Matthew McArdle is a Senior Pharmacist here at NELFT, working in our Essex CAMHS service.  He will be carrying out a range of activities over the coming months in an attempt to raise money for mental health issues, particularly in children.

Self Care Week is the annual national event that raises awareness of what we can all do to improve our physical health and mental wellbeing. This year, the theme is Practise Self Care for Life.

This Saturday (13 November) is World Kindness Day, celebrated annually, participants attempt to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting good deeds and pledging acts of kindness, either as individuals or as organisations.

Why not mark the occasion with a random act of kindness, perhaps you could leave one of our patients or service users a message to brighten up their day.

Mental health services for children and young people across Essex, Southend and Thurrock have been secured for another seven years.

Since September 2018, the London Digital IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) team has been working on several projects to improve service users' digital access to IAPT/Talking therapies. The Covid-19 crisis has been a difficult period for Londoners and has led to a rise in mental health needs for the population.

As part of Move for Movember 2021, Matt Chapman, our Barking and Dagenham Talking Therapies Exercise Coordinator, will be completing 60km of exercise. That’s 60km for the 60 men that we lose to suicide each hour, every hour across the world.

An art initiative involving patients from Goodmayes Hospital opens to the public on Wednesday 3 November and runs to Saturday 4 December, 11am – 5pm. 

AHPs’ Day, Thursday 14 October, is an annual opportunity for us to come together and celebrate being part of the AHP family, whilst also giving us an opportunity to showcase to our NELFT colleagues the impact we make to the delivery of high quality care.

October is Black History Month and here at NELFT we're excited to mark this important month with celebration events, highlights on the work of our EMN and profiles of our NELFT colleagues. We will be hearing from network members and some of our allies, who will be sharing around this year’s theme ‘Proud to be’.

NELFT are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Jaye Charles as our very first Board Advisor and Patient and Carer Advocacy & Co-production Lead.

The Ethnic Minority Staff Network were honoured to host a virtual visit from Liz Fenton, RN, QN, Deputy Chief Nurse at Health Education England.

World Suicide Prevention Day is held on 10 September each year by the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Each year has a different theme and focus to bring to light a specific aspect of suicide prevention. 

We are proud to announce that work-life balance charity, Working Families, has awarded our organisation a place on its prestigious and competitive list of the top family-friendly employers in the UK. 

We would like to invite you to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 4 November 2021, from 5.30–7.00pm.