Local residents are set to benefit from the launch of a new 12-week self-referral programme that is free and easy to access and is designed to help them manage their weight and improve their health.

World Breastfeeding Week honours the August 1990 signing of the Innocenti Declaration by government policymakers, the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and other organisations. That document helped pave the way for protecting and supporting breastfeeding worldwide. The theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2023 is 'Enabling breastfeeding: making a difference for working parents'.

It’s a challenge to stop smoking, especially if you have been smoking for a while. To mark World Lung Cancer Day we’re sharing these tips from Stop Smoking London to help make it a bit easier.

Gok Wan says ‘never let anyone tell you you’re not good enough’ to young people at Kent & Medway Adolescent Hospital.

NELFT has launched its Patient and Carers Reference Equalities Framework (PCREF) - an organisational competency framework to help services provide culturally appropriate care, and work better with ethnic minority communities.

NELFT is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to our board following a robust recruitment process.

North East London Foundation Trust Occupational Therapist, Jay Sundersingh, attended a reception party with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, at 10 Downing Street, to celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS. 

Essex & Kent celebrated the Windrush & NHS 75 year anniversary in Mayfield Units beautiful gardens, just a few miles from where the SS Windrush came into Tilbury Port 75 years ago.

The North East London NHS Foundation Trust has published a cookbook to celebrate the 75th birthday of the health service.  

Employees from North East London Foundation Trust joined the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, along with around 1,500 NHS staff to celebrate 75 years of the NHS at a service at Westminster Abbey. 

75 years on from the foundation of the NHS, our national health and care system continues to innovate and transform to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities. The NHS in mid and south Essex has, today (5 July 2023), published a five-year plan for local health and care services.

Treating over a million people a day in England, the NHS touches all of our lives. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery.

Wednesday 5 July the NHS marks 75 years of service. The organisation and its partners will celebrate this milestone by showcasing the best of the NHS. We're celebrating this milestone through various events and encouraging everyone to join in with NHS 75 activities.

Want to know how you can get involved? Check out some of the events below!

David Bowen, one of our non-executive directors, will be leaving the Trust on Friday (30 June) after deciding to step down from his position earlier in the year.