Awards and accreditations

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH)’s Psychological Therapies Training Centre (PTTC) is pleased to announce the successful outcome of its periodic review by the University of Manchester (UoM), resulting in full validation of all programmes for a further five years.

We are thrilled to announce that our Capital, Estates and Facilities (CEF) Team has been shortlisted for Team of the Year at this year’s HEFMA Awards!

Following International Nurses Day, we held our first GMMH Nursing Awards on Monday 18 May 2026. The event provided an opportunity to recognise the outstanding contributions of nurses across our Trust and the impact they make on service users, families, colleagues and the wider community.

We are proud to share that two members of our catering team impressed the judges at a national cooking competition, earning a silver medal and an award for the best dish of the day.

A pioneering Greater Manchester mental health programme has been named a regional champion at the first ever NHS Excellence Awards, recognising outstanding work to reduce out of area mental health placements and keep people closer to home.

“Without this support, I probably would have dropped out. Instead, I graduated with a First.”

We are thrilled to announce that our Domestic & Porter Services and Sintijia Logina, Domestic Supervisor, have been shortlisted in three categories of the prestigious MyPorter Awards and MyCleaning Awards!

We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the GMMH Nursing Awards 2026.

This year Recovery Pathways put No.93 Wellbeing Centre’s Community Garden Guardians in for the Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom – It’s Your Neighbourhood, and are proud to announce that the garden was awarded Level 3: Advancing/Developing!

Artwork created by service users on Andersen Ward, our Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) based at Laureate House, has won an art competition hosted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Perinatal Quality Network (PQN).

We're proud that our Pharmacy Team, working with colleagues from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport Integrated Care board, won ‘Best Quality Improvement’ at the College of Mental Health Pharmacy Awards.

We’re proud to celebrate the talented members of our catering team who reached the finals of the prestigious Chef of the Year 2025 competition!

Congratulations to our Capital, Estates and Facilities (CEF) directorate, who were crowned Estates & Facilities Team of the Year at the annual Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) awards.    

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s (GMMH) Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) Community of Practice team has won another award for its anti-racism efforts.

From the incredible 603 nominations submitted by GMMH staff, as well as our service users and their carers and families, we’re pleased to showcase each of the 48 teams and individuals who were shortlisted and highlight the excellent care, support and dedication that they have displayed this year. 

A Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) service has been nominated for a national award for its exceptional service to service users.