About Us

The East London NHS Foundation Trust (formerly East London and the City University Mental Health Trust) was originally formed in April 2000. In April 2007, the Trust was awarded University status in recognition of the extensive research and education undertaken in the Trust. On 1 November 2007, the Trust was authorised to operate as an NHS Foundation Trust under the National Health Service Act 2006.

In February 2011, the Trust integrated with community health services in Newham which means that we are now a trust which provides mental health and community health services.

The Trust’s headquarters are located in Tower Hamlets.

The Trust provides a wide range of community and inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, older adults and forensic services to the City of London, Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. Forensic Services are also provided to Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and the Trust provides some specialist mental health services to North London, Hertfordshire and Essex. The specialist Forensic Personality Disorder service serves North London and the specialist Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME adult outpatient service serves North London and the South of England. Our specialist Mother and Baby Psychiatric unit receives referrals from London and the South East of England.

The East London areas served by the Trust are the most culturally diverse and deprived areas in England and therefore provide significant challenges for the provision of mental health services. The Trust’s local services are provided to a population of 710,000 in East London and the Trust’s forensic services are provided to a population of 1.5m in North East London.

We operate from 49 community sites including six main inpatient sites and have 775 inpatient beds. The Trust's 2010/11 income was £255 million. We employ approximately 3700 permanent staff.

The Trust has university status and is linked with the University of London, City University and South Bank University.

The six main inpatient areas in each of our localities are:

City and Hackney               

City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Homerton Row
London E9 6SR
                                                                                                                                                                        

Newham                             

Newham Centre for Mental Health
Glen Road
London E13 8SP

 

Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health
275 Bancroft Road
London E1 4DG

 

Community Health Newham

East Ham Care Centre
Shrewsbury Road
London E7 8QP

 

Forensic Services                                      

John Howard Centre
12 Kenworthy Road
London E9 5TD       

and

Wolfson House

311-315 Green Lanes
London N4 2ES

There are also a range of services provided in the community, through community mental health teams, home treatment teams, crisis resolution teams, rehabilitation teams and assertive outreach services. The Trust aims to provide people with alternatives to admission, where appropriate, to provide treatment, care and support outside a hospital setting.

 

The Trust’s postal address is:

Trust Headquarters
EastONE
22 Commercial Street
London E1 6LP                                                       

Tel: 020 7655 4000