Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

It’s been an inspirational day💡at The Francis Crick Institute full of timely questions🙋♀️ and answers 🗣️ about mental health research, from dementia to intellectual disability, and from anthropology to Alzheimer’s and autism. Thank you to Noclor and all our speakers 👏 Research is an inclusive space🫂 with room for so many people with and without lived experience to get involved. Looking forward to our next conference already! 🔜 Angela Hassiotis Ken Courtenay Zeynep Nil Suner Jason Grant-Rowles Orkideh Behrouzan MD, PhD Brynmor Lloyd-Evans Fiona Nolan Mohamed Abdelghani Maev Conneely, PhD Dr Annabel Walsh Lynis Lewis

We're 1️⃣ day away from our first ever Partnership #research conference at the prestigious The Francis Crick Institute 🏢 Thank you to everyone who bagged a free ticket - we're all sold out! 🎟️ But don't worry if you didn't manage to secure one - we'll be sharing updates throughout the day tomorrow 📸 so you can follow along with the trailblazing talks 🎙️from our academics on #dementia, intellectual #disabilities, #neuroscience and much more! 🧠 #nlmhp #nhs #psychiatry #psychology

I’m so happy to be recruiting…join me as deputy CFO in leading & striving for excellence at this exciting time for our Mental Health services in North London (Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust)

🎉 Today is the NHS 76th birthday! 🎉 A lot has happened at the North London Mental Health Partnership since the NHS turned 75, so we’re taking this moment to reflect on our achievements and thank our incredible staff and volunteers who make our NHS so special! In the 2023-24 financial year, we supported over 150,000 people across 5 boroughs! We opened 2 new buildings: Highgate East and Lowther Road Integrated Mental Health Centre. Plus, our wards at Blossom Court at St Ann’s Hospital became the first acute wards to receive prestigious CCA accreditation across the Partnership! This year, we launched our 5 Year Strategy, our People and Organisational Development Strategy, and our Clinical Strategy. Our new website and intranet provide service users and staff with essential info in our new digital hub, and we're progressing towards a single organisation with a developed patient benefits case. What’s been your highlight of the NHS over the last year? 🤔 Share your thoughts and join us in celebrating our collective achievements! 🎊 #HealthcareHeroes #MentalHealthMatters #NHS76

Our latest art exhibition was officially launched last Thursday 27 June at St Pancras Hospital. More than 60 veterans who have received mental health support from our London Op Courage service are showcasing their amazing artwork 🎨 The Seeds of Hope: A New Dawn exhibits mixed media artwork created by veterans – including serving men and women - as well as friends, family and supporters. The exhibition displays paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, 3D installation, film and poetry. North London Mental Health Partnership Chair, Lena Samuels, said: “This exhibition is so important in the year that we mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Not only does it honour the sacrifice so many have made, but it also highlights the importance of the service we provide through London Op Courage to support so many service men and women. It clearly shows the power of art as therapy and its vital role in helping people get on the path to recovery from trauma.” Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4cFZ6S0

We had a blast at the Pride March in London on Saturday as 30 members of our LGBTQ+ staff network, friends and family joined the march proudly representing the Partnership. Our Chief Digital and Information Officer, Sarah Wilkins, also joined us for the march which this year saw thousands of people at the march including lots of colleagues from other NHS Trusts. 🏳️🌈🌈💙🙌📣 #PrideMonth #PrideInLondon #Proud #London #LGBTQ+

Last week some of our Children and Young People's Services team presented at the RCpsych International Congress 2024 around their research on young people's co-production. Haleemah Ahmed, Assistant Psychologist in our CYPS, presented a qualitative research project alongside lived experience researchers. The project explored the experiences of young people co-producing with CYPS services in Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. The research identified barriers and facilitators perceived by young people and led to impactful recommendations for the trust, such as ensuring a consistent feedback loop between communities and healthcare services, training healthcare staff on co-production, employing a co-production lead, and considering the placement of co-production projects on Harts Co-production ladder. This collaborative effort has been instrumental in improving our co-production methods, something which we remain committed to embracing as a Partnership. #RCPsychIC #CoProduction #MentalHealth #RCpsychCongress2024 #YouthInvolvement #CAMHS #Research #HealthcareInnovation

Congratulations to our Chief Executive Jinjer Kandola for being recognised as one of the top 50 CEOs in the NHS. It's great news that Jinjer’s work as our CEO and her wider roles at the North Central London Integrated Care Board has been recognised 💙🙌👏 Read more about this achievement 👉 https://bit.ly/4cyr7e7

Last week, our Children and Young People's Services (CYPS) held our first walk-in clinic in the community. Thank you to Jubilee Church for partnering with us and inviting us to support the community on their premises. This walk-in clinic is a pilot project led by the CYPS division, with a simple aim: to make mental health services accessible to children and young people, reducing barriers such as long wait times and unfamiliar environments. Watch the video here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VC2VAC Our offerings include consultations for parents, carers, and professionals, therapeutic interventions, and monthly online webinars on children and young people's mental health. We look forward to extending this project to other faith and community groups. If you are interested in getting involved, or know a group that would be interested, please comment down below and we will get in touch! #MentalHealth #ChildrensMentalHealth #ChildMentalHealth #FatihGroups #CommunityOrganisations

Do you work with Afghan refugee veterans? Our London OpCourage service continue to deliver mental health support and advocacy for Afghan nationals who assisted the British Government in Afghanistan and have since been resettled via ARAP anywhere in England. To make a referral 👉 🌐 Visit our website https://bit.ly/4elCCrj ✉️ Email us on afghanservice@candi.nhs.uk Please get in touch if you would like more information. #refugee #afghanistan #opcourage #mentalhealth #veterans #ARAP