Goodmayes Hospital has unveiled new ‘Proud to be Smokefree’ signs, created in collaboration with service users at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).

The Community Adult Learning Disabilities service hosted two inspiring ‘Listening and Learning’ events in Havering, Barking and Dagenham (17 June) and Waltham Forest and Redbridge (19 June) to mark National Learning Disability Week (16-22 June). 

NELFT, along with East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and partners across north east London, are working together to ensure that service users experiencing mental health crises can access support via NHS 111, a freephone number that provides urgent health advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to people of all ages. 

The Clinical Audit & National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) team at NELFT has won a Clinical Audit Hero Award. The ‘Improving Physical Healthcare Audit’ carried out on Morris Ward, a low secure forensic unit at Goodmayes Hospital, was named a winner in the ‘Using Data from the NCAPOP’ category.

We were delighted to welcome Dr Chris Streather, Chief Medical Officer for NHS England’s London Region, to our Trust last week.

NELFT is pleased to introduce Harper, a new artificial intelligence (AI) virtual agent designed to make managing appointments faster, easier, and more convenient.

We are providing an important update on the ongoing ADHD medication shortages affecting the UK. This situation impacts several medications commonly used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), leading to significant disruptions for patients. We acknowledge the challenges this shortage presents and are committed to providing support to our clinicians and patients. 

The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Child and Adolescents Mental Health Service has taken a significant step towards bettering patient care at their Thundersley c linic by creating a new therapy garden, funded by NHS Social Prescribing Team.

The NELFT LGBTQ+ staff network has welcomed a new Vice Chair, Anne Bohl-Gorny.

Anne is a psychologist working with young people in our eating disorders service. Anna shares her perspective working with the network: "I am really excited to be appointed Vice Chair of the LGBTQ+ network. It’s a perfect puzzle piece complementing my clinical work as a psychologist: I try to work in an affirmative approach, and I hope to now also have an impact on a more operational and network level.  

Lesley Finlayson ’s commitment to community service began early back in 1990, when she was elected as a local councillor, a role she dedicated herself to for 16 years.   

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!)