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Butabika-East London Link wins prestigious HSJ Award

01 December 2017

The Butabika East London Link scooped the inaugural International Health Partnership Award.

Butabika Link shortlisted for HSJ Award

12 September 2017

East London NHS Foundation Trust’s Global Partnership with Uganda, the Butabika-East London Link has been shortlisted for a HSJ Award under the ‘International Health Partnership’ category.

Butabika Link running market stall at Chatsworth Road Market 10th September 2017

08 September 2017

Butabika-East London Link Committee member Brigid MacCarthy is running a stall (one week only!) at Chatsworth Road Market in East London this Sunday 10th September to raise funds for the Link.

UK Clinical Psychologists deliver training workshop at Butabika Hospital

06 July 2017

Three City and Hackney Clinical Psychologists went to Uganda in the Spring as part of the Butabika-East London Link to deliver training in psychosis.

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Long-Term Volunteer raises money for Peer Support Work

26 June 2017

Helena Tucker, former Long-Term Volunteer on the Brain Gain II project is currently undertaking a cycling expedition from East to Southern Africa, starting in Uganda and ending in

The Butabika Link is hosting the Second National CAMH Conference

20 February 2017

The Butabika Link is hosting the Second National CAMH Conference in Kampala at the end of March at the end of two UK Government funded training projects (2012-2017).

Staff raise £4400 for the Butabika Hospital Patients

20 February 2017

The Butabika Bonfire was an opportunity to view the fireworks from the 36th floor of the Barbican in Central London while raising money to support patients and families experiencing psychosis at the Butabika Hospital in Uganda.

Ugandan State Minister visits East London NHS Foundation Trust

18 February 2017

Dr Joyce Moriku, Ugandan State Minister for Health and Ugandan Chief Nurse, Cathy Odeke visited the Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health as part of the Global Health Partnership between the Trust and Uganda.