Press releases

We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Matthew McKenzie, one of our carers champions, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours list for his services to mental health carers.

Professor Ulrike Schmidt has been awarded an OBE for services to people with eating disorders in the New Year Honours list. 

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust welcomes today’s report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following an inspection of the child and adolescent mental health services’ (CAMHS) psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) ward at the Bethlem Royal Hospital following a serious incident which occurred on the ward in June 2023.

2023 has been a busy year where we have faced some difficult challenges, but also celebrated wonderful achievements and reached significant milestones. Here are some of our highlights.

The Changing Lives through Research photography exhibition captures images of research from across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It includes portraits of Research Champions, colleagues from across the Joint Research and Development (R&D) Office for the Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), staff from the NIHR Maudsley BRC, and representation across the workforce – clinical, academic, corporate and beyond.