What We Do

We provide a range of mental health services for children and young people, adults of working age and older adults including community mental health teams (CMHTs) crisis mental health teams and mental health inpatient care.
 

In February 2011, we integrated with community health services in Newham making us a healthcare provider of both mental health and community health services.

In 2016, the Trust took over the management of adult community health services in Tower Hamlets, and in April 2018, community services  Bedfordshire. 

ELFT is one of the largest provider Trusts in the country delivering primary care.

We have been a primary care provider for 15 years and have a list size of 80,000 patients across the boroughs of inner north east London, outer north east London, Bedfordshire and Luton.

Our GP practices include:

• Leighton Road Surgery in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Cauldwell Medical Centre in Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Kingsway and Bramingham Medical Centre in Luton, Bedfordshire
• Victoria Medical Centre in Barking
• Five Elms Health Centre in Dagenham
• Rainham Health Centre in Rainham
• Upminster Medical Centre in Upminster

The Trust also provides three primary care practices in East London supporting people experiencing homelessness:

• Newham Transitional Practice
• Health E1
• Greenhouse

We provide the following NHS Talking Therapies services:

• Newham Talking Therapies
• Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies
• Bedfordshire Talking Therapies

The Trust provides Learning Disabilities services in all areas of the Trust.

These services are integrated with the local authorities to meet the health and social needs of the individual and their families.

The service aims to help service users  reach their optimum health and develop independence.

We also provide:

•    Addiction services (Bedfordshire)
•    Forensic services (North East London)
•    Home treatment teams
•    Rehabilitation teams
•    Specialist community health services in Newham (Diabetes care, continence, respiratory disease, and end of life care)
•    Telehealth