Awards and accreditations

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.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is proud to announce that North View has been shortlisted for the Net Zero Award at the prestigious 2025 HSJ Awards.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has shone at the recent Design in Mental Health Awards, winning two top awards for the exceptional refurbishment of the Central Park Building.

Congratulations to three of our apprentices at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, who have been awarded Apprentice of the Year at the Trafford and Stockport College Group annual awards last month.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is proud to share that its Project Team, based in the Information Management & Technology Department (IM&T), were finalists in the ‘Improving Mental Health through Digital’ category at the HSJ Digital Awards 2025 for their work on digitising therapeutic observations.  

Our impressive inpatient mental health hospital North View has once again triumphed at an awards ceremony.

GMMH has been awarded the prestigious Johnathan MacLennan Award at the international Mental Health Improvement Network Annual Conference 2025, in Utrecht, Netherlands.

We’re proud to announce that Professor J. S. Bamrah, Consultant Psychiatrist for GMMH, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s British Indian Psychiatric Association (BIPA) Conference in Birmingham (5–6 July 2025).

We are delighted to announce that Dr Mariana Vieira, Specialist Trainee 5 Doctor at GMMH’s community Addiction Services in Bolton, has won the Trainee Poster Competition at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Addictions Annual Conference 2025.

We’re delighted to share that the Bolton Division’s Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Department has successfully retained its accreditation from the Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS).

Justin Walker, a dedicated Support, Time, and Recovery (STR) Worker for Mental Health Services in Wigan at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has once again demonstrated his creative expertise with his latest short film, ‘The Quiet Space.’

Congratulations to Emma Williams, Clinical Psychologist, and Max McGinn, Registered Nurse, from our Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) who represented Junction 17 at the HOPE(S) practice celebration event on Friday, 28 February 2025, facilitated by the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.