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Trust CEO Paul Jenkins to retire at the end of September 2022
Paul Jenkins will be stepping down as CEO of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in September 2022 after eight years at the helm.
Celebrating our 2021/22 Graduation at the People’s Palace
Last Saturday 7 May we celebrated graduation at the People’s Palace in Mile End for the class of 2021/22. We were delighted to also welcome...
Decade after decade, compassion remains at the heart of nursing
Today, 12 May 2022, marks 202 years since the birth of visionary nurse Florence Nightingale. We now celebrate this as International Nurses Day, an...
Trust welcomes three new Governors
The membership have elected three new Governors to the Council of Governors. Talia Barry and Ffyona Dawber have been elected as Governors to...
John Lawlor to chair the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
John Lawlor, the former Chief Executive of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust, rated 'outstanding' twice by the Care Quality...
Our Digital Academy launches Senior Mental Health Lead training: a whole school approach
Today, our Digital Academy launched Senior Mental Health Lead training: a whole school approach, a new online programme comprising four courses to...
New Stakeholder Governor appointed
Peter Ptashko FRSA has been appointed as the new Stakeholder Governor for the Trust from March 2022.
A ban on conversion therapy should include protections for trans people
The Government yesterday announced that the proposed ban on conversion therapy will not cover trans conversion therapy. We are disappointed at this...
Transgender Day of Visibility 2022
Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of...
Letter in response to The Observer editorial on the Cass Review
Our Chief Executive Paul Jenkins and Director of GIDS Polly Carmichael have published a letter in The Guardian in response to The Observer’s...
Haringey Thinking Space closure: reflections from our Director of Adult and Forensic Services
Haringey Thinking Space met for the last time this week. Tim Kent our Director of Adult and Forensic Services attended the closing event and shared...
Council of Governors - statement of persons nominated, March 2022
See which candidates have been nominated for our Council of Governors election.
Notice of Council of Governors Elections
Notice is hereby given that elections will be held for the Council of Governors of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
Children’s Mental Health Week: How can we best support and nurture children to grow emotionally?
Monday 7 to Sunday 13 February is Children’s Mental Health Week 2022. The theme for this year is ‘Growing Together’. Consultant Clinical...
AMCP to ECHR: An acronym buster for social workers and Best Interest Assessors
Daisy Jackson-Bogg is an Independent Social Worker, BIA and AMHP, director of social work training and consultancy organisation DCC-i, and course...
New 2022/2023 prospectus – download your copy now!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our latest prospectus for the 2022/2023 academic year. Find out about the range of postgraduate courses...
Free 24/7 urgent mental health support for young people
The last 18 months have been particularly hard for young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Young people and their families in need of urgent...
Council of Governors – statement of persons nominated, December 2021
See which candidates have been nominated for our Council of Governors election.
Why can’t we be as furious as we feel?
There is a moment in the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale where June, the central character, asks a group of women who have...
Making a Change through Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style that can be used in many settings to facilitate positive change. We asked...
Taking time to remember transgender lives lost
For Transgender Day of Remembrance we spoke to the Champions from our LGBTQI+ Staff Network: Natasha Nelson, Highly Specialist Clinical Nurse and...
Working with and Facilitating Groups
Blending theory, practice and experiential learning, this one-of-a-kind course offers participants the opportunity to explore the processes and...
Are you interested in becoming a Governor of the Tavistock & Portman?
Nominations are now open: our Board of Governors are seeking to fill vacant seats to represent Camden and the rest of England and Wales.
Nine new paid assistant psychologist posts for under-represented psychology graduates
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is supporting the Aspiring Clinical Psychologists (ACP) Access Scheme by offering nine, fixed-term,...
Read the new Tavistock and Portman Green Plan
In October 2020, the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching net zero, reducing its net carbon emissions to zero. One...
Extending the THRIVE Framework for system change to age 25 could bring stability for care leavers when they need it the most
Monday 25 – Sunday 31 October 2021 marks National Care Leavers’ Week in the UK: an opportunity for all of us to look at how we can better support...
Our Governor Election Results - October 2021
See which candidates have been elected.
Empowering young people to play an active role in their care is key to tackling health inequalities
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘mental health in an unequal world’; a very timely theme as we reflect on more than eighteen...
Council of Governors – statement of persons nominated, October 2021
See which candidates have been nominated for our Council of Governors election.
New specialist perinatal mental health postgraduate module launches nationally
A new postgraduate module in perinatal mental health has been launched aimed at enhancing the skills of people who work and train in perinatal...
Mindworks Surrey – emotional wellbeing and mental health service using the THRIVE framework
We’re delighted to be part of the alliance of organisations working to deliver a new emotional wellbeing and mental health service for children and...
Successful appeal in GIDS Judicial Review
This afternoon, the Court of Appeal’s ruling in relation to the Trust’s appeal on the GIDS Judicial Review has been made public. You can read it in...
Notice of Council of Governors elections
Notice is hereby given that elections will be held for the Council of Governors for The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
Bringing a systemic perspective to the processes of leadership and management
Our upcoming short course, Leadership and Management in the Public and Voluntary Sectors: A Systemic Perspective, supports participants in taking a...
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in top three trusts to be a junior doctor
We are pleased to have been named as one of the top three trusts in the UK to be a junior doctor in the 2021 GMC national training survey,...
What is mindfulness, and how can it help you cope with the pressures of your role?
For professionals in the health, social care or voluntary sector, working under immense pressure may feel like the norm. If you're feeling the...
The importance of reaching out
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, we spoke to Tim Kent, Tavistock psychotherapist and social worker, to gather his insights on this most...
The THRIVE Framework for system change could help address the post-pandemic crisis in child and adolescent mental health
A new report by the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network reveals a steep increase in demand for child and adolescent mental health services...
Trust and six partner organisations to support student mental health with new peer to peer mentoring service
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, alongside six partners with Independent Higher Education (IHE), has been awarded Office for...
All education and training courses will be delivered online in autumn term
The Trust has decided to continue with online delivery of all courses for the first term of the academic year 2021-22. Although the government has...
Trust offers more bursaries to increase racial diversity
In line with the Trust’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation, the Tavistock and Portman Charity is offering two more bursaries for...
New bursaries to increase racial diversity on our courses
Offer holders starting in autumn 2021 on three of our courses can apply for the new bursaries.
The Vaccine Bus is coming! Walk-in jabs available at the Trust today and on Thursday 15th July
The North Central London Vaccine Bus is accepting walk-in appointments from 10.30am today at the Tavistock Centre. The vaccine team will be...
96% satisfaction rate for the Practice Supervisor Development Programme
The Practice Supervisor Development Programme (PSDP), a CPD course for social work practice supervisors, has completed its third year with an...
“We’re not invincible”: Geoff McDonald, former Global VP for Unilever, says employers can play a vital role in supporting men’s mental health
To mark Men’s Health Week (14 to 20 June 2021), Add | Wellbeing Clinical Specialist Angela Bagum met with Geoff McDonald, former Global Vice...
Working with refugees and asylum seekers
Systemic Psychotherapists David Amias and Nsimire Bisimwa talk us through their two-day workshop, which provides a much-needed starting point for...
George Floyd one year on: Tavistock anti-racist pledges
On the anniversary of the tragic murder of George Floyd, we pledge our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation. To help us, we have...
Research shows one size doesn’t fit all for cervical screening in the trans and non-binary community
Facilitating cervical screening for trans men and non-binary people requires a multi-pronged approach, involving improved training for providers,...
Talking to Children about Difficult Things
Even the most experienced practitioners can feel daunted when faced with the task of talking to children and young people about difficult and...
Transformed emotional wellbeing and mental health service for Surrey’s children and young people gets underway
A new alliance of NHS, national and local voluntary sector organisations has come together to deliver a transformed emotional wellbeing and mental...Upcoming Events
Board meeting
As a student, patient or member of the public you are welcome to attend the Board of Directors' meetings, and watch the Board in action. Part one...
Council of Governors meeting
Our Council of Governors meets four times a year, although they are involved in various projects in the Trust all throughout the year. Members of...
Past Events
Research Week and Doctoral Conference 2022
Research Week is an annual event in the Trust calendar, find out more about Research Week and the Doctoral Conference. All events are free and open...
The internal world and inner journeys
Open Exhibition Friday 1 April - Thursday 12 May 2022 To celebrate our Centenary, the Tavistock is hosting an Open Art Exhibition presenting an...
Exploring the complex realities of inter-agency working: an online Group Relations Conference
This is an applied 4 day group relations conference exploring complexities in caring for the emotional and psychological well-being of adults,...
Unequal Impact – The links between Environment Racism and Climate Change
The Tavistock and Portman and The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) are proud to stand together with social workers across to the world...
Location, location, location: a group relations conference exploring organisational processes working online and onsite.
Where do you work? It seems like a simple question, but the answer can be complicated. The answer touches on identity (what groups are you...
Attachment, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology
This course focuses on the development, prevention and treatment of psychological disorder from infancy to adolescence and through to adulthood. It...
Black History Month: Lee Lawrence - Pain to purpose
What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight...
Annual General Meeting 2021
We invite all of our members, along with our patients, students, staff, and the wider public, to attend our 2021 Annual General Meeting.
Discovering Leadership: Inside Out - Outside In
Leadership? Energy? Empowerment? Creativity? Co-operative endeavour? Infighting? Destructive competition? Lethargy? Cynicism? How many of these...
Behind the camera: working, leading and following in organisation- An online Group Relations Conference
This 4-day online Group Relations Conference (GRC) will provide an opportunity to discover more about the challenges and rewards of organisational...
Trust Scientific Meeting: The THRIVE Framework: an approach to whole system transformation
Our Trust Scientific Meetings are for staff, students and alumni. The THRIVE Framework for system change (Wolpert et al., 2019) has gained traction...
Back to the Future: Authority, vulnerability, continuity and change: A Group Relations Conference celebrating 100 years of Tavistock thinking
NB. This conference has been postponed. However, we are currently we're trying to collect views on how and when to reschedule it via this survey:...
Exploring the complex realities of inter-agency working: a Group Relations Conference
This is an applied 3 day group relations conference exploring complexities in caring for the emotional and psychological well-being of adults,...
Refugee Week event: Imagine
Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. Founded in 1998 and held every year around...
On whose authority? - exploring leadership in contemporary organisation, Geneva group relations conference 2020
A Group Relations Conference in Geneva
COVID-19: Vulnerability and the Fear of Vulnerability
Join us for a special Tavistock Policy Seminar about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on vulnerable children, adults and older people. We are...
Trust Scientific Meeting: Group Relations at the Tavistock: Where from and where to?
Time: 11:30am to 12:50pm Date: 11 May 2020 Speaker: William Halton and Members of the GRC Steering Committee Chair: Tim LeLean, GRC Steering...
Trust Scientific Meeting: Under Fire in the Consulting Room
A slow match is a very slow-burning fuse presenting only a small glowing tip whereas a quick match is one - which once ignited - burns at top...
Tavistock Policy Series: The Consultant’s Act of Freedom: Isabel Menzies Lyth 60 years on
With our leading mental health experts, our Centenary Tavistock Policy Seminar series provides an opportunity to explore our latest thinking and...
Trust Scientific Meeting: Watch me play!
Watch me Play! is an intervention to support vulnerable babies and young children. Dr Jenifer Wakelyn will explore the roots of this approach in...
Courage to Connect: Navigating the Complexities of Organisational Life - a Group Relations Conference
We live and work in complex formal and informal organisational contexts. The liveliness, energy, interest and respect that we can bring to each...
Trust Scientific Meeting: 'Oedipus Wrecked’ - Constructing the unconscious phantasy through its emergence in the analyst’s mind”
In most patients, classically recognisable Oedipal themes are present and dominant, emerging symbolically in dreams, phantasies and actions – and...
Medically Unexplained Symptoms / Somatic Symptom Disorder: Improving Practice 2019
A Joint Conference Healthcare Conferences UK & The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Researched and produced in partnership with The...
On achieving a good enough work-life balance in General Practice
Thinking Space: On achieving a good enough work-life balance in General Practice
We welcome press enquiries on a broad range of subjects, not just those directly relating to mental health.