North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health

Covering the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, North East London NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated community and mental health services.

The trust also provides specialised services to Brentwood, Basildon and Thurrock in South Essex, and also across Kent and the Medway area. The population served by this trust is approximately 4.3 million. The services are provided by the trust are run from over 200 sites including nine hospitals. Services the trust offer includes those for eating disorders, podiatry, community mental health and prosthetics.

Figures for this Trust

  • Number of Patient Safety Incidents & harm caused
    April 2020 to March 2021
    • Death
      65
    • Severe
      20
    • Moderate
      2,180
    • Low
      5,830
    • None
      6,104
    Total 14,199
  • Top 3 categories of Patient Safety Incident
    April 2020 to March 2021
    1. Documentation (including records, identification)
    2. Self-harming behaviour
    3. Infrastructure (including staffing, facilities, environment)

  • Percentage of total
    beds occupied overnight
    January to March 2024
    Percentage of total beds occupied overnight
    89.7%

  • Percentage waiting 6+ weeks
    for diagnostic test
    June 2024
    Percentage waiting 6+ weeks for diagnostic test
    51.8%
  • Number of mixed sex
    accommodation breaches
    June 2024
    Number of mixed sex accommodation breaches
    0
  • Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    October to December 2019
    Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    97.4%

  • Number of Never Events and number by category
    Number of Never Events and
    number by category
    1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021
    0
  • Wrong site surgery - 0
  • Retained foreign object post procedure - 0
  • Wrong implant/prosthesis - 0
  • Misplaced naso- or orogastric tubes - 0
  • Overdose of insulin due to abbreviations or incorrect device - 0
  • Administration of medication by the wrong route - 0
  • Overdose of methotrexate for non cancer treatment - 0
  • Failure to install functional collapsible shower or curtain rails - 0
  • Transfusion or transplantation of ABO incompatible blood components or organs - 0
  • Unintentional connection of a patient requiring O2 to an air flowmeter - 0
  • Misselection of high strength midazolam - 0
  • Misselection of a strong potassium solution - 0
  • Falls from poorly restricted windows - 0
  • Chest or neck entrapment in bed rails - 0
  • Scalding of patients - 0