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GPs in Gedling borough to get quicker access to mental health support for patients

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GPs in Gedling borough to get quicker access to mental health support for patients

GPs in Gedling borough will be able to get urgent help for patients with mental health problems following the launch of a new helpline.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare has launched its Urgent Medical Mental Health Line – the first of its kind in the Country.

This is a new service for patients who visit their GP and require urgent mental health support.

The service aims to support patients (aged 18-65) who do not require crisis support, but who are still acutely unwell and can’t wait for a routine appointment, to get the help that they need quickly.

GPs are able to access the Urgent Medical Mental Health Line, Monday – Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm. They are able to speak directly to a Consultant Psychiatrist who will provide advice and guidance.

If the issue cannot be dealt with on the phone and it is clinically urgent, the person can be seen by a clinician within three working days in a community setting.

Dr Chris Schofield, Lead Consultant Psychiatrist, who led the project on behalf of Nottinghamshire Healthcare said: “We believe this will provide a valuable service to patients and aims to ensure they get the help that they need quickly, in a community setting.

“Through this we will be able to provide safer, faster and better care for the patients we serve.”

The launch of the service ties in with Mental Health Awareness Week which runs from 8-14 May.

Paul Smeeton, Executive Director for Local Partnerships said: “We are delighted to be able to launch this new service, offering further support to those who really need it.

“GPs can already phone consultant physicians and surgeons and now they can phone a consultant psychiatrist. They will now be able to get timely advice in relation to mental health concerns and where necessary patients can be referred for an urgent assessment.

New low-cost housing project picks up property in Netherfield

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New low-cost housing project picks up property in Netherfield

A property in Netherfield is being restored as part of a housing project which aims to give those struggling to pay high rents somewhere affordable to live.

Think Big Developments has appointed local contractors to renovate the inside and outside of the property in Dunstan Street.

The company has also partnered with New College Nottingham to provide a minimum of twelve students work experience and the opportunity to enhance their portfolio.

This new initiative offers students the chance to learn new skills within the industry, in line with the Government’s ever growing need for low-cost housing.

Louchavan Lemard, co-founder and director of Think Big Developments said: “Our vision is to eliminate deprivation, rogue landlords and anti-social behaviour.
“We believe that our business will boost the local economy by offering employment, work experience and apprenticeships through our projects such as Dunstan Street”.

Ryan Jeffers, also co-found and director of Think Big Developments added: “We hope to work closely with the local council and authorities developing properties across Nottingham.

“Dunstan Street is only the start of our vision becoming a reality”.

The company’s first project in St. Ann’s is now home to a family who have previously struggled with paying the high rent prices which many rogue landlords are charging.

Think Big Developments heavily relies on building and supporting the communities they work in and have already provided donations of time and resources to local charitable organisations such as Nottingham Street Nights – a homeless charity functioning in the city centre.

The company hopes to support more local communities, students and companies as they aim to tackle this ever-growing national housing crisis.

For more information visit www.thinkbigdevelopments.com

CCTV images released after Carrington pub assault

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CCTV images released after Carrington pub assault

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to an assault at a pub in Carrington which left a man requiring hospital treatment.

Officers today released CCTV footage of a man they would like to trace.

The assault took place at The New Carrington Inn pub on Mansfield Road, Carrington.

It happened at about 9.10pm on Saturday, February 18.

Officers received a report that a man had been headbutted and punched in the face, knocking him unconscious and causing serious injuries which required hospital treatment.

If you recognise the man pictured or think you can help please call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting incident number 903 of 18 February 2017.

Council election results in Gedling borough

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Council election results in Gedling borough

We’ll be publishing the election results from each area as they come in.

We expect the results of the election to be announced from around noon.

Arnold North

Pauline Annette Allan – Labour – 3,377 (elected) 

Michael Richard Payne – Labour – 3,309 (elected)

James Anthony Patrick Faulconbridge – Conservative – 3,171

Carol Pepper – Conservative – 3,157

George Eric Rose – UKIP – 426

David William Voce – UKIP – 400

Tad Jones – Lib Dem – 229

Andrew Julian Swift – Lib Dem – 226

Jeannie Thompson – Green Party Stop Fracking Now – 169

Jim Norris – Green Party Stop Fracking Now – 143

 

Arnold South

William John Clarke – Labour – 3,842 (elected)

Muriel Weisz – Labour – 3787 (elected)

Michael James Adams – Conservative – 3,184

Jane Maria Walker – Conservative – 2,804

Robert Andrew Swift – Lib Dem – 544

Jason Martin Stansfiled – Lib Dem – 499

John Colin Hart – UKIP – 443

Jean Olive Truman – UKIP 334

Margret Susan Barbara Vince – Green Party Stop Fracking Now – 255

Jim Stuart – Green Party Stop Fracking Now – 225

 

Calverton

Boyd Elliott – Conservative – 2,492 (Elected)

Michael Hope – Labour – 1,104

Lee Waters – UKIP – 183

Marguerite Wright – Lib Dems – 285

 

Carlton East

Nikki Brooks – Labour – 1576 (elected)

Kevin Backhouse Doyle – Conservatives – 1,547

John Edward Flynn – Lib Dems – 229

Graham Kenneth Roebuck – UKIP- 140

Ray Ellis – Independent – 82

 

Carlton West

Jim Creamer – Labour – 3,213 (elected)

Errol George – Labour – 3,165 (elected)

Robert James Dawson – Conservative – 2,260

Ged Clarke – Conservative – 2,243

Andrew Mark Ellwood – Lib Dem – 653

Paul Anthony Hughes – Lib Dem – 551

Piero Loi – UKIP- 387

Paul Anthony Pritchard – UKIP – 367

Laurence James Baldwin – Green – 332

 

Newstead

Christopher Barnfather – 2,326 (elected) 

Rebecca Connick – Green Party – 115

Michael Smith – Labour – 648

Rhea Waters – UKIP – 179

David Watts – Liberal Democrat – 12

Elaine Bond: A few ideas about how to beat the blues

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Elaine Bond: A few ideas about how to beat the blues

Depression is not just feeling sad or a bit down, it’s not reacting to a sad situation or dealing with grief.

Depression is a constant low mood, a feeling of flatness or the whole world turns grey.

Churchill called depression the ‘black dog’ and that is how some people describe it, a black dog that follows you ever where, turning up on happy occasions and sucking the joy out of it.

At its worst depression can be a killer as it makes you feel worthless and fell like ending it all – suicidal.

Depression can be caused by anything but the most common causes are –

  • Depression can follow difficult life events things like losing a job, splitting up with a partner etc. It is obviously normal to feel low after things like this but that feeling will diminish over time, depression begins when the feelings intensify or ‘get stuck’. The low flat feeling becomes a problem that is now seriously affecting you. But then gain sometimes depression comes from nowhere for no apparent reason or trigger.
  • Sometimes there is biological or medical reason for depression; it has been shown that if depression runs in your family you may have a greater chance of becoming depressed yourself. Sometimes the mood stabilising hormones like serotonin can become depleted for instance after a period of great stress and pressure, this will make you feel tired and flat.
  • The way you think or perceive things can affect your mood. What you think affects what you feel, which in turn affects your behaviour, which will then affect what you think. So as you can see you can create a vicious circle for yourself. The more critically you think about yourself (“I am a failure”,” no one likes me”,” they are ignoring because…”), the more upset you feel, making you feel down and unhappy, and eventually this may become your permanent state of mind. This will then change your behaviour you may choose to isolate yourself so you don’t feel quite so bad but that leads to loneliness and that will bring your mood down even further. The less you have to look forward to the less good times you have to lift your mood and the worse the depression can become.

Usually it’s a combination of some or all of these that makes you depressed. Depression comes in different types too, not just mild, moderate of severe.

  • Seasonal affective disorder (SADs) a depression that happens mostly in winter, where depression occurs in one particular season and lead to a moderate to severe depression during that time. You may find that the more marked the season change the more severe your SADs becomes.
  • Pre-natal depression starts during pregnancy and is thought to be caused by the hormone changes taking place. Its often described as taking the love and joy out of pregnancy and can lead to –
  • Postnatal depression that starts in the hours, days or weeks after the birth of your child. The depression is made more difficult as you find people expect you to be happy and excited about your baby, you have to be organised and ready to deal with the new baby and scared that you may lose the baby if you admit you don’t feel well.

To make depression even more complex there are many symptoms and some people get all of them and some just a combination.

But the most common symptoms are feeling sad, helpless, guilty, ashamed, irritable, tearful and anxious.

A common issue for people with depression is low self –esteem, intolerance of other people and inability to make a decision.

Physically when you are depressed you may feel in pain, lose interest in sex, no energy, stomach issues like constipation or IBS, changes in sleep (too much or too little) and changes in appetite again increase or decrease. These physical and emotional symptoms are guaranteed to affect your life in some way, losing contact with others, inability to cope at work , relationship issues and letting go of things that were once important to you.

There are things you can do yourself to help with your depression and these do make a significant difference.

Start by identifying your ‘Negative Automatic thought ‘ or NAT, thoughts that are just automatically in your head like ‘I’m boring’, ‘it will all go wrong, it always does’, ‘no one likes me’, ‘they are all out to get me’, ‘life is hard you have to suffer’ and ‘it will always be like this, why bother’.

You cannot simply say I won’t think about them, if I say to you can think of anything at all but a pink elephant, what have you thought about? Yep a pink elephant

So think about starting a thought diary; something like this will help.

When you look for your alternative thoughts be realistic, check out for evidence that contradicts your NAT, patterns like going to the worst possible outcome for everything, what is the benefit of my NAT and what is the cost and what would I say to someone you loved who thought this.

Replace your NAT with some or or all of your alternative thoughts, it won’t happen overnight but when you write these down and make a conscious effort to replace your NATs power over you will reduce.

While you do this make sure you take good care of yourself, eat well, get enough sleep, and stay off stimulants like caffeine and depressants like alcohol.

Plan your time whenever you can to give yourself a purpose, list your achievements and look at how far you have already got, spend time with others when you can, do things that make you laugh and relax too.

However sometimes depression can become too debilitating to deal with on your own. If you cannot identify your NATS because everything feels bad, if you are too low to work, if you isolating yourself and your relationships are suffering or if you feel suicidal, you need professional help.  Start with your GP they often take bloods or urine tests to rule out physical issues, they may prescribe anti –depressants or refer you for talking therapies.

There is lots of support and resources available on line or by phone some of my favourites are –

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/category/blog/depression

Association for Post Natal Illness: 020 7386 0868, www.apni.org

https://www.meetup.com/Nottingham-Depression-Support-Group/

Not forgetting the Samaritans when you feel you need to speak to someone – http://www.samaritans.org, 116 123, jo@samaritans.org

Talking therapies like CBT will help you to get to place where you can cope with the depression and then work therapeutically on the causes of your depression.

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ElaineTerryCounsellingServcies/

http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/elaine-bond

email: ng4counselling@gmail.com

Tel: 07769 152 951

Search on for award winners who have made contribution to community

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Search on for award winners who have made contribution to community

The search is on for the 2017 4Uth award winners which recognises the outstanding achievements of young people across Nottinghamshire.

The 7th annual Nottinghamshire County Council 4Uth Awards is looking for nominees who have excelled in a variety of areas including caring for others, sporting achievements, overcoming adversity or those who have made a vital contribution in their local community.

Last year more than 80 young people were recognised for their achievements with Cameron-Lei Ford from Calverton named the overall winner after he set up a gardening community social enterprise.

The County Council’s senior youth worker Pav Ayoub, who is co-ordinating this year’s event, said that Cameron was a worthy winner as he had shown tenacity and determination to turn his life around.

Pav added: “Cameron is an excellent role model for other young people as he has used his entrepreneurial skills to make life better for others in the Calverton community despite his own difficult issues.”

Young people can be nominated by individuals or organisations and nominations will close on June 16, 2017.

This year’s event will see seven district winners selected by a panel of judges which include head teachers, local community police officers, girl guide leaders and representatives from local churches.

The overall winner will be selected by a panel including the Leader of the County Council, the editor of the Nottingham Post and the Chief Scout at an event at County Hall on 27 October.  

Find out more about the 4Uth awards at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/4Uth or follow the hashtag #4Uth

GALLERY: Fans and Millers players enjoy FA Senior Cup win

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GALLERY: Fans and Millers players enjoy FA Senior Cup win

A selection of photos from last night’s Nottinghamshire FA Senior Cup Final at Meadow Lane in which Carlton Town won 4-1 against Basford United. Photos courtesy of club photographer Louis Lardi.

FA Senior Cup triumph for Carlton Town

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FA Senior Cup triumph for Carlton Town

Carlton Town yesterday pulled off one of the greatest victories in their 113-year history by beating Basford Utd 4-1 and win the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Cup.

Carlton Town produced one of the greatest victories in the club’s 113 year history to beat Basford United 4-1 in the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup Final at Meadow Lane in front of a crowd of over 400.

Basford dominated the early stages of the game at Meadow Lane, in front of a crowd of over 400, but Carlton defended for their lives and Mellors Blair hit the post after a great counter offensive.

Hooton gave Carlton the lead after more good work from Mellors Blair, but Basford struck back with a Hutchinson penalty before Carlton hit the woodwork again this time through Hooton before a decisive moment in the game on the stroke of half time.

Danny Elliot put the Millers 2-1 up before going into the break.

The second half started pretty much like the first with Basford on top, but clear cut chances were few and far between and it was Carlton who extended their lead after Basford had a goal ruled out for offside and then hit the woodwork themselves.

Hooton went down in a clash with the Basford goalkeeper Saul Deeney and their were loud appeals for a penalty, but the referee waved play on and the excellent Mellors- Blair swooped on the loose ball and curled a superb finish into the top corner.

Basford continued to press with a good corner and free kick count in some decent positions but it was Aaron Hooton who was to have the final say with another one on one finish to put the game to bed.

Tony Cave Column: No support for extra trains at Netherfield

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Tony Cave Column: No support for extra trains at Netherfield

Station adopter and train expert Tony Cave provides his regualr update from the borough’s railways…

Off-peak fares

Off-Peak fares are available between Mondays and Fridays at any time after 8.59 at Carlton, except to Leicester with these fares available after 9.15am, and 8.44am from Netherfield. There are no weekend or Bank Holiday restrictions There are also no evening restrictions on East Midlands Trains but some train companies do have restrictions across the UK.

Don’t forget that Carlton and Netherfield tickets can be used for travel out from Carlton and return to Netherfield and vice versa.

Robin Hood day and season tickets are also now valid on trains. Day tickets can be bought on the train.

Second Poacher Line stakeholder event

This was held at St. George’s Centre, Netherfield on Wednesday, April 19, to hear what the consultants had come up with regarding more trains calling at stations between Nottingham and Grantham.

I was disappointed that the best they could do for Netherfield was increase the number of trains calling from seven to 15 per day. Apparently, Netherfield loses out because there’s no car parking or disabled access and it is near to Nottingham, meaning there are alternatives including Carlton Station.

It was pointed out that people want to use Netherfield to travel east to Radcliffe, Bingham, Skegness etc., but they said that this had been factored in. They have to work to a format which the Department for Transport (DfT) lay down, and this is the only way that the proposals are likely to be accepted by them. So, we will have to see this as a start and then press for more trains as passenger numbers build up, which they will do if the extra trains are at convenient times.

Their findings were that Radcliffe, Aslockton and Bottesford would support an hourly service, with extra at peak times, and surprisingly Bottesford would come out on top, more or less equalling Bingham – which already has this level of service.

Actually the criteria laid down for forecasting expected passenger numbers is known to be flawed, with many station openings in recent years far exceeding predicted numbers, whilst some have been way below the forecast.

Strangely enough, it was thought that there was a much better case for providing a new station to the east of the A612 road bridge, near Morrisons and the proposed development on the Colwick side, with the Sainsburys superstore finally going ahead in 2020 and the catalyst for other developments creating up to 1,000 new jobs.

Passenger numbers at Carlton and Netherfield

A few more records have been broken. On Wed, March 15 42 passengers got on and 4 off the 8.08am to Matlock. On Thursday, March 16 I saw all the 8 trains from 6.38am to 9.05am and 103 passengers joined and alighted. The 7.11am Matlock train had 24 joining. This has become even busier with 26 joining on Thursday, April 20, which was just after the Easter holidays.

More are using the evening trains to return in the Nottingham direction after work, especially on the 17.08pm Matlock train. On Saturday, Feb 25, 12 trains between 8.04am to Newark and the 12.08pm to Matlock only 37 people got on and off. On the following Saturday this number had increased to 89.

Netherfield has also seen a slice of the action with 14 on and 5 off the 8.33am to Liverpool train on Thursday April 13. The 17.50 Skegness sometimes has 12 alighting, but when I saw it on Thursday, April 20 there were 3 getting on and 8 getting off.

A big thank you to those who have reported passenger numbers to me, usually because they are surprised at the numbers using the trains.

Bank Holiday Mondays

On May 29 and Aug 28, EMT has announced they will be operating a normal weekday service.

Carlton & Netherfield interchange stations

An interesting consequence of Carlton and Netherfield now being shown within walking distance of each other came to light when two people alighted from the 8.33am train at Netherfield and said they had to go to Carlton to catch the 9.00am train to Lowdham. They had come from Kings Lynn and their tickets were made out via our two local stations. Another day a person alighted from the same train station and hung about. She then said to me: “Do I get a train here from to Carlton? I am supposed to arrive at 8.46am and am being met there.” I told her it was shank’s pony to get to Carlton from Netherfield station. She must have entered Carlton as her destination.

Branch Lines

I have a 32-page Rover Ticket Guide for 2017 with me at all times I am at the stations. It lists all Rover tickets available in Great Britain and Ireland – and even includes our very own Robin Hood day tickets.

A lack of car parking at Lowdham Station is clogging up nearby streets. While EMT has plans to upgrade the platform, it has no plans to look at improving car parking facilities at Lowdham or Fiskerton.

A person who carried out eight cable thefts in the Nottingham area – including two in Netherfield – in March 2016 has been jailed for 26 months (16 months for cable thefts and the other 10 were for other offences). It caused almost 55 hours of delays to trains and cost Network Rail more than £164,500. Passengers were badly affected and some stopped using the trains because of the uncertainty it caused.

There are three bidders for the East Midlands franchise. These are the incumbent Stagecoach-owned East Midlands Trains, Arriva Rail East Midlands and First Trenitalia East Midlands Rail, a joint franchise between First Rail and Trentitalia – the primary train operator in Italy.

New timetables May 21 until December 9

There are no alterations to the weekday or Saturday trains from Carlton and Netherfield but a new Sunday service will launch with extra trains.

Trains from Nottingham to Lincoln will now stop at Carlton at 9.36am, 11.36am, 14.41pm, 17.32pm and 22.34pm

Trains from Nottingham to Skegness will stop at Netherfield at 16.29pm and 17.42pm.

Extra trains running from Lincoln to Nottingham will call at Carlton at 9.57am, 12.10pm, 15.16pm, 17.14pm, 17.52pm, 19.01pm and 23.05pm

Trains from Skegness to Nottingham will call at Netherfield at 12.18pm and 13.23pm.

Carlton school students say their piece for global education campaign

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Carlton school students say their piece for global education campaign

Two students from Carlton le Willows have created an eye-catching jigsaw piece in a bid to raise awareness of the Global Week of Action, which encourages people worldwide to back calls for quality education for all.

Year 9 students Ella Henry and Ella Foster joined the campaign as piece as part of their national role as Send My Friend to School Campaign Champions.

The 14-year-old geography students were recently selected to represent the East Midlands as ‘Campaign Champions’  – two of just 22 students from across the UK chosen by Send My Friend to help lobby locally and nationally to improve global education.

Ella Henry said: “We are so excited about this opportunity to make a difference – big or small, and fight for something that is a global problem which affects 263 million children. Children’s education may not be daily headline news in Britain, but it is a global problem that needs global attention.”

World leaders have made a clear promise to ensure every child in the world gets a quality education by 2030. But a key piece of the puzzle is missing – the money to pay for this education.

Kate Wood, a geography teacher at the Academy, said : “To get our MPs attention the students have created an eye-catching paper jigsaw piece symbolising that there is a missing piece in the global education puzzle – the money to pay for good quality schooling.

“Over the course of the campaign, the girls will be working with other students both at Carlton le Willows and in our feeder primary schools, talking about what makes a quality education and creating jigsaw pieces that reflect their views. They will then present these to their local MP and ask their message to be delivered to the government.”

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