About us
We are the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) providing high-quality mental health care to local people across the London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.
Previously two separate mental health trusts working in Partnership – Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust – we formally merged and became the new NLFT on Friday 1 November.
As the new NLFT, our ambition is to be a leading NHS mental health provider and to offer consistently excellent care across North London.
Most of our services are based in the community, but we also provide inpatient mental health services in hospitals. We provide a wide range of local services for people across North London and more specialist mental health services for a broader population.
Our services support people throughout their entire lives, from birth to old age, helping those with all types of mental health conditions to live as independently and as well as they can.
As the NLFT we are a strong and influential voice for mental health to ensure that everyone gets the most appropriate care, when they need it - wherever they live and whatever their circumstances. We provide 24/7 support for local people in a mental health crisis and if inpatient care is needed, we admit to one of our beds locally, so our service users are as close as possible to their family and friends. As the new NLFT, we now have one Electronic Patient Record system across all our services, helping us improve the quality of care for local people.
We employ almost 6,000 staff and are working hard to make sure they feel valued and are supported to develop their careers and to stay with us as long as possible.
As the NLFT, we are committed to ensuring Better Mental Health, Better Lives and Better Communities across North London and are here for you and your loved ones if and when you need us.
Our specialist services
We offer a range of more specialist mental health services. Here are just a few examples with full information about all our services on the website.
A single Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service division across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
The North London Forensic Service which the CQC has rated as Outstanding. treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We are also the lead provider for a group of five London trusts delivering secure forensic inpatient services in north London.
Our Gangs and Violence programme provides intensive support to 18-24 year olds who are at greatest risk of involvement in serious youth violence.
Our Eating Disorder Service is a national specialist centre based at St Ann’s Hospital in the London Borough of Haringey providing care and treatment to people aged 18 years and above with a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating .
Research
We belong to University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world’s leading academic health science partnerships with over 40% of our consultants in Camden and Islington holding joint academic posts alongside their clinical ones.
Our estate
We are constantly working to make sure all our buildings offer a safe, warm and comfortable environment for our service users and our staff.
Our state-of-the-art, award-winning inpatient unit at St Ann’s in Haringey was made possible by the sale of some of the land on which it stands to the Greater London Authority.
Our Transformation Programme has delivered Highgate East, a state-of-the-art inpatient facility and Lowther Road, a purpose-built Integrated Community Mental Health Centre. Both opened in spring 2024.
You can read more in our North London NHS Foundation Trust Strategy[pdf] 2MB about how our Trust is transforming the care we provide.
Contact us
Further information is available on request to nlft.Trust.Secretary@nhs.net
