North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS Foundation Trust which provided mental health services in Essex, England. It had offices at Ipswich Road and Severalls House Complex in Colchester; the Chelmsford & Essex Centre, the Crystal Centre, Edward House, the Christopher Unit and Linden Centre Mental Health Wards in Chelmsford; the St Aubyn Centre, Holmer Court, the King's Wood Centre and The Lakes in Colchester; Kitwood and Roding Mental Health Wards in Epping; Shannon House, the Derwent Centre and the Brian Roycroft, Chelmer, Stort and Cam Mental Health Wards in Harlow; the Landermere Centre and the Peter Bruff Mental Health Ward in Clacton; Cherry Trees Therapy Centre at St Peter's Hospital, Maldon. It provided dental services at Saffron Walden Community Hospital.

The trust was under investigation for a number of years by Essex Police for the corporate manslaughter of 25 patients and then in early 2021 prosecuted by Health And safety executive under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The trust pleaded guilty to failings contributing to the deaths of 11 patients, including Matthew Leahy and Ben Morris both 20 years old.

It merged with South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in March 2017 to form Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust delivered the Family Nurse Partnership in south east Essex since 2007 and in 2014 it was agreed to extend the service to the whole of Essex.

The Trust invested £9.7m in the extension and refurbishment contract at the Derwent Centre in Harlow in 2014.

It ran the Veteran's First service which supports homeless ex-service personnel.