Did you know that we are a Veteran Aware Accredited Trust, and as such, we have a good awareness and an understanding of the healthcare needs of the local Armed Forces Community.

On 6 June a lovely team of volunteers from the waste management company, Veolia, volunteered their time to support the Health Way Foundation, NELFT’s charity.  Veolia kindly offer their staff members corporate volunteer days which allow the staff time to go and make a difference within their local community.

The Longitude Prize on Dementia drives the creation of personalised, technology based tools that are co-created with people living with dementia, helping them continue to live fulfilling lives, doing the things they enjoy.

It is Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Week (19-23 June 2023).  Pulmonary Rehabilitation is provided by Respiratory services across mid and south Essex. There are many benefits to Pulmonary Rehabilitation; it can reduce the time people spend in hospital and improve the breathing and wellbeing of people with lung disease.

NELFT has appointed Paul Calaminus as our new substantive Chief Executive. Paul is expected to join the Trust in early summer. He is currently the Chief Executive of east London NHS Foundation Trust.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) has been working with partners across the Integrated Care System to put forward a bid for funding for a Community Diagnostic Centre.

To mark Loneliness Awareness Week at NELFT we want to raise awareness, encourage conversations and foster supportive communities.  

Meet Rolake, a community nurse within our Havering Directorate. She returned to NELFT as a qualified nurse, after working as an administrator within our IT department. How did she find the transition from corporate to clinical? We asked Rolake a few questions. 

Volunteers’ Week 2023- 1- 7 June - Celebrate and Inspire

It’s a challenge to stop smoking, especially if you have been smoking for a while. To make it a bit easier and mark WHO’s World No Tobacco Day we’re sharing these tips from Stop Smoking London.

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.

NELFT has been shortlisted for Employer of the Year award at the annual Ex-Forces in Business Awards, the world’s largest celebration of military veterans in second careers.

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week running from 15-21 May, now in its 23^rd year, is ‘anxiety’.  Across the UK, people are encouraged to get involved by sharing their experience of anxiety and the things that can help.

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.