Industrial action - Patient advice

Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) will take strike action from 07:00 on Wednesday 17 December until 07:00 on Monday 22 December 2025.

We'll contact you directly if your care or your child's care is affected to rearrange your appointment as quickly as possible. If you do not hear from us, please attend your appointment as usual. 

For further patient advice and where to find help if you need it, please click below:

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Supply shortage of medicines for ADHD

The Department of Health and Social Care have alerted us that there is national supply disruption of the medication prescribed to help manage ADHD symptoms. This  is caused by a combination of manufacturing issues and an increased global demand.

For more information on the shortage, visit our news page here: ADHD medicine shortage

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    London CAMHS

    Dedicated website for Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Services are run by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).

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    Barking & Dagenham CAMHS

    We provide child and adolescent mental health & emotional wellbeing services across the London borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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    Havering CAMHS

    We provide child and adolescent mental health & emotional wellbeing services across the London borough of Havering.

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    Redbridge CAMHS

    We provide child and adolescent mental health & emotional wellbeing services across the London Borough of Redbridge.

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    Waltham Forest CAMHS

    We provide child and adolescent mental health & emotional wellbeing services across the London borough of Waltham Forest.

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Community CAMHS (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)

Barking & Dagenham: 0300 555 1035

Havering: 0300 300 1888

Redbridge: 0300 300 1618

Waltham Forest: 0300 555 1247

Brookside

Brookside Inpatient Unit 24/7: 0300 555 1156

Young Person Home Treatment Team: 0300 555 1156 option 1 (9am-5pm)/ option 2 (5pm-9am)

Interact 24/7: 0300 555 1156 option 3

If there is immediate risk to life, call 999. If you are not currently being supported by the above services and you require urgent mental health support, call 111 and choose option 2.

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We want to hear from you...

NELFT wants to ensure you receive a high quality service. We welcome any feedback, comments or complaints about services as this will help us to learn and improve.

We will listen carefully and do everything possible to ensure your comments and concerns are addressed.

We are committed to providing the highest standards of quality and care to our patients and their families.

If you’ve got a comment, concern, question or compliment about services at NELFT, please let us know.

Visit our dedicated PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) page here:

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