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Dying Matters Awareness Week runs from 6-12 May. This year’s theme: ‘The way we talk about Dying Matters' focuses on the language we use and conversations around death and dying - specifically between healthcare staff, patients and their families.

Our next case study for International Nurses Day follows the journey of Rain Bonane, a Community Learning Disability Nurse in Tower Hamlets’ Community Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS).

In the lead-up to International Nurses Day, hear from our services about the work they are doing to support our communities in East London and Bedfordshire.

The role and significance of People Participation within the Trust has been featured as a case study in a new report by NHS Providers.

The contribution to NHS community health care in Bedfordshire by the first intake of international nursing recruits has been praised after one of the group achieved a more senior role.

The Luton Treatment Centre has recently achieved a remarkable milestone by earning the ECTAS (Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service) accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

In March 2024, ELFT celebrated the success of the collaboration with Southern Care and Social Trust (SHSCT) in Northern Ireland to develop the regions first Talking Therapies service. As if that wasn’t enough, the team won a Working Together Award!

A talented Trust podiatry apprentice from Bedfordshire has received a prestigious national award voted for by the public and healthcare professionals.

The Month of the Military Child is a campaign that happens each April to acknowledge the impact being a child of the Armed Forces has on families. This year, the Trust has spoken to a military child and her mother about their own experience.

Forty nurses and primary care colleagues attended a successful nurses' away day on April 15, focused on improving population health and boosting staff satisfaction.