The theme for this year’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week (26 Feb to 3 March) is ARFID, which stands for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.

The Waltham Forest Nutrition and Dietetic team have developed a new online resource hub for adults.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced further strikes by junior doctors in late February.

Staff at the Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital (KMAH) are fundraising for a therapeutic sensory garden.

An 8-week public consultation is underway about specific health services in mid and south Essex.

NELFT has been awarded the Towards Excellence Accreditation, at level 2, by the NHS Finance Leadership Council.

We have appointed three new Executive Directors to the Trust Board.

This week (5-11 February), NELFT celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by highlighting what services are available to children and young people in schools.

The theme for this year’s LGBT+ History Month is Medicine – #UnderTheScope. The theme celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of Medicine and Healthcare, both historically and today.

As part of the collaboration between three key providers of community health services across Mid and South Essex (MSE), the virtual wards programme has seen some great outcomes for service users over the last year.

NELFT has been shortlisted for the Public Service Award, a new category for 2024, at the Celebrating Forces Families Awards.

UKHSA has reported an increase in measles across the country and is encouraging people to check that they and their children have had two doses of the MMR vaccine.

NELFT’s Communications team has been shortlisted for the Corporate Services award at this year's Unsung Hero Awards.

The NHS across mid and south Essex is committed to ensuring that local healthcare services meet the needs of the community now and in the future.  

Now in its third year, Great Mental Health Day is a London-wide initiative and for 2024 will explore the importance of meaningful connections and highlight the power of relationships, collectivising, and social networks.