The department of Health and Social Care has alerted us that there is a national supply disruption of the medication prescribed to help manage your ADHD symptoms.

Kent and Medway Mental Health Support Teams, known locally as the Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Kent and the Emotional Support Teams in Medway, are a government initiative to increase children and young people’s access to support for emotional wellbeing and mental health.

16 to 19 year olds with diabetes living in mid and south Essex are invited to an informative session to find out more about the adult diabetes services and life as an adult with diabetes.  

The 28th International Meeting on Dialogical and Reflective Approaches to Psychosis and other Challenging Mental States (IMDRAP) was jointly held by SOAS and UCL in London earlier this month.

Parents and carers in Kent and Medway can now attend NHS workshops to learn more about autism to start implementing changes at home before a diagnosis. 

This month’s Future of Primary Care webinar with Sir Sam Everington focussed on addressing the growing demand on the NHS by shifting towards a model of care centred on social prescribing.

Over the past few months, the PCREF team in partnership with The Wellbeing Hub, Dagenham Park School, Redbridge mental health and wellness, NELFT Patient experience and Peer support teams held three focus engagement sessions to explore the mental health and wellbeing of South Asian women.

NELFT has been nominated for this year's National B.A.M.E Health & Care Awards for the Global Majority Network LEAP programme. 

Expert by experience, Louise Street, shares her recovery journey and talks about her work to co-produce innovative mental health services.

Last week I had the privilege of attending an open day about Open Dialogue with local services, NHS trusts across the country but also researchers from all over the world – testament to the fact that the story of open dialogue is a global one, a truly global movement.

On 5 July 2024, the NHS will mark 76 years of service. NELFT is taking the opportunity to share staff stories and the contributions they have made to the Trust and the NHS.

Satha Alaganandasundaram, who is a Finance Business Partnering Manager within NELFT’s Corporate Services, will soon be celebrating his 20^th anniversary with the NHS. 

On 5 July 2024, the NHS will mark 76 years of service. NELFT is taking the opportunity to share staff stories and the contributions they have made to the Trust and to the NHS.

Isabel Robson has an extraordinary 50 years of service in the NHS and has spent 15 of those years at NELFT.

 

As part of Pride Month, NELFT is encouraging allies of the LGBT+ community to get involved with Pride and the events taking place across the month.

Sally Wemyss is a community staff nurse in our School Health team in Redbridge, she is a full-time carer to her daughter Sienna and has worked part time at NELFT for over 11 years.

This International Nurses’ Day, NELFT is sharing stories from the nurses who spend every day in the community supporting and helping patients.

This International Nurse’s Day, NELFT is sharing stories from the nurses who spend every day in the community supporting and helping patients.