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.