The NELFT (London) Eating Disorder Service has joined two other Eating Disorder Services in the country in achieving full Quality Network for Community CAMHS accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

NELFT’s Havering Community Learning Disabilities Team (CLDT) have been shortlisted for a Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) award under the category ‘Psychiatric Team of the Year: Intellectual Disability’.

The national charity for working parents and carers, has announced that NELFT has been awarded a place on its prestigious and competitive list of the top family-friendly employers in the UK.  Now in its thirteenth year, employers large and small from across the public, private, and third sectors compete annually to gain a coveted place on the charity’s list of Top Employers for Working Families. 

The Government has confirmed that the day of the Queen’s State Funeral, Monday 19 September, will be a bank holiday to allow the nation to pay their respects and mark the Queen’s remarkable 70 years of service.

The Leaders Empowered to Achieve Potential (LEAP) programme within NELFT has been recognised as a finalist for the Nursing Times Workforce Awards in the category of Best Employer for Diversity and Inclusion.

NELFT today, 26 August 2022, welcomed the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) report into our services following the Well-Led Review earlier in the year. We are delighted with the new overall rating of ‘Good’ as this reflects the improvements we have made to move from our previous ‘Requires Improvement’ rating.

As exam results season approaches, students’ mental health is once again under the spotlight as many struggle to cope with expectations.

Partnered with BHRUT, NEL CCG and NEC Rego, NELFT have been shortlisted for a HSJ award under the category ‘Using data to Connect Services’.

The newly published NHS plan for improving long COVID services was published last week, sets out the framework for deploying the £90m committed by the NHS for long COVID services during the 2022/23 financial year.The newly published NHS plan for improving long COVID services was published last week, sets out the framework for deploying the £90m committed by the NHS for long COVID services during the 2022/23 financial year.

The Friends of Goodmayes, a charitable association consisting of several retired volunteers, came into operation shortly after the opening of Goodmayes Hospital in 1901. After over 100 years of service, the Friends of Goodmayes made an incredible donation of over £60,000 to the Heath Way Foundation, NELFT’s charity that funds projects that aim to ‘help patients access the best possible care when they need it the most’.

Our pharmacy team celebrated the opening of our new on site pharmacy dispensary for all NELFT services at Barley Court on the Goodmayes hospital site last week.

The Ethnic Minority Network celebrated the graduation of the second cohort of Leaders Empowered to Achieve their Potential (LEAP) for Bands 3-6 and Finding Your Mojo for Bands 7-8a. The course was specifically aimed at ethnic minority staff and aimed to e

Young people and clinicians are backing a new, London-wide mental health campaign aimed at ensuring children and young adults get the help they need before reaching crisis point.