About the Trust

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Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust was formed in April 2002 as one of only five mental health and social care NHS organisations in the country.

We offer a wide spectrum of mental health, social care and wellbeing services to meet the needs of adults of working age and older adults in Manchester. The Trust provides inpatient care from sites at the Manchester Central Hospitals site, North Manchester General Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital.

In October 2009, the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust 'good' for quality of service (a significant improvement on the previous year's 'weak' rating) and 'fair' for its financial management ('fair' in 2008-2009).

We also provide care for those service users still living at home, through our 10 Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) based throughout the city which provide assessment, care and support for adults of working age and older adults with mental health problems.

View our organisational structure diagram.

The core values of the trust are:

  • Respect and Dignity in the way we behave, what we say, and how we say it, recognising cultural richness and diversity.
  • Commitment to quality of Care ensuring that this is at the core of all services and day to day practices, challenging and improving the quality of care / services we provide to ensure we are the best we can be.
  • Compassion in the way we behave and work with our service users and carers treating them as individuals, without making assumptions. We will learn about their culture, history, strengths, interests and aspirations, and value these.
  • Improving Lives by engaging with our service users and making time for purposeful conversation and meaningful things to do which they feel will aid their recovery and improve their lives.
  • Working Together with service users and carers and learn from what they say -- especially their experience of mental health issues, their preferences for treatment, and their concerns about the effects of treatment.
  • Everyone Counts making decisions jointly, where appropriate, with service users and carers, giving information to make informed choices.

Anti Stigma Campaign

Everyone in the Trust is working hard to tackle the stigma that can sometimes surround mental illness, and as part of this campaign we created the video here as part of our drive to become a Foundation Trust. The messages aim to debunk some of the myths that can surround mental illness.