We are delighted to announce our interim chief executive, Professor Oliver Shanley OBE, has formally taken up his role with NELFT.

We are currently experiencing disruption to our phlebotomy service situated at the Victoria Centre, Petits Lane, Romford. This service will be closed at 1230 on Tues 23 July.

Thousands more school children and young people in Kent could benefit from the innovative mental health support team’s initiative that is being rolled-out nationally to help support young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health in schools.

The Brighter Futures, Healthy Families 0-19 Service have worked in partnership with Dilkes Academy to develop a universal healthy lifestyle programme for primary school aged children. As part of this, representatives from education, public health, and NELFT attended the launch of the 'physical activity' mission at Dilkes Academy on Monday 8 July and joined children, parents and school staff in their ‘Mount Everest Expedition’.

NELFT was recognised on the NIHR league table amongst other London Trusts, for offering pioneering studies for record numbers of NHS patients that are being enrolled for clinical trials.

Last Saturday (6 July) saw colleagues from across NELFT come together to celebrate the annual Pride in London parade, marching side-by-side with our LGBT+ colleagues and allies to celebrate pride and diversity in London.

Health Information Week 2019 starts on Monday 1 July and our Aubrey Keep Library and Knowledge services team are marking the week with a series of events

One of our Pressure Ulcer groups, who have been working together on a number of 'Stop The Pressure' pressure ulcer prevention campaigns, have been shortlisted for the 'Innovation in Chronic Wound Management' award at the 2019 Nursing Times Awards

Recently, our communications team welcomed Harry Fox on work experience for 2 weeks. In our latest NELFT Talks blog, Harry shares his experience as a student from Essex living and studying in New York State.

Recently, we invited Harry Fox, a 20 year old student from New York State, to shadow our communications team for two weeks. Here, Harry shares his experience, what he learned and his plans for the future.

As part of NELFT Social Media Week 2019, our digital lead Kyle Grieve shares his thoughts on how people are using social media and his thoughts on the future.

This weekend saw the annual Pride in London parade, a celebration of diverse culture in London. In our latest NELFT talks blog, Carolyn Doyle reflects on the wonderful colourful life the NHS encompasses.

This week I was lucky enough to be invited to talk with a group of non-executive directors from trusts across the country as part of NHS Improvement and NHS England's Aspirant Chairs Programme. As well as an opportunity to support colleagues across the NHS who would like to become chairs in the future, it was also a chance to reflect on my own journey.

September 1999 saw Nicola Ellsmore join the NHS as a trainee physiotherapist. Now, almost 20 years on and working as a stroke and neurology manager, Nicola gives us an insight into a day in the life of her role and why she chose this career.

This year sees the learning disability branch of nursing celebrate 100 years. As we celebrate this milestone Stephanie Dawe, our chief nurse, talks about the importance of maintaining this workforce through student placements, as well as applauding and showing our own appreciation to all learning disability nurses currently working within NELFT.

In our recent NELFT Talks blog Dr Ranjot Bhogal, a chartered clinical psychologist working with our Redbridge Talking Therapies service, shares her story of her families' experiences with mental illness. Dr Bhogal also shares her views on the similarities and differences in the presentation of mental ill-health within the Eastern and Western communities.