News and Events

September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma.

Calling all current and prospective Recovery Academy students, we are pleased to share with you that we are currently working on a brand-new website and booking system that will launch alongside our new prospectus on Monday 3 October 2022.

As Monday 19 September will be a national bank holiday due to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, some changes may be made to appointments. 

For World Suicide Prevention Day. the Housing First Dual Diagnosis team blog look at support for those who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, those concerned for other and those bereaved by suicide.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is leading on the delivery of the trial in Greater Manchester and will be recruiting people to take part in this clinical trial locally.

A consultant clinical psychologist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for The Caroline Flack Mental Health Hero award

Staff at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust speak out about the emergency support available from the ‘mental health joint response car’ over the upcoming August bank holiday and Manchester Pride weekend; and plans to expand this support out going forward.

The Greater Manchester Mental Health MaST (Management and Supervision Tool) project has been shortlisted for two Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards: ‘Innovation in Digital Mental Health’ and ‘Quality Improvement and/or Service Transformation’. The shortlist was announced earlier this week and this year’s ceremony will take place in Durham on 6^th October 2022.

Living Well Salford, one of only four original pilot sites in the UK, saw 83% of service users reach one or more of their goals

A Salford programme has been recognised for its outstanding contribution to healthcare.

The Housing First Dual Diagnosis blog this month will take a closer look at a model that is widely used in Substance Misuse Services to assess levels of motivation. 

Empowered Conversations has been developed to help people adapt and improve communication skills and relationships with someone living with a diagnosis of dementia.

In January 2022, GMMH published their ‘blueprint for the next five years’ to support the national NHS net zero pledge.

An external evaluation found that the Achieve Drug and Alcohol Service’s approach to partnership-working is effective in supporting recovery from substance misuse, and could be rolled out in other geographical areas 

The NHS Foundation Trust has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas of their education and training programme for apprentices. 

For July's Housing First Dual Diagnosis Team blog, they discuss the importance of co-production for the service

Jemima Lacey, who works at GMMH, has been selected from hundreds of entries as a finalist in the Nursing Support Worker category of the RCN Nursing Awards 2022.

The Department for Education has announced that the model piloted in the GM will be rolled out across the country. 

The NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) has awarded researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester and Manchester Camerata an 18-month grant to evaluate the impact of Manchester Camerata’s online 20-week Music in Mind Remote (MiMR) programme for people with dementia.