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Picking back up on our series of podcasts about making the best use of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, this week Ben meets a multi-skilled, multidisciplinary team of professionals who are all working towards achieving better mental health outcomes for the students, staff and young people based in and around the University of Nottingham campus. The wellbeing team, led by GP DR Matt Litchfield, consists of Stuart Keeling, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Amy Smith, Occupational Therapist and Emma Swearman, Health and Wellbeing Coach. Based at Cripps Health Centre, the four each give us an insight into their backgrounds and their current roles, what they can offer to better the lives of their patients, both individually and as a collective, the enormous growth of the service over a relatively short time span and the wider impact they are having at practice level and to the benefit of the local healthcare sector, more widely.

Introducing Matt, Stuart, Amy & Emma (0:09)

The practice, PCN and local population (0:29)

Where the wellbeing team began (1:16)

Stuart’s background and the growth of the Mental Health Nurse Practitioner role within the wellbeing team (2:17)

Appointment structure (5:31)

Amy’s input as an Occupational Therapist (OT) and what OTs can bring to a mental health service (6:39)

The transition of OTs into primary care (8:32)

Emma as a Health and Wellbeing Coach (10:06)

How does Emma’s role work in practice? (11:26)

Community health and wellbeing groups (12:18)

Measuring success (13:00)

Team management structure and supervision (15:11)

The impact of the team on the wider practice and patients (16:25)

Meeting patient needs (17:59)

The importance of early intervention and the benefit to the wider healthcare partners (18:22)

Employment of the mental health practitioner in partnership with local providers (19:31)

Planning for the future (20:54)

Getting in touch (22:37)

If you have any specific questions, or you’d like to learn more about the inspiring work of the University of Nottingham wellbeing team, please contact Matthew or Stuart.