Just as WHO declares that the Covid global health emergency is over, we’re celebrating the nurses who have seen us through one of the most difficult times in the history of the NHS and welcoming the nurses of the future.  

There are various routes that people take to join #TeamNELFT. Hear about John’s journey below - originally working with the Trust via an agency and is now working with us permanently. Similar to John, there are 56 new starters this financial year who joined our Staff Bank after working with the Trust via an agency.

Did you know that at NELFT, you can work on the Staff Bank in addition to your substantive role? 

Sarah Watts is doing just that! She currently works substantively as the Personal Assistant (PA) to the Associate Director for Redbridge Children’s Service and has an additional Bank role providing project and admin support for the Associate Director of Workforce Transformation. Read more below about Sarah’s career journey and how she works flexibly. 

Next week marks Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems before, during and after pregnancy.

The North East London Foundation Trust provides Talking Therapies for people over the age of 18 and registered with a GP across the London Boroughs of Havering, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham and Waltham Forest. We can help with issues around feeling anxious, trouble sleeping, emotional pressures, stress, and depression.

Julia Jones of Stratford in Newham has been nominated as an Amazing Social Worker by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), for her relentless work helping rough sleepers.