At 72 years old, Deidre Winnett has travelled the globe, having visited 37 countries and even climbing to base camp in the Himalayas. But when COVID-19 first struck her in 2021, her world drastically changed. Since then, she’s contracted the virus six times, leaving her with debilitating long COVID, with symptoms including breathlessness, extreme fatigue, and limb numbness. 

NELFT’s innovative international recruitment efforts have been recognised with a prestigious Nursing Times Award, celebrating our work in mental health nursing recruitment and pastoral care, delivered in partnership with NEU Professionals.  

A brand-new health and care centre has opened its doors in the heart of Ilford.

Ilford Exchange Health Centre has been designed as a 'one stop shop', offering easy access to a range of healthcare, social care and community services in a central location.

NELFT Havering Adult Speech and Language Team and the Havering Place based Partnership’s project ‘One Voice’ was highly commended last night for the Primary and Community Care Innovation of the Year award at the annual HSJ awards. 

NELFT is the first NHS trust to establish a Relational Care Faculty (RCF) to transform mental healthcare for patients and their families.

University of Creative Arts (UCA) students in Canterbury, collaborated with Kent and Medway CYPMHS to create poignant videos supporting young people accessing mental health services.

The Havering Emotional Support Team (HEST) showcased its impactful work in supporting children, students, parents, and educators with emotional wellbeing initiatives in a visit from the Department for Education (DfE) .

For the millions of people living with diabetes, everyday life can be a struggle. They must approach every part of the day – home, work, school – with constant caution and extra effort. 

ELFT and NELFT Boards came together last month to explore how we can thrive during challenging times and emerge with better quality of care and outcomes for patients.

Irina start ed getting support from Havering Emotional Support Team (HEST) when her son Bogdan started experiencing emotional difficulties at 5 years old.

Transgender Awareness Week is all about learning from the transgender community to build an understanding and listen with open ears to the community it affects.

Since last April NELFT along with East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and partners across NEL have been running NHS 111 option 2 for mental health, to ensure people experiencing crises can access support 24/7.  

Gul, a 46-year-old mother of four who works in the civil service, was left with both physical and mental health conditions because of a workplace injury.

The autism workshops that brought me closer to my daughter (and helped me learn a thing or two about Taylor Swift!)

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.