News and Events

We are delighted to announce that we have successfully retained our NHS Veteran Aware accreditation and Bronze Award through the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Last weekend, GMMH took on the Manchester Village Pride Parade alongside MFT, Pennine Care, NHS and NHS England.

Taking place in the heart of Manchester, the parade brought together community groups, charities, public sector organisations and businesses to champion equality, inclusion and diversity. 

Our Recovery Pathways service is excited to announce the launch of its Arts for Good Health Autumn 2026 programme.

Arts for Good Health (A4GH) are a variety of free short wellbeing courses run across Manchester and designed for access to further parts of the community. They can be used as an introduction to our core service or as part of a move-on plan.

Watch Dr Abhishek Goli tell us about his cultural heritage; and read about Dr Samir Shah’s recent national recognition. 

A new specialist liver scanner, known as a FibroScan, is helping to detect the signs of liver disease in minutes rather than weeks.

The scanner, provided by Bury Council’s Public Health team, is now being used by our Achieve Bury service to support the early identification and prevention of liver disease across the borough.

This month (July 2026) is South Asian Heritage Month, a national moment for learning, reflection and celebration of South Asian contributions to British life.

On Wednesday 22 July 2026, our Service User and Carer Councils came together for a full day of reflection, planning for the future and celebration.

We have received a Highly Commended recognition in the Legacy of Impact Award at the RLDatix Awards 2026 for its project, Erostering - GMMH Collaboration Approach 2025.

North View has once again received recognition across the region, as the state-of-the-art inpatient hospital claimed two awards at the North West Awards for Planning Excellence 2026 on 19 June.

“A Window to My World”, which opened on Thursday 28 May at The Turnpike Gallery in Leigh Civic Centre, showcased an inspiring collection of artwork created by young people currently accessing our Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), with the themes of the artwork rooted in mental health and informed by the artists’ own personal journeys.  

On Saturday 4 July 2026, staff, patients and families from Trafford Talking Therapies and Sale Central Primary Care Network (PCN) - a network of five local GP surgeries – came together to celebrate 78 years of the NHS by taking on Sale Water parkrun.

This Co-production Week, we're celebrating the benefits of working together and highlighting the valuable contribution service users and carers can make in developing our services. 

On Saturday 4 July 2026, staff from Trafford Talking Therapies and Sale GP practices will be taking part in the Sale Water parkrun and would welcome anyone who would like to join them.

Carers of people with dementia in the UK could soon receive much-needed psychological support thanks to a major research study led by researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), the University of Manchester and the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). 

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.