News and Events

We are delighted to announce, that we are holding a recruitment event for our CAMHS Services in Manchester on Saturday 26^th February 2022, between 9.30am - 3pm at The Curve Prestwich.

When the North Mersey Community Mental Health Team decided to transform their outdoor space, they never dreamt of the impact it would have – or that the journey would be supported, documented and broadcast to millions by BBC Two’s Your Garden Made Perfect expert team

Katherine Berry is Professor of Clinical Psychology at The University of Manchester and Co-Director of GMMH’s Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit. Her research has focused on understanding the psychological and social causes of psychosis, and on the development and evaluation of more accessible psychological treatments for people with psychosis in community and inpatient settings.

"The staff at Moorside helped me so much and I just wanted to give something back to them, and the patients too.”

Staff and placement areas within GMMH have been nominated for the The University of Manchester’s Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work’s Recognising Excellence and Achievement Awards by the students of the University of Manchester.

The NHS England photography exhibition, “Care for the future: delivering the world’s first net zero health service,” first unveiled at COP26, has arrived in Greater Manchester. The exhibition is being displayed at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) Headquarters, The Curve in Prestwich from Monday 7^th February - Friday 11^th March 2022.

"We have developed a real understanding of the needs of Salford people by truly listening to them and have designed the service to specifically meet their requirements."

Small grants for community projects that support recovery from addiction.

For February's blog, the Housing First Dual Diagnosis Team are sharing what Time to Talk day is and why talking about mental heath is so important.

The Maternal Mental Health Pilot Service offers psychological therapy for women who are experiencing distress and trauma, directly related to their maternity/perinatal/neonatal experience and/or grief from perinatal loss.

The treatment being evaluated for roll out is featured in the ‘PATHWAY’ study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and The University of Manchester (UoM), and is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

We’re asking CAMHS professionals and key referrers into CAMHS, including GPs, to take part in an online focus group to share their opinions on the current CAMHS referral pathway as part of an NIHR funded research project to Enhance the CAMHS Referrals process (EnCAMHS). 

By Jade Elliott, Dual Diagnosis Practitioner

The Dual Diagnosis Team have chosen to dedicate our THANK YOUS to all of the amazing hard-working and truly dedicated engagement/support workers.

This year, GMMH’s Homeless Services Team are partnering with Barnabus for the Cold Weather Provision.

More people completed a full course of NHS talking therapy treatment last year than ever before, despite the pressure on services from the pandemic, according to new figures published recently.

GMMH's Mental Health Nursing Research Unit holds a monthly online Journal Club that is open to anyone who would like to attend.

For December's Journal Club, Professor Mick McKeown discussed his article...

Restraint minimisation in mental health care: Legitimate or illegitimate force? An ethnographic study

We’re looking for CAMHS staff, parents/carers, children and young people, and key referrers (e.g. GPs, teachers, SENCOs etc) to take part in some online focus groups to share their experiences of the CAMHS referral process.

Samuel Young a doctor at Anson Road – one of GMMH’s community rehabilitation units – has won Manchester United’s ‘Frontline Heroes’ competition.

The simplest of ideas can have the biggest impact

Two individuals from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust have won awards at the prestigious RCPsych North West Division Awards 2021.