The NUH community paediatric team has been working hard to improve its accessibility for patients and families.

You can now request community paediatric repeat prescriptions using the links below. Please allow 10 working days for prescription requests.

If you have any problems, please call 0115 840 4848 between 8.30 am and 3pm.

Community paediatrics prescription requests (excluding Melatonin) https://forms.office.com/e/qGhZv07NWV?origin=lprLink 

For Melatonin prescription requests or queries: https://my.drdoctor.co.uk/clinic/melatonin

A new speech and language advice line for parents, carers and young people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

It’s available for parents and carers who have any questions or concerns about their child’s talking or communication. It is important the person making the call has parental responsibility or that the young person is over 16 years old. For advice about a range of speech, language and communication needs

Call O300 123 3387 and choose option 1

The latest preparing for adulthood event provided a wealth of support and information for young people with education, health and care plans transitioning into adulthood from a range of education, health, parental support, employment services, disabled sports, and local employers offering families valuable resources to help plan for the future. 

Families shared that they discovered more information and services than expected and described the event as ‘amazing’.

Families will be able to join us on 8 February at Harvey Hadden for the Preparing for Adulthood South event with Nottingham City Council. Look out for your invitation letter coming soon. Let’s make this transition exciting and empowering!

Tom is a young person with Autism and ADHD who wanted to know more about his diagnosis. A member of the Healthy Family Team at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust worked with Tom and discussed what his diagnosis meant, using the CAMHS booklet ‘what is autism’.

The practitioner created a safe space for Tom to explore his diagnosis and work with him on how he could adapt to his surroundings and consider his positives and strengths.

This helped Tom to identify his ‘superpower moment’ – something he could do really well. For Tom, this was his ability to work out train timetables.

Newark Orchard School has maintained its 'good' rating from Ofsted after its latest inspection.

Ofsted said “staff make sure pupils’ safety and well-being are at the centre of everything they do” and that “the school environment is calm and welcoming”.

The new SEND journey map is a guide to local support for children with additional needs. The SEND local offer lists all of the education, health and care services available in Nottinghamshire and details how to access them. The new guide is designed to help people navigate the local system and access the right support at the right time.

If you would like to provide feedback, please use the feedback form [MS Form].

PINS is a national pilot bringing together health and education specialists and expert parent carers to help shape whole school SEND provision in mainstream primary schools.

In Nottinghamshire, approximately 40 schools signed up and joined a conference offering workshops about different aspects of neurodiversity. The keynote speaker, Dean Beadle, gave an inspiring talk from an autistic perspective.

The pilot will run until the end of March 2025.