Co-production
Welcome to the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) Co-production Page.
Here you will find information about what co-production is and how to get involved with our co-production work. You can also read our Co-production Strategy 2025 to 2028, a document which sets out our aims for working in a co-produced way over the next three years.
Contact us using our Support Request Form.
What is Co-production?
Co-production is a term that can mean different things to different people, so it is essential for us as an Integrated Care Board to have a shared understanding of what it means. Our definition reflects national good practice.
“Co-production is a partnership where people with lived and learnt experience work together to have meaningful influence over the things that matter to them.”
When co-production is done well, people and carers with lived experience of health and care:
- Work as equal partners alongside staff with learnt (professional) experience.
- Are involved in making decisions together, ensuring everyone has a meaningful and equal voice.
- Collaborate throughout the entire process – from start to finish – from design to delivery and evaluation.
- Feel genuinely listened to and can share power in decision-making.
- Are recognised for their valuable skills, knowledge, and lived experience in improving services.
- Feel valued, empowered, and better connected – while staff also report that co-production results in services and processes that work more effectively and efficiently.
Innovation in Co-production – Co-production Week 2025
Between 4 – 8 July 2025 we celebrated national Co-production Week, a celebration of co-production, started by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) over 10 years ago, as a way of celebrating and promoting the power and impact of co-production.
The theme for 2025 was innovation through co-production, exploring how building space and time to be able to think differently and explore ideas and suggestions is central to co-production, and leads to innovative ways of working and new ideas, which contribute to positive change.
As part of our celebration we published a special Co-production Week 2025 edition of our newsletter, which included:
- Annual Co-Production Week Survey 2025
- What Co-production means to…..Ann Whitfield, Expert by Experience.
- Co-production Case Study – Closing the Loop: NottAlone Website
- An invitation to attend a Co-production Drop In Session on Tuesday 1 July 2025, 10 – 12pm, to see the progress that has been made co-designing an innovative new learning resource – the Co-production Game.
Co-production Toolkit
Whether you are new to co-production or experienced in working in a co-produced way, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System’s Co-production Toolkit has information and resources to support you on your journey.
It contains system information and learning in one place, to make it as easy as possible for equal partnership co-production and co-creation to take place. To help you think and reflect on your individual co-production groups, work and projects, you will find a mix of:
- Written resources
- External videos
- Links
- Thinking points
Hosted on a Future NHS platform, the Toolkit can be accessed by lived experience partners & anyone working in or for health, social care or VCSE organisations.
To request access, scan the QR code or complete the Support Request Form.
Co-production Opportunities
This part of the website is under construction , please use our support request form if you would like to be informed of future coproduction opportunities.
Co-production Newsletter
To sign up to receive the newsletter or to request it in a different format or language, please email nnicb-nn.icbcoproductionteam@nhs.net.
Co-production Case Studies
These case studies provide examples of co-production in action, across the system. The case studies in series 1 provide insight into establishing a co-production group, whilst the case studies in series 2 explore the emotional impact of co-production – how it feels to those doing it.
Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to share their experience of co-producing, to support others on their co-production journeys.
Series 1: Establishing a Co-production Group
Series 2 – The Emotional Impact of Co-production.
Series 3 – Closing the loop
How you can co-produce with us
If you are interested in getting involved in future co-production activity, please contact us using the Support Request Form.
Contact Us
Fill in the Support Request Form for information and guidance from the Co-production Team, including:
- Co-production resources and approaches
- Co-production event promotion
- Training or support
- Signposting
- Joining the Co-production Network
- Access to the Co-production Toolkit
Useful links
If you would like to find more information about how to get involved with the ICB in other ways, visit our involvement pages.
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