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Internet issues on-site are affecting the number of NHS 111, Option 2 calls being taken across north east London.

This year is the last in our current five-year strategy which we co-developed with hundreds of staff, service users and partners in 2021. Our focus now turns to developing a new strategy.

Members of the LGBTQIA+ Network represented East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) at this year’s London Pride parade on Saturday 5 July.

Today marks 20 years since four bombs exploded simultaneously across London. 52 people died and 770 were injured. It tested NHS major incident planning to the extreme and many people's lives were never the same again.

The Government's 10 Year Health Plan for England has been launched, setting out a bold, ambitious and necessary new course for the NHS.

A Clinical Director at the Trust has been highly commended as Digital Innovator of the Year at the HSJ Digital Awards 2025, recognising outstanding achievements in harnessing digital technology to improve healthcare outcomes across the UK.

Colleagues from the Trust welcomed Kaya Comer Schwartz to the youth-to-adulthood (Y2A) Hub to learn about work to tackle the complex causes of crime.

A silver award has been presented to ELFT colleagues at the Homerton Patient Safety Awards in recognition of their work to provide smoother experiences for mental health patients in hospital.

The Chair of the Parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has visited the Trust’s perinatal teams to learn about work to improve maternal mental health support for women from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Residents living across north east London are able to call 111 and select option ‘2’ to speak with a 24/7 mental health service in ELFT’s crisis hub.