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Celebrating International Nurses’ Day in style
Our wonderful nurses celebrated International Nurses’ Day in style on 12 May.
Read Celebrating International Nurses’ Day in style…New role for our Chair
We are pleased to announce that our Chair, Andy Trotter OBE QPM, has also been confirmed as the new Chair of the London Ambulance Service. Andy has been Chair of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust for seven years and will continue in this role.
Read New role for our Chair…Help us to deliver great out of hospital care
We want our out-of-hospital care to be the very best it can be and delivering great out-of-hospital care is one of our strategy’s three main priorities for 2021-24.
Read Help us to deliver great out of hospital care…
More great out of hospital care
Our fantastic pharmacy team provide an essential service, supporting our community mental health teams in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich, are helping patients avoid the need for a hospital stay and in their own homes.
Read More great out of hospital care…Get involved in transforming your mental health services
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to get involved in transforming mental health services where you live.
Read Get involved in transforming your mental health services…Do you or someone you know care for a family member or loved one?
At Oxleas, we host a monthly online Carers Group to offer support and information about the services we offer.
Read Do you or someone you know care for a family member or loved one?…Oxleas NHS wins new £21m prison healthcare contract
“I’m so looking forward to being back working within the NHS and being able to provide some really great care.”
Making fitness fun for adults with learning disabilities in Greenwich
Today (7 April) is World Health Day and at Oxleas NHS, we thought we would mark the occasion by focusing on a community fun and fitness programme we jointly provide in Greenwich.
Read Making fitness fun for adults with learning disabilities in Greenwich…Millbrook patients transferred for improvement works
Building works have started this week to create an improved ward environment for patients and carers on Millbrook Ward at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
Read Millbrook patients transferred for improvement works…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
