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East London NHS Foundation Trust

ELFT

Generated 6 Oct 2026, 10:34 · ID 36

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Overview

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Field-cited

Whole-record source only

AI-inferred, no source yet

Searched — not published

No value held

Needs review

Source coverage

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Field-level source coverage Optional	20 of 38 reviewable fields are cited to a source (53%) · 3 with no source yet · 15 searched — not published · 16 with no value held	Computed	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Field-level source coverageAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Identity and organisation

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Site name Required	East London NHS Foundation Trust	Field-cited	ELFT Homepage https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ Section: Homepage header “East London NHS Foundation Trust” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/	Response for Site nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Short name Recommended	ELFT	Field-cited	ELFT Homepage https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ Section: Social links “https://x.com/NHS_ELFT” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ ELFT acronym is used in official trust channels; short_name retained as ELFT.	Response for Short nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Organisation Required	East London NHS Foundation Trust	Field-cited	ELFT Our Story https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/our-story Section: Our story “East London NHS Foundation Trust (formerly known as East London and The City University Mental Health NHS Trust) was formed in April 2000.” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/our-story	Response for OrganisationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Site type Recommended	NHS Trust	Field-cited	NHS England - East London NHS Foundation Trust https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/east-london-nhs-foundation-trust/ Section: Document title “East London NHS Foundation Trust” Page: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/east-london-nhs-foundation-trust/ Entity is an NHS Foundation Trust, mapped to site_type=nhs_trust per data dictionary.	Response for Site typeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Website URL Recommended	https://www.elft.nhs.uk/	Field-cited	NHS England - East London NHS Foundation Trust https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/east-london-nhs-foundation-trust/ Section: Contact details “Website www.elft.nhs.uk” Page: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/east-london-nhs-foundation-trust/	Response for Website URLAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Description Required	NHS mental health, community health, primary care, and inpatient provider serving the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire, and Luton, with active research and innovation partnerships.	Field-cited	ELFT Key Facts https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/key-facts Section: Key facts “We provide a wide range of mental health, community, primary care and inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, older adults and forensic services to the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/key-facts Description updated to match current trust scope and geography in official key facts.	Response for DescriptionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active site Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	ELFT Homepage https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ Section: Latest news “01 April 2026” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ Current dated homepage updates indicate the trust record is active.	Response for Active siteAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Location and scope

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
UK region Recommended	London	Field-cited	ELFT Contact Us https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us Section: Postal address “9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us City is London; region normalised to London (controlled region list).	Response for UK regionAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Country Recommended	England	Field-cited	ELFT Contact Us https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us Section: Postal address “9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us Trust headquarters is in London, England.	Response for CountryAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
City Recommended	London	Field-cited	ELFT Contact Us https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us Section: Postal address “9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us	Response for CityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Latitude Recommended	51.5133740	Field-cited	Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (via Postcodes.io) — E1 8DE https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/E1%208DE Section: result.latitude “51.513374” Page: https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/E1%208DE ONS centroid for E1 8DE from Postcodes.io (ONS Postcode Directory); see saved JSON result.latitude / result.postcode.	Response for LatitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Longitude Recommended	-0.0718660	Field-cited	Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (via Postcodes.io) — E1 8DE https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/E1%208DE Section: result.longitude “-0.071866” Page: https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/E1%208DE Paired longitude from the same Postcodes.io response as latitude.	Response for LongitudeAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Catchment population Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE in this pass: annual-report PDF URL returned ELFT page-not-found, while available ELFT pages list service areas but do not provide a canonical numeric catchment value for this exact site record.	Response for Catchment populationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Geographic coverage Recommended	No value held	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Geographic coverageAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Contacts and leadership

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Contact name Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no single named site-level contact for this trust record was published in ELFT contact pages, NHS England listing, NIHR page attempts, or registry outputs searched.	Response for Contact nameAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Contact email Recommended	elft.communications@nhs.net	Field-cited	ELFT Contact Us https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us Section: General enquiries “Email: elft.communications@nhs.net” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/contact-us	Response for Contact emailAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Principal investigator Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no single cross-site mental-health research PI was explicitly identified for this site-level record in sources searched.	Response for Principal investigatorAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
PI email Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no single cross-site PI contact email was explicitly identified for this site-level record in sources searched.	Response for PI emailAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NHS trust partner Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE/NOT-APPLICABLE for this row: ELFT itself is an NHS trust entity and no separate trust-partner value is required.	Response for NHS trust partnerAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Infrastructure

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Pharmacy facilities Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: searched ELFT key facts, what-we-do, research pages, NHS England listing, and registry pages; no explicit statement of IMP pharmacy storage/dispensing capability was found.	Response for Pharmacy facilitiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Dedicated research facility Recommended	Yes	Field-cited	ELFT Research About Us https://www.elft.nhs.uk/research/about-us Section: Meet the R&I Team “ELFT has a dedicated research team which provides support to a range of research studies which are part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) portfolio.” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/research/about-us Dedicated trust-level research team and NIHR portfolio delivery support setting has_dedicated_research_facility=TRUE.	Response for Dedicated research facilityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
CRF bed count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no CRF-specific bed count was published in searched sources. Only overall inpatient-bed figures were available.	Response for CRF bed countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
EDC experience Recommended	No	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no explicit statement about EDC platform experience in searched sources.	Response for EDC experienceAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
GCP certified Recommended	No	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no publicly available GCP certification status statement for this site-level record in searched sources.	Response for GCP certifiedAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
NIHR CRN partner Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: NIHR RDN delivery-organisation page request returned 403 from CloudFront in this run; no alternate NIHR page with direct ELFT CRN-partner flag was retrievable.	Response for NIHR CRN partnerAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Operational capacity

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Research staff count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: key facts publish total trust staffing (over 7700) but not mental-health research delivery staff count.	Response for Research staff countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Annual MH trial count Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: annual trust-level mental-health trial count could not be robustly derived because ISRCTN search/API access was unavailable and no ELFT annual metric was found.	Response for Annual MH trial countAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Active competing studies Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no single published metric for concurrent active competing studies found in searched sources.	Response for Active competing studiesAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Typical monthly recruitment rate Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no published monthly recruitment throughput metric found in searched sources.	Response for Typical monthly recruitment rateAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
R&D approval timeline (days) Recommended	No value held	Not published	Searched — not published UNSOURCEABLE: no public R&D approval timeline metric found in searched sources.	Response for R&D approval timeline (days)AccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Capabilities

Research capabilities available at this site.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Capability: Overnight facility Recommended	Specialist Facilities · Overnight facility · The Trust operates from over 120 community and inpatient sites and has 900 general and specialist inpatient beds. · Available	Field-cited	ELFT Key Facts https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/key-facts Section: Key facts “The Trust operates from over 120 community and inpatient sites and has 900 general and specialist inpatient beds.” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/information-about-elft/key-facts Used as evidence for overnight/inpatient specialist facility capability.	Response for Capability: Overnight facilityAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Diagnosis experience

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Diagnosis experience: First-episode psychosis Recommended	First-episode psychosis · Psychotic Disorders · Some · prev trials: 1	Field-cited	ELFT ERA Study Summary https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Section: Who can participate? “Anyone who is over the age of 18 with a main diagnosis of psychosis, mood or anxiety disorders” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Psychosis trial inclusion confirmed; conservative completed count=1 (ERA) => experience_level=some.	Response for Diagnosis experience: First-episode psychosisAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorder Recommended	Major depressive disorder · Mood Disorders · Some · prev trials: 1	Field-cited	ELFT ERA Study Summary https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Section: Who can participate? “Anyone who is over the age of 18 with a main diagnosis of psychosis, mood or anxiety disorders” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Mood-disorder trial inclusion confirmed; conservative completed count=1 (ERA) => experience_level=some.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Major depressive disorderAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Generalised anxiety disorder Recommended	Generalised anxiety disorder · Anxiety Disorders · Some · prev trials: 1	Field-cited	ELFT ERA Study Summary https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Section: Who can participate? “Anyone who is over the age of 18 with a main diagnosis of psychosis, mood or anxiety disorders” Page: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/era/about-era/summary Anxiety-disorder trial inclusion confirmed; conservative completed count=1 (ERA) => experience_level=some.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Generalised anxiety disorderAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Dementia / neurodegeneration Recommended	Dementia / neurodegeneration · Neurodegenerative · Emerging · prev trials: 0	Field-cited	ClinicalTrials.gov API - East London NHS Foundation Trust https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust%22&pageSize=100 Section: Studies at ELFT location “NCT06598163 ... Mild Cognitive Impairment ... RECRUITING; NCT07238049 ... Alzheimer Disease (AD) ... ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust%22&pageSize=100 Dementia/neurodegeneration trial activity is present but completed count is 0 in this run; set to emerging.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Dementia / neurodegenerationAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Diagnosis experience: Intellectual disability and mental health Recommended	Intellectual disability and mental health · Neurodevelopmental · Moderate · prev trials: 2	Field-cited	ClinicalTrials.gov API - East London NHS Foundation Trust https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust%22&pageSize=100 Section: Completed studies at ELFT location “NCT03586375 ... Intellectual Disability ... COMPLETED; NCT05761600 ... Learning Disability, Adult; Mental Health ... COMPLETED” Page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?query.term=%22East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust%22&pageSize=100 Two completed intellectual/learning-disability mental-health trials => experience_level=moderate (2-4 completed). ISRCTN API endpoint availability check (returned page-not-found) https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/who/?q=depression&limit=5 Section: Registry availability check Page: https://www.isrctn.com/api/query/who/?q=depression&limit=5 ISRCTN API endpoint attempts returned a page-not-found HTML response instead of XML records; registry reconciliation for this site is therefore BLOCKED pending accessible ISRCTN results. ISRCTN search - East London NHS Foundation Trust (JS-gated) https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust Section: Registry availability check Page: https://www.isrctn.com/search?q=East+London+NHS+Foundation+Trust Mandatory ISRCTN search attempted. Browser-fetch result required cookies/JavaScript; no parseable results returned in this run.	Response for Diagnosis experience: Intellectual disability and mental healthAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Linked cohorts

Cohorts hosted at or linked to this site.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Linked cohort: CRIS ELFT Optional	CRIS ELFT · East London CRIS	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Linked cohort: CRIS ELFTAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes
Linked cohort: Genes & Health Optional	Genes & Health · Genes & Health (East London Genes & Health / ELGH) · n=125,000 (approximate)	No source yet	No citation linked to this field yet.	Response for Linked cohort: Genes & HealthAccurateNeeds correctionNot sureDoes not apply No response selected	No notes

Verification metadata

Internal catalogue status — for reference only.

Field	Current value	Evidence	Source evidence	Response	Notes / correction
Verification status Recommended	ai_inferred	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Last verified Recommended	No value held	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—
Data source Recommended	No value held	Internal	Internal catalogue field	—	—