Media Centre

If you are a journalist with a media enquiry, please contact the Trust's Communications Team:

Telephone: 0161 938 5035
Email: communications@gmmh.nhs.uk
The office is open between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays).

Out of hours contact: 0161 773 9121 operates at evenings and weekends. This is for urgent media queries only.

Find our latest press releases below.

Press Releases

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“I didn’t think help for something like this even existed”: How NHS bee-keeping experience helped Trafford man’s phobia

Since childhood, Tom from Trafford struggled with a phobia that had an impact on his life. Now 37, Tom shares how he is managing this, with some (rather unconventional) support from Trafford Talking T...

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Greater Manchester Universities Student Mental Health Service sets national benchmark for best practice

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

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Mental health support this winter

Winter can be a challenging time for many of us. Shorter days and longer nights can affect our mood, whilst colder weather often brings more coughs, colds, and flu. Add to that the financial and socia...

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Highlighting creative arts for well-being for World Mental Health Day

The role of poetry and the creative arts as therapy for supporting wellbeing is being highlighted by a senior peer support worker to mark World Mental Health Day....

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Recovery Academy launches autumn / winter term with focus on mental health access

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust’s (GMMH) Recovery Academy is set to kick off its autumn / winter term on 1 October 2025 in timing with the launch of World Mental Health Day...

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Celebrating 25 years of excellence in Psychological Therapies Training

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has proudly celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Psychological Therapies Training Centre....

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Mayor of Greater Manchester Opens Refurbished Chapman Barker Unit at GMMH

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) was delighted to welcome the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, for the official re-opening of the Chapman Barker Unit (CBU), its s...

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Experts by experience help 'raise the bar’ on mental health training

Mental health service users in Greater Manchester are at the heart of a ground-breaking programme to help develop the mental health practitioners of the future....

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Volunteer-created artwork celebrates the vital role of carers at the Rivington Unit

A striking new piece of artwork has been unveiled in the newly renovated carer’s room at the Rivington Unit, a mental health service, at the Royal Bolton Hospital, celebrating the vital role of ...

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GMMH wins international award for anti-racism efforts

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

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