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Service user display celebrates Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month – a time to focus on acceptance, understanding and support for autistic people.
Read Service user display celebrates Autism Awareness Month…London region lead learns about Oxleas neighbourhood care
Members of the Greenwich Frailty Team enjoyed sharing the positive outcomes of their Value Improvement Project with Dame Caroline Clarke, Regional Director for NHS England London, when she visited them at Memorial Hospital last week.
Read London region lead learns about Oxleas neighbourhood care…Introducing this year’s Greenwich Equality Grants grantees
Meet the winners: Introducing this year’s Greenwich Equality Grants grantees.
Read Introducing this year’s Greenwich Equality Grants grantees…Important changes to our crisis line from July
On 1 July 2026, our current 24/7 crisis line number for mental health crisis support is changing to NHS 111.
Read Important changes to our crisis line from July…Resident doctor industrial action
Resident doctors in England will be taking industrial action from 7am on Tuesday 7 April to 7am on Monday 13 April.
Read Resident doctor industrial action…Business excellence nomination for Chief Executive Ify
Congratulations to our very own Chief Executive, Dr Ify Okocha, who has been officially nominated in recognition of the great job he does here at Oxleas.
Read Business excellence nomination for Chief Executive Ify…Best trust to work for in London - again!
Our staff have rated Oxleas as the best NHS trust to work for in London for the second year running.
Read Best trust to work for in London - again!…It’s official – our staff think we’re best for career opportunities!
Our 2025 National NHS Staff Survey results are in! And we're delighted to see that our staff find Oxleas the best mental health/community trust in the country for career opportunities.
Read It’s official – our staff think we’re best for career opportunities!…Join our Board of Directors’ meeting on Thursday
Our next meeting will take place at 10.30am on Thursday 5 March 2026 at the James Conference Room, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent DA14 6LT.
Read Join our Board of Directors’ meeting on Thursday…Media enquiries
The communications team provides a point of contact for journalists to respond to all media enquiries.
We are happy to help journalists represent the trust accurately, so please do get in touch to ensure your facts and information are up-to-date before publishing your story.
Our media team is responsible for:
- Responding to media queries
- Arranging interviews with our nationally and internationally renowned experts who can talk about some of the trust’s specialist topics
For all media enquiries Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, please email oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net where a member of the team will review and action your request.
If you have an urgent enquiry outside of office hours or at the weekend, please contact our director on call via the Bracton Centre switchboard on 01322 294300.
Filming and photography requests
We receive documentary, location and broadcast filming requests on a regular basis – we consider all proposals on an individual basis and will try to accommodate proposals where possible, if appropriate.
No photography or filming is permitted without prior arrangement and agreement. Our patients always come first and we have a duty to protect their safety and confidentiality. Anyone found filming or taking photographs on the trust premises without the permission of the trust’s communications team will be asked to leave by the security department and may face prosecution.
Unless agreed otherwise, film crews and photographers must be accompanied by a member of the Communications Team at all times.
Contact: oxl-tr.communications@nhs.net
