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Welcome to NELFT
NELFT provides an extensive range of integrated community and mental health services for people living in the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and community health services for people living in the south west Essex areas of Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock.
We provide an Emotional Wellbeing Mental Health Service for children and young people across the whole of Essex.
We are also the provider of all age eating disorder services and child and adolescent mental health services across Kent and Medway
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Better Care Together Thurrock
A new way of working which is changing the way health, care, and community support is offered. Organisations including the NHS, Thurrock Council, voluntary and community sector have come together to transform and offer a variety of solutions to best meet you and your family’s needs.
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Come and work for us
We are a high performing trust, green with Monitor, CQC compliant and in a good position financially.
- View our full list of opportunities here
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Talking Therapies services
Work stress?
Money worries?
Difficulty sleeping?
Feeling low?We're here to help. Speak to one of our therapists in Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest for support on taking care of your mental health and wellbeing.
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NELFT to deliver Children's Integrated Therapies services across Barnet
As of Saturday 1 September, we provide Barnet’s Children Integrated Therapies services.
- Find out more about the services on our website
- Need to speak to a member of staff? Call us on 0300 300 1821
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Learn more about our QI work at NELFT
Find support and resources to help you with your QI journey.
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Our CQC Rating
From "Requires Improvement" to "Good", we are delighted to share our rating from the Care Quality Commission following our Well-Led Review in October.
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Do you know someone who has made a difference to your care?
If you, or a loved one, have received fantastic service from one of our colleagues, show your appreciation by nominating them for a 'Make A Difference' award
- Complete a nomination form here
- Share your appreciation via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
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Living in London? Get in touch with our CAMHS services today.
Find out how we can help support your child to take care of their mental health.
Our latest news
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On Friday (21 March), NELFT celebrated its inaugural talent show, NELFT's Got Talent, celebrating the creative talent of our colleagues from across London, Essex, Kent and Medway.
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On Friday (15 March) NELFT celebrated their annual NELFT staff awards, hosted at NELFT head office in Rainham, Essex
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At NELFT we are aware that many of our staff spend a great deal of time pulling together reports, time that would be better spent with patients. That's why in March last year the Perfect Ward app was used on 22 in-patient areas across NELFT.
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On Monday 11 March 2019 Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Care, visited Harold Hill Health Centre to observe first hand the work of the District Nursing team.
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Thorpe Coombe Hospital in Walthamstow has celebrated a significant phase in the construction of the Jane Atkinson Health and Wellbeing Centre, their new bespoke mental health and community health centre, with a ‘topping-out’ ceremony.
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We are delighted to announce that Waltham Forest 0-19 service and local partners, HENRY and Lloyd Park Children Centres have achieved the UNICEF baby friendly initiative stage one.
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Do you know someone who has gone the extra mile to provide the best care this winter? Show your appreciation on social media #WinterHeroesWeek
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Councillor Sanchia Alasia, Mayor of Barking and Dagenham visited the NELFT Brookside Adolescent Unit on Friday 15 February.
NELFT Talks
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As part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, one of our patients has bravely shared her story on living with Anorexia Nervosa with us.
If you would like to talk to our team about any of the issues raised in this interview, please visit https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/services-kent-medway-eating-disorders or call us on 0300 300 1980
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This week has seen the publication of our NHS Staff Survey results for 2018. In the second of our 'Chairman's blog' pieces, trust chair Joe Fielder reflects on the results, the work we have been doing at NELFT and our plans for the future.
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Registered Dietitians have an important role in Eating Disorder Treatment. They support patients through normalising a patient’s relationship with food, as well as optimising their nutritional needs.
In our latest NELFT Talks blog Kayley Rodway, a dietitian within our eating disorders service in Kent and Medway, shares an insight into her role and the important part dietitians play in supporting people living with eating disorders.
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As an End of Life Care facilitator, Dorothy Pearlman finds herself having conversations about death on a daily basis, a topic that many of us can find harrowing just to think about. In our latest 'NELFTtalks' blog, Dorothy offers advice and support for older people and families during this difficult time, while also taking a look at Billy Connolly and his battle with Parkinson's.
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In the first of our 'Chairman's blog' pieces, trust chair Joe Fielder looks ahead to 2019 as well as sharing his views on the NHS Long Term Plan and our work at NELFT.
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Heather Lloyd, a community mental health nurse from NELFT Kent Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service is currently working with the Porchlight Adolescent Wellbeing Service (PAWS) - a service for young people and their families living in Thanet. Here Heather tells us more about her work with the team and the difference it is making in the area.
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Marc Kingsley works as a consultant clinical psychologist within our clinical health psychological services and he is also a registered psychotherapist. In our latest NELFT talks post, Marc discusses the risk of suicide in palliative care and for end of life patients.
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Hello my name is Alice. I’ve been an apprentice here at NELFT since September 2017 after finishing my BA in Creative Writing. I work as a Library Assistant at Aubrey Keep Library in Goodmayes.