Media Centre

If you are a journalist with a media enquiry, please contact the Trust's Communications Team:

Telephone: 0161 938 5035
Email: communications@gmmh.nhs.uk
The office is open between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays).

Out of hours contact: 0161 773 9121 operates at evenings and weekends. This is for urgent media queries only.

Find our latest press releases below.

Press Releases

An aerial view showing North View, our new state-of-the-art mental health inpatient unit on the North Manchester General Hospital site.
£105.9m state-of-the-art mental health hospital opens

The new state-of-the-art £105.9million adult mental health inpatient hospital North View, built by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), became fully operational from Mon...

Laura Cole receiving her award from Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Chief Executive Officer Steve Jamieson (Photograph: Jonathan Goldberg)
GMMH speech and language therapist lands national award

Speech and Language Therapist, Laura Cole, has won a national award for her work with the homeless for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH)....

Maternal Instinct Manchester Science Festival
Support group ‘Mindful Mums’ to be showcased at Manchester Science Festival

Helping north Manchester mums through the experiences of pregnancy and beyond has become a key focus for one such mum, who received support from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (...

New term out now! November 2024 to March 2025
The Recovery Academy’s brand-new Autumn / Winter term starts on 1 October

The Academy is supporting this year’s World Mental Health Day (10 October) theme of ‘It’s time to prioritise mental health in the workplace’ and World Values Day (17 October) t...

Image shows service user Hazel
Dementia is not a long goodbye; it is a new beginning

“Dementia is not a long goodbye; it is a new beginning,” Hazel raises awareness to fight stigma of life after diagnosis. ...

A group of twelve people posing and smiling in an indoor setting, with a sports logo illuminated on the wall behind them.
Funding secured to roll out holistic community mental health programme following successful pilot

Following a successful 12-week wellbeing pilot programme designed by Wigan Borough Living Well, Wigan Athletic Community Trust (WACT) and Be-Well Wigan, funding has been secured by WACT to rollout the...

Tonya Nettleton, Team Manager at Achieve and Andrew, Achieve Bury service user
Hepatitis C has been micro-eliminated in Bury!

Today, on Friday 26th July 2024, Achieve Recovery Services announce that hepatitis C (hep C) has officially been micro-eliminated in Bury.  ...

Justin Walker with his award from WILDsound Film Festival
Mental health worker wins U.S. Film Festival Award for short film about psychosis

Justin Walker, Support, Time and Recovery (STR) worker at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), has won the best Experimental Film Award at the WILDsound Film Festival in the U...

PT Chris on left, Kieran on right with group participants
PT for mental health recovery pilot launches in Wigan

Wigan Borough Living Well has joined forces with Wigan Athletic, Wigan Warriors and Be-Well Wigan to pilot a 12-week Well-Being programme....

CBT Therapist Kerry Clifton
‘Life changing’ CBT for Menopause programme rolled out after successful pilot

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has launched a series of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) support groups to help women manage symptoms of menopause. ...

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