North East London NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Headquarters Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford, London, England
Region served
Type NHS hospital trust
Chair Joe Fielder
Chief Exec John Brouder
Website www.nelft.nhs.uk

North East London NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health and community service operated by NHS Foundation Trust. It runs Foxglove Ward, Goodmayes Hospital and Sunflowers Court in Ilford, Phoenix House in Basildon, Heronwood & Galleon Inpatient Facility in Wanstead, Grays Court Community Hospital in Dagenham, and Hawkwell Court in Chingford. Altogether it operates from more than 150 sites.

In April 2014 Staff at Hawkwell Court in Colvin Gardens, Chingford planned to shut the facility, which offers long-term stay for older patients suffering from mental health problems and learning disabilities, down. It was saved from closure a decade ago after relatives of service users and Chingford MP Iain Duncan Smith intervened.[1]

In April 2014 as part of the redevelopment of Goodmayes Hospital it closed and proposed to demolish the Goodmayes Hospital Staff Social Club, provoking a protest from Mr Fin Robinson. He was supposed to hand the keys back but said he will remain inside, with the doors chained shut, “until they do the right thing”.[2]

Patient entertainment

Goodmayes Hospital has an in-house hospital radio service operated by Goodmayes Hospital Radio Association. The station was founded in 1977 with their studio located within the original Goodmayes Hospital building. since 2004 the station's on-air name is 'The Jumbo Sound'.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hawkwell Court in Chingford is to close as staff are not equipped to deal with patients' growing needs despite good standards in latest inspection". Chingford Guardian. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Manager of Goodmayes Hospital social club locks himself inside to protest against its closure". Ilford Recorder. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "History of Goodmayes Hospital Radio". http://www.thejumbosound.com/about-us/history/. Jumbo Sound. External link in |website= (help)
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