Welcome to Impact

“It was clear from your…annual report that numerous Nottingham residents have responded very well to your services and feel a great deal of gratitude for them. I congratulate you and your team for the work you have done since the Project’s inception.”
Lord Warner, former Minister for State, Department of Health.

Impact wins NHS Alliance Acorn Award 2006 for Integrated and Complementary Healthcare.

Impact Directors Julie McKay and Fiona Robertson receive the NHS Alliance Acorn Award in November 2006, from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Health.

About Impact

Impact Integrated Medicine Partnership is a social enterprise which currently provides acupuncture, chiropractic and homeopathy in primary care settings, including Radford Health Centre. The integrated approach to healthcare combines the best of both conventional and complementary medicine to provide flexible, whole person care which results in lasting, sustainable improvements in physical and mental health. We work closely with GP practices, Nottingham City Primary Care Trust and other health and social care organisations to ensure high standards of patient care and safety.

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Impact was set up in 2003 because people in Radford and Hyson Green, inner city Nottingham, asked for access to complementary medicine. Since then, we have demonstrated the effectiveness of our interventions by undertaking a comprehensive and ongoing evaluation of our services.

Impact makes a significant and innovative contribution to tackling health inequalities. 48% of our patients have come from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups, in an area where the BME population overall is 28%. 30% of our patients consider themselves to have a disability. Very high levels of demand for the service demonstrate that integrated medicine is a very popular choice, especially for patients who have not been successfully treated by conventional methods

“People need choices and a variety of approaches to generating well being, alternative health is becoming more popular, but the main thing is that it empowers individuals to respect and be responsible for maintaining and improving their health. This scheme empowers the community…this has positive written all over it…”
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Nationally, the Impact team are recognised as skilled and experienced providers of integrated and complementary medicine within primary care. Impact is a member of NHS Live, an NHS organisation which aims to accelerate improvements and innovations in the patient experience of health and social care. Impact director Julie McKay is a member of the NHS Alliance steering group. The Impact team participate in Trent Improvement Network events. We have considerable experience in service design and development, evaluation and service delivery. If you’d like to explore the value and effectiveness of these approaches further, we are very happy to offer you our professional skills and expertise, to ensure that many more patients can benefit.

“Impact is an essential part of this clinic and this community. It is one of the things that keeps me living in this area. There is a need for this service in the whole of Nottingham and nationwide.”
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BBC website gets patients' views

A recent feature, by the BBC, includes several audio clips where People from Radford tell their experiences of alternative therapy treatments at Impact, including acupuncture chiropractic, and homeopathy.
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Links

The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health: www.fih.org.uk
The British Holistic Medical Association: www.bhma.org
NHS Alliance: www.nhsalliance.org
NHS Live: www.nhslive.nhs.uk
Trent Improvement Network: www.tin.nhs.uk
University of Westminster School of Integrated Health and iCAM:
www.wmin.ac.uk/sih/