NELFT has been awarded the Veteran Aware Accreditation for our continuously dedicated work as an employer and as healthcare provider to the members of the Armed forces and their families.

The MSECC Respiratory Workstream saw the first of three Spirometry Diagnostic Units arrive on Monday 11 April at Rochford Community Hospital. EPUT colleagues were excited to see the unit arrive and two further units will be delivered to Provide and NELFT venues in the coming months.

First interior images of the new Corringham Integrated Medical Centre captured as staff are welcomed to see the new building

Recently, the very first cohort of staff from across all Thurrock partner organisations toured the newly built Corringham Integrated Medical Centre (IMC) building to see first-hand the great work that’s taken place to build a new and dynamic health and care facility aimed at providing community solutions and wellbeing initiatives as well as a range of different services.

We are delighted to announce that as of 1 April 2022, Sultan Taylor is our acting Chair here at NELFT. Sultan takes on this role following the departure of Joe Fielder and steps into the position having been our Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair.

On Thursday, 31March, representatives from NELFT attended the Healthwatch Awards Ceremony - This event – in its first year – celebrated the best in health & social care in Kent & Medway. 200 guests came together to recognise the achievements, and shared ideas that can be employed in work across the region.

On Thursday 17 March 2022, A Good Night’s Sleep: Learning from Autistic young people, a co-production project developed in collaboration between NELFT Emotional Wellbeing Teams (EWT) in Kent, University College London (UCL) and autistic young people, launched at Rowhill School in Dartford.

The latest annual NHS staff survey results show that our Trust achieved the best score nationally for staff feeling that they were trusted to do their job, as well as being above the national average in our compassion, inclusivity, and diversity.

Our lovely volunteers Dot and Barry Spragg were nominated by our Romford Covid Vaccination Centre team to attend a celebration and memorial event at Westminster Abbey on 23 March 2022.

School children are naturally inquisitive and curious about the world around them. Hence, it is never too early to encourage a little career exploration!

The Essex Family-Friendly Employers Charter is a set of minimum principles that employers in Essex should meet to be deemed family-friendly.

The Joint Chair role is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of local services by sharing your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to our communities while also influencing national NHS policy.

Thurrock Healthy Families have achieved BFI status stage 3 again. This has been accomplished due to the motivation, dedication and passion of all staff supporting infant feeding within the community.

This week is National Careers Week and we're spotlighting some of our Kickstart colleagues who have joined us for a six month placement. 

A commemorative artwork has been unveiled by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), in memory of seven members of staff who sadly died from COVID-19, whilst working in the response to the pandemic.

North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has received a Gold Award for its commitment to inclusion of lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people in the workplace.