Blogs

On 5 July 2024, the NHS marked 76 years of service. NELFT is taking the opportunity to share staff stories and the contributions they have made to the Trust and to the NHS.

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) is an early intervention service that works in partnership with local schools to offer a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12 May each year, to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, and since 1988 has been given a theme by the ICN.

For Selena Phillips, the journey through mental health recovery has been far from straightforward. Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, Selena's life before 2022 was a relentless cycle of hospital admissions and discharges, a pattern all too familiar for many facing similar challenges.

Today is the World Social Work Day 2024. It is a day to acknowledge, recognise and show appreciation for the hard work, care and dedication of social workers.

Kaveh Meshkat, a patient currently working with Tina Meegan, Employment Specialist in Westminster, shares his story about a film making workshop he was able take part in thanks to support from Tina and Westminster Employment Services. 

“It’s all about early intervention” - the work of an Occupational Therapist within an Eating Disorders Service.

This week (5-11 February) is Children’s Mental Health Week. Hosted by children’s charity Place2Be, the awareness week was launched to empower and give a voice to all children and young people in the UK. 

My parents told me they saw signs of ritualistic behaviour in me from the age of four. By nine, I’d been diagnosed with OCD.

Meet Maya, a patient at Vincent Square Eating Disorders for the last three to four years following a history of anorexia from her teenage years.