Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

As part of this year's Cancer Prevention Week (14-18 May 2012), Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust will be promoting healthy living and greater awareness of the signs and symptoms of c...

In his latest blog about the Prime Minister's challenge on dementia, Trust Psychiatrist and National Clinical Director for Dementia Professor Alistair Burns talks about creating dementia frie...

Trust Psychiatrist Dr Iracema Leroi mentored a number of trainees to success at The 8th International Congress on Mental Dysfunction and Other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson's Disease & Relat...

The Trust will play a key role in bringing a taste of the Olympics to Wythenshawe in July. Two Trust services are involved in staging the Wythenshawe Games, which aims to get people in the area a...

A Trust-supported study into the pain-relief drug coproxamol has found that there has been a major reduction in deaths involving the drug since 2005 when it was withdrawn in the UK. It also found ...

Professor Alistair Burns is the National Clinical Dementia aswell as a Consultant in Older Age Psychiatry at our Trust. Here he speaks about driving improvements in health and care one strand...

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has received national recognition for its commitment to training the nurses of tomorrow at the Student Nursing Times Awards. One of the Trust's Cris...

As some people may be aware the Trust has recently been the subject of some media coverage regarding the cancellation of one of our Partnership Programme sessions with Professor Moty Cristal (orig...

To mark the start of the financial year we have put together a newsletter to let all our service users, carers, staff and stakeholders know exactly where we are up to with our ambitious clinical s...

Trust staff are supporting an event aimed at increasing awareness of the condition among higher-risk communities including Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani. Brain stroke is a medical emergency...

A Gorton bingo hall is helping to promote breast screening in Manchester. Gala Bingo in Belle Vue, West Gorton have put promotional materials into their bathrooms to encourage women to be screene...

The full summary of the Guardian debate on dementia featuring Trust dementia specialist Professor Alistair Burns is now available here. Professor Burns, a Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the ...

People with dementia and their carers are being offered free music therapy by a Trust-supported project. Manchester Camerata orchestra is running ten sessions, giving people the chance to ma...

Living Well with Voice Hearers is an information and discussion day for family members, friends and people who work with those who hear voices. The event is hosted and sponsored by the Manchester ...

Service users at Park House will have easier access to medication and essential toiletries thanks to a new pharmacy service. The new Lloyds Pharmacy, which will be located next to the corridor be...

People in Manchester will be able to get a free health MOT as well as stop-smoking services from a new mobile health clinic. The First Stop Health Bus will be in Rusholme every Saturday from 10.0...

Trust dementia specialist Professor Alistair Burns sat on an expert panel for a Guardian debate about the illness on 18 April. Professor Burns, a Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the Trust as w...

Trust staff have been honoured for their contributions to student nursing thanks to the Student Nursing Times Awards 2012. The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) Team North have been shortli...

Would you like to know more about mental health and wellbeing? Does your work bring you into contact with people who may have mental health problems? Would you like training to help you in your ro...

Come and join the conversation about Recovery and mental health services in Manchester. The first meeting of the Supporting Recovery in Manchester Network will be held on 17 May 2012 at the Frien...

Learn to cook together at a new adult and child cookery course. This exciting interactive cookery course will run every Monday from 10.30am - 12.30pm, for six weeks from 16 April to 28 May 2012.&n...

The latest issue of our fortnightly update on mental health and wellbeing services is now available here. The 3 April 2012 edition of Trust News features the latest news on: Trust's Dementia wo...

We are delighted to be able to announce the members of our first ever Council of Governors. Please see the table below. Public Constituency Governors North Manchester Edith Garvey ...

Chief Executive Jackie Daniel explains why this month has been a good one for mental health awareness in her first blog for the website. This last month has been a good one in terms of raisi...

Throughout the year Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has continued to raise standards around privacy and dignity, offering our service users an improved patient experience. The Trust...

The Trust has joined a number of other organisations in the launch of a new campaign to tackle alcohol misuse in Manchester. Manchester's Alcohol Strategy, led by the City Council, sets out the...

Trust service users took part in an exciting musical event at Manchester Art Gallery last week in a great example of partnership working. The group performed a brand new piece of music on Friday ...

The latest issue of our fortnightly update on mental health and wellbeing services is now available here. The 20 March 2012 edition of Trust News features the latest news on: Changes to ...

The Schizophrenia Commission is asking people with schizophrenia and psychosis for their views and experiences as part of the biggest ever survey of its type. The Commission, which recently ...

It is hereby declared that elections are to be held in the following constituencies: 13 Public Governors in the following constituencies: Public: North Manchester (5 vacancies) Public...

The latest issue of our update on improvements to services is now available here. The 6 March 2012 edition of Trust News features the latest news on: Changes to adult mental health commu...

We are now able to publish the list of the candidates for Governor elections. Please click here for the full list.

The latest edition of Trust News is now available here. Included in this edition are: An update on improving our community services An update on our improvements to inpatient services ...

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week runs from 20 February to 26 February. Our Eating Disorders Service offers a range of psychological interventions to patients with eating disorders. The...

The latest edition of the South Manchester Healthy Living network is now available here. This issue features information on: Men's health Healthy ageing Community food work ...

The Trust runs stop smoking drop-ins across Manchester. Here, Elesha from Gorton tells of how the service helped her to stop smoking, save money, and even improve her singing voice! "I quit...

The Schizophrenia Commission will be touring a Trust art and wellbeing service as part of their visit to Manchester. The Commission, which will visit Start on Monday 20 February, was set up by th...

Interested in becoming a Governor? Then come along to our Becoming a Governor event on Friday 17 February. You will have the chance to meet the Foundation Trust Project Director Jessica Willia...

Debbie Robinson, Interim Team Manager for Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) North West, was delighted when she was named Employee of the Month for January. Debbie's nominator said: "Debbie...

The latest edition of Trust News is now available here. Included in this edition are: An update on improving our community services An update on our improvements to inpatient services ...

The Trust gives notice that it will hold elections to the Council of Governors of the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. Elections are to be held for the following positions: ...

Interested in becoming a Governor? Then come along to our Becoming a Governor event on Thursday 2 February. You will have the chance to meet the Foundation Trust Project Director Jessica Willi...

A record number of Cancer Champions have been trained in Manchester to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of kidney and bladder cancer in a new campaign: 'Be Clear on Cancer'.  ...

Our Trust is working to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote equal opportunities for both our service users and our staff. We believe that our service users should have equal acce...

Our fortnightly update on mental health services in Manchester is now available here. Featuring: An update on improving our community services News on what our service users have be...

Trust Nursery Nurse Michelle Greenwood was lost for words when she was named Employee of the Month for December. Michelle, who works on the Trust's Mother and Baby Unit on Andersen Ward, wa...

We recently announced that we have passed into the final Monitor phase of our Foundation Trust application. This means that we will shortly be launching our Governor elections and we need p...

The Trust's Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Team are urging people to get checked out if they had unprotected sex over the festive period. The call is part of Sexually Transmitted Infectio...

Stop Smoking Service Acting Manager Abbie Paton recently took part in a discussion on stopping smoking on Tony Livesey's BBC Radio 5 Live show. Click here to listen to the piece, which sta...

As part of the Inpatient Pathway Redesign (IPR) Project work the Trust recognised that we needed a new type of specialist unit to care for service users with complex needs including symptoms t...

Our fortnightly update on mental health services in Manchester is now available here. Featuring: How to become a Foundation Trust Governor An update on the Trust's new rehabilitation ...

As millions of New Year's resolutions are made, new NHS Smokefree research reveals that many smokers in Manchester are largely underestimating how damaging smoking is to their personal health ...

A Collyhurst woman has earned a double reward for stopping smoking after winning a prize draw. Maria won £250 worth of high street vouchers in the Smokefree Homes prize draw, held at the...

The Trust is currently looking at ways to improve adult community mental health services in Manchester. These proposals have been communicated to all adult community mental health service user...

We are delighted to announce that we are through to the final Monitor phase of our application to become a Foundation Trust after receiving the letter of approval from the Department of Health ...

Stopping smoking could save you £500 in the New Year thanks to the Manchester Stop Smoking Service. Come along to one of our free coffee morning to get free, confidential support, from a commu...

This time of year can be stressful with presents to buy, events to arrange, dinner to cook and much more. To help, Trust Psychologist Dr Steve Eccles has put together some useful tips. Plan...

Our fortnightly update on mental health services in Manchester is now available here. Featuring details of: Our plans to improve inpatient services Our proposals to improve adult co...

One of the Trust's greatest achievements recently was receiving the London 2012 Inspire Mark for our work around mental wellbeing and physical health. Here, Foundation Trust Project Director J...

Congratulations to Neil Bayley, Business Unit Accountant, who has been named Employee of the Month for November. Neil, who works in the Finance Team at Chorlton House, was nominated by Carl...

Our fortnightly update on mental health services in Manchester is now available here. Featuring details of: Our review into the way we listen to service users and carers Our plans ...

The Trust's Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Team have won a prestigious award for an innovative leaflet. 'A.Mann's Guide to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's)' was named Bes...

The Trust's Community Alcohol Team have launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the impact of alcohol in Manchester. The campaign has been timed to coincide with Alcohol Awareness Wee...

The Trust will shortly be launching our volunteering scheme and will be holding an event for interested people on Friday 25 November. Volunteers are able to offer valuable life skills and ex...

The fifth edition of our fortnightly Trust News is now available here. Included in this edition: Details of a review of our service user and carer engagement Update on Adult Communit...

Congratulations must go to Staff Nurse Helen Craigie, who has been named Employee of the Month for October. Helen, who works on Brook Ward at Edale House, was nominated by a colleague&n...

Staff Nurse Vanessa Mason has been 'highly commended' at the prestigious Nursing Times Award in London. Vanessa was praised for her contribution to mental health services in Manchester after...

Trust staff are taking part in an innovative campaign to raise awareness of men's health issues. The Movember campaign aims to prompt discussion of cancers that affect men such as pros...

National Stress Awareness Day is a great opportunity for people to look at their lives and whether they are suffering from unhealthy levels of stress. Trust Clinical Psychologist Dr Eccles e...

Trust staff celebrated Black History Month 2011 in musical fashion with a number of stunning performances. The event, held at Chorlton's New Testament Church of God, was opened by Chief Exec...

We are currently reviewing the way we engage with service users and carers and need their help to look at how we are doing and where we can improve. This review is really important as it wil...

The latest edition of our fortnightly Trust News is now available here. The purpose of the bulletin is to keep staff, service users, carers, partners and other stakeholders up to date with...

The Trust is to launch an innovative new wellbeing website focused on using the creative arts. Start2 will be a unique collection of creative 'courses' to boost wellbeing and broaden minds, conne...

Having a happy dog, being silly and swimming wildly are just a few of the ways attendees at the Trust's recent Annual General Meeting maintain their wellbeing. People were asked to write the...

More than 100 people packed into the Premier Inn at Old Trafford for an Annual General Meeting (AGM) with a difference. As well as hearing about the Trust's improved performance over th...

The Trust's Annual Report for 2010-11 is now available here. The document contains an overview of the work carried out in the last financial year as well details of our progress towar...

The latest edition of our fortnightly Trust News is now available here. The purpose of the bulletin is to keep staff, service users, carers, partners and other stakeholders up to date with...

We believe that the people who use our services and those who care for them should influence and help to improve the work we do.

Annual Service User and Carer Conference 14 October

Join us at our Annual Service User and Carer Conference to celebrate our achievements from 2011 and help highlight good practice around service user and carer involvement.  Details are be...

Faith-based organisations are coming together at a conference to promote awareness of Dementia Healthcare in the NHS. The conference 'Faith and Dementia in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Comm...

Rhythm in Mind, our first ever member's event in September last year, was a resounding success. Hundreds of people turned up to Gorton Monastery to take part in mass dancing, cycling to create...

The first edition of our fortnightly Trust News is now available here. The purpose of the bulletin is to keep staff, service users, carers, partners and other stakeholders up to date with ...

Olympic Gold medallist Sebastian Coe has praised the Trust after we were awarded the Inspire Mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme for our work in promoting the link between physical healt...

A group of Trust staff braved the wind and rain to conquer the highest mountain in England and Wales recently as part of their efforts to promote wellbeing in Manchester. Rather than asking ...

The people of Manchester are being encouraged to take part in a unique and exciting experiment to test, and perhaps influence the mood of the city. The Great Manchester Health Experiment, ta...

Seven Trust staff are climbing the second highest mountain in England and Wales tomorrow (Saturday 10 September) - and they want to set staff and the general public a challenge of their own. ...

Two teams and a Staff Nurse from the Trust have been shortlisted for four awards in the prestigious Nursing Times Awards. The Medicine Management Team, the Manchester Supporting Health Demen...

Our Inpatient Pathway Redesign Project has been developed with involvement of our service users, carers, clinical staff, service user and carer groups, partner organisations and other people g...

Our staff are our greatest asset and the Employee of the Month award aims to promote best practice within the Trust and reward staff for their extraordinary efforts. The award will be given to...

Following a really successful event that took place in September 2009 the Trust is pleased to be again working in partnership with the national 'Time to Change' organisation as part of their 'T...

The Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an opportunity for us to share the work we have done during 2010-11 and outline our plans for the future. It is also a chance to showcase our serv...

Director of Nursing and Therapies Adrian Childs has welcomed the results from the National Patient Survey. Mr Childs said: "It's always really valuable to get feedback from service users and ...

Massive congratulations to the Mongolia Five, who completed their epic 10,000 mile trek to Mongolia's capital on 12 August. The team arrived fifth to Ulaanbaatar and tweeted: "We kno...

The Trust has launched a new rehabilitation and recovery unit as part of ongoing plans to improve inpatient services. The work was identified as part of the Inpatient Pathway Redesign (IPR) pr...

Seven Trust staff are climbing the second highest mountain in England - and setting staff and the general public a challenge of their own. The Snowdon Seven are urging people to match t...

Admiral Nurse Sue Ashcroft-Simpson (pictured centre with award) has been supporting people who care for those with Dementia for more than a decade. In the latest edition of the Memory Services...

Home is where the art is for a group of service users setting up an independent group in Wythenshawe. The budding artists currently attend the weekly Studio One group run by the Trust a...

Trust support worker Nick Draper (pictured second from left) is taking part in one of the toughest endurance races on the planet - from England to Mongolia. Nick, 37, is participating in...

Service users at Mainway were put in the picture about the increased range of day services that will soon be available at a recent photography taster session. The afternoon was one of a nu...

The Trust's Community Health Trainers gave shoppers at Asda Hulme the chance to get a free health-check recently when they stopped by with the Health Bus. People were also given valuable co...

The Trust welcomed a group of Danish mental health professionals to Laureate House recently as part of a fact-finding mission. The 12-strong contingent, from Mental Health Services, Capital ...

Trust Community nurse Tony Rogers has received royal recognition for a lifetime of serving vulnerable people. Tony was given the prestigious title of Queen's Nurse at a ceremony at the L...

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Emily Maguire left an audience of service users and staff at 93 Church Lane deeply moved with a blend of storytelling and performance at a recent Trust event. ...

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine applauded Trust staff for their hard work at the organisation's recent Star Awards at Manchester Town Hall. Jennie, who plays Fiz Stape in the popular ...

Manchester Stop Smoking Service will provide support for anyone who either wants to quit or go smokefree at a new drop in service in Collyhurst. The drop in will be held every week from Tuesday...

Our Inpatient Pathway Redesign (IPR) Project has been developed with involvement of our service users, carers, clinical staff, service user and carer groups, partner organisations and other pe...

Health Minister Lord Howe recently visited Manchester at the invitation of Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) - a collaboration between the University of Manchester and six NHS ...

The NHS in Manchester has just completed a transfer of its community health services as part of the Government's Transforming Community Services (TCS) programme. This has been a complex change ...

Throughout the year Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has continued to raise standards around privacy and dignity, offering our service users an improved patient experience. The T...

Our Inpatient Pathway Redesign Project has been developed with involvement of our service users, carers, clinical staff, service user and carer groups, partner organisations and other people g...