Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust was a
mental health trust
A mental health trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health disorders in England.
There are 54 mental health trusts. They are commissioned and funded by clinical commissioning groups.
Patients usually access th ...
in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, England, between 2002 and 2016.
The trust was formed in April 2002 as one of the first mental health and social care NHS organisations in England. It ran wards at
North Manchester General Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) is a large NHS hospital in Crumpsall, North Manchester, England. It is operated by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. There is an accident and emergency unit, together with a maternity unit, high ...
and
Wythenshawe Hospital
Wythenshawe Hospital (previously University Hospital of South Manchester) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Wythenshawe, South Manchester, England. It provides general medical services to the local and regional area as well as being a national ...
.
The Edale Unit at Hathersage Road, Manchester, was closed in 2011 after being in use for about five years.
The trust spent £1.7m in the first four months of 2013–14 on beds for 86 patients at other providers.
In 2014, quarter of staff at the trust said they would not recommend it to their friends or family, according to the first NHS
Friends and Family Test
The Friends and Family Test was introduced into the English NHS in 2013. It was a single question survey which asked patients whether they would recommend the NHS service they have received to friends and family who need similar treatment or care. ...
; and more than a third of staff who took part in the survey also said they would not recommend it as a good place to work.
In December 2014 the trust won a contract to lead the running of health services at both
Strangeways
HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in Manchester, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It is still commonly referred to as Strangeways, which was its former official name derived from the area in which it is ...
prison and
HM Prison Buckley Hall
Buckley Hall Prison is a Category C male prison in the Buckley district of Rochdale in North West England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
History
Buckley Hall takes its name from Buckley Hall, a historic house ...
in Rochdale. They were to work with drug and alcohol abuse charity
Lifeline project
Lifeline project was a drug and alcohol abuse charity based in Manchester.
It was established in 1971 by Eugenie Cheesmond and Rowdy Yates, and with support from the Bishop of Manchester and the 8th Day Collective. Cheesmond had crossed swords wit ...
.
The trust spent £4,615,299 on private mental health placements in 2013/4.
In October 2015, after making cuts in support services and community therapy to the value of £1.5 million, the trust declared that it was no longer viable as an independent organisation. It was dissolved in 2016 and services were taken over by
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
See also
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Healthcare in Greater Manchester
The "Greater Manchester Model" of NHS health care was a system uniquely devolved within England, by way of close integration with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and local authorities, led by the Mayor of Greater Manchester. In July 2022 ...
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List of NHS trusts
This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust. , 217 extant trusts empl ...
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Health in Greater Manchester