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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
Welcoming our new Non-Executive Directors
North London NHS Foundation Trust welcomes three new Non-Executive Directors to its Board: Sal Jarvis, Mark Versaillion, and Saleem Ahmed. The Trust also thanks outgoing NED Charles Waddicor for over ...
More than a game: How NLFT is using football to support mental health
Football has always been about more than what happens on the pitch. For millions of fans and players, it is a source of identity, connection and emotion, and is becoming an increasingly a powerful pla...
North London NHS Foundation Trust takes to the global stage at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ International Congress
North London NHS Foundation Trust showcases clinical expertise and national leadership at the Royal College of Psychiatrists' International Congress 2026, with presentations spanning societal cruelty,...
Supporting safer screen use: young people help develop new NHS mental health resource
North London teenagers are working with local NHS mental health services to develop a resource for young people to educate them about the effects of screen-time and social media on mental health. In ...
Spectrum: Where art, pride and care meet
Spectrum brings together 17 emerging artists from Central Saint Martins' MA Fine Art: Digital programme for a Pride Month exhibition at the Tavistock Centre, exploring mental health, identity and incl...
Improving support for children with neurodevelopmental needs in North London
The North Central London Neurodevelopmental Programme recently hosted a summit to look at how support for children with neurodevelopmental needs can work better for families across North London....
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