"Proud to be a Public Governor Member, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust "

I'm a Public Governor Member and recently became an Ambassador for AMH (Adult Mental Health) for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Nottinghamshire County). I attend quarterly Members Council meetings and numerous other events/meetings across the Trust. I feel that this is a great initiative by the Trust to have the public governor members to help shape the services it provides.

I'm a volunteer at the Involvement Centre's. Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham, the Rosewood Centre, New Ollerton, and the Nottingham Recovery Education Centre, Sherwood. I also attend SODA (Self Harm, OCD, Depression, Anxiety) at Mansfield Woodhouse.

It’s great to meet a wide range of service users, carers, volunteers, patients, staff and senior managers from across the Trust, both Local and Forensic, and see first-hand, the services that Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is providing.

Having lived experienced service user/carer involvement and feedback is vital to how the Trust develops and shapes all its services now and in the future.

I’m also involved with Patient Opinion and have been part of several workshops. It’s an absolute privilege to talk with people about how they feel about the care and services they are receiving, listen to their stories about Adult Mental Health, changes they would like to see and being honest about times when perhaps they feel that things could have been better.

As a service user myself, diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety over a decade ago, I have had and continue to get, terrific support. So many people are a part of this. Too many to mention here, but a big thanks to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust for helping me in my recovery, or discovery is a word I heard someone use, I like that better!