News and Events

Research & Innovation at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has secured over £100,000 in national funding to introduce a mobile research van that will make getting involved in mental health and dementia research easier for the community.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS and Pennine Care NHS publish a shared digital and data strategy. The strategy sets out a five-year ambition to make care more connected and seamless for patients. 

On Wednesday 11 March 2026, our NHS 111 leaders, Lily Lomas and Amaebi Olajubu welcomed colleagues from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, including fellow 111 practitioners, operational leaders, and service managers, for a focused best practice exchange visit to our Greater Manchester NHS 111 Mental Health hub at Central Park.

Since childhood, Tom from Trafford struggled with a phobia that had an impact on his life. Now 37, Tom shares how he is managing this, with some (rather unconventional) support from Trafford Talking Therapies.

Tuesday 17 March 2026 marks this year's annual World Social Work Day, which aims to recognise the positive contributions of social workers and shine a spotlight on the challenges our communities continue to face.

“Without this support, I probably would have dropped out. Instead, I graduated with a First.”

The Recovery Pathways service, part of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), is excited to announce the launch of its Arts for Good Health Spring 2026 programme.  

We are thrilled to announce that our Domestic & Porter Services and Sintijia Logina, Domestic Supervisor, have been shortlisted in three categories of the prestigious MyPorter Awards and MyCleaning Awards!

Our Trust’s Chair, Professor Tony Warne, visited Braeburn House on Tuesday 24 February 2026 to meet the team and see how the service is developing. 

The Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS) are very proud of our colleagues Kelly and Hannah for their collaborative work alongside Ingrid and medical staff at the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), which has resulted in a significant piece of research on Restricted Intake Self-Harm (RISH).

We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the GMMH Nursing Awards 2026.

Did you know we have a service to help university students with their mental health? At the end of January, our Chief Digital Information Officer, Alistair Reid-Pearson, visited The Greater Manchester (GM) Universities Student Mental Health Service to meet with staff and find out how they support Greater Manchester’s student population – one of the largest in England!

In honour of Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, we are sharing a range of support, and resources available to children, young people, and their families and carers; alongside photos and updates from activities taking place across our services!

Monday 9 February marks the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2026 (NAW). Now in its 19th year, NAW brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy.

As a result of significant disruption to the heating system which has caused serious leaks at Laureate House in Manchester, the Trust has taken the decision to escalate to a critical incident due to building disrepair. This allows us to be able to take additional steps to maintain safe services for our patients.

We need people to fill vacancies on our Council of Governors. We're looking for people interested in helping us on our journey of improvement and transformation.

Following a very successful two years at GMMH Karen Howell OBE will be stepping down to retire in June 2026.