About the North London NHS Foundation Trust
We provide a wide range of mental health specialist services, across the five boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, including children and young people’s mental health services, prison services, forensic services, eating disorders and drug and alcohol recovery. We also support the UK Armed forces community, including members of the Reserve Forces, providing specialist veteran services across London.
Find out more with our frequently asked questions
You may have questions about yours or someone else’s care, recruitment or just need to find out how to get to our sites. Here is a list of FAQs that may help.
How will you handle my information?
We are committed to our duty to protect the privacy and confidentiality of service users and staff. We have measures in place to ensure safety, and security of all the personal data that we hold, use and collect about you; both in paper and electronic format.
What is a service user?
We use the term ‘service user’ to describe anyone who is a patient or a user of our services. Throughout our website and in our literature we frequently interchange the terms service user and patient. In both cases we mean the same thing.
What is a carer?
A person can be formally classed as a ‘carer’ if they provide regular unpaid practical support to a relative or friend or person that cannot manage without help because of their age, illness or disability. But people who assist someone in this way may not necessarily identify themselves as being a ‘carer’, particularly if they are a parent or a neighbour who helps out occasionally.
How long will it take to hear about my referral?
Each of our services have different referral requirements including the time it takes to come back to you about your care. If you are waiting to hear from a service about your referral, please contact the service directly. You can find contact details for services in our a-z of services.
Latest news
Celebrating World Social Work Day
Tuesday 18 March is World Social Work Day, an opportunity to celebrate our social workers around the world and our nearly 90 social workers at the North London Foundation Trust. ...
We have been shortlisted for three HSJ Digital Awards!
We are excited to share that we has been shortlisted in three prestigious categories at the HSJ Digital Awards 2025, a recognition of our ongoing commitment to innovation in digital healthcare....
Feeling Low? Free Talking Therapies Can Help
As spring approaches, many people feel a sense of renewal, but this time of year can also bring its own challenges. Changes in routine, lingering stress, or feelings of uncertainty can affect mental w...
Support for survivors of rape and sexual assault and abuse
The North London NHS Foundation Trust is raising awareness of the latest NHS campaign aimed at raising awareness of sexual assault referral centres (SARCs)....
Free wellbeing workshops for parents in March
Join us for a series of free online wellbeing workshops designed to help parents support their child’s wellbeing....
“It’s important we increase awareness and detection of eating disorders"
As we mark Eating Disorders Awareness Week, taking place this year between 24 February and 2 March, we spoke to our Eating Disorders service about some of the misconceptions, stigmas and myths that so...
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