be working with Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Charity on the appeal. People are always so generous and we are really grateful for the support from the community.”

People can donate via www.justgiving.com/sherwoodforest, by cheque made payable to Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds -please specify where you would like your donation to be made to and send to Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Community Involvement Department, Newark Hospital, Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4DE, or by credit or debit card via telephone on 01636 685664 Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

From left: Hospital Matron, Carly Rollinson, Chairman of the Friends of Newark Hospital, June Howsam and Deputy Sister of the Sconce Ward, Sam Haynes with the thermometer which illustrates how much is being raised for the appeal.

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