Who we are
The Trust is a statutory public body, which became an NHS Foundation Trust (public benefit corporation under Section 35 of the National Health Service Act) on 1 February 2008. It is part of the National Health Service, registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The Trust is one of the largest specialist mental health providers in the country, providing inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and addiction services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. We also provide Health and Justice Services in a number of custodial settings. We employ over 7,000 members of staff and deliver services from 109 locations with an annual income forecast of £510.2million for 2024/24. In a 12-month period we expect to meet the needs of around 97,000 service users.
Our Strategy, Vision and Values
GMMH’s strategy sets out our vision and strategic priorities for 2025 to 2028.
This strategy has been developed in partnership with our colleagues, the people who use our services, carers, people with lived experience and in collaboration with our partner organisations across all sectors and commissioners to ensure we are aligned to the needs of others, and they are supportive of our vision.
You can see the full Strategy Document here.
The Strategy describes:
Our purpose : ‘ Working in partnership to improve the quality of life for all we serve’
Our vision : ‘Great places for care and great places to work’
And our Strategic Priorities for the next three years:
- Delivering Care that Matters, ensuring people receive the right support at the right time and in the right place, embracing a ‘community-first’ approach
- Working Together, collaborating withservice users, carers, and partner organisations is essential to our success.
- Being Fit for the Future, making the best use of all our resources to support safe, effective and sustainable care.
The Trust also has five core values that underpin how staff and volunteers work together to care for the Trust’s service users and deliver the vision that were co-produced with our workforce. These are:
- We are caring and compassionate
- We inspire hope;
- We are open and honest;
- We work together; and
- We value and respect.
“Living our GMMH Values” is our values-based behaviour framework which sets a clear standard of expectations of the behaviour of all our GMMH people.
You can see our full Living our GMMH Values framework here.
Our behaviours are:
- Be kind
- Listen and engage
- Embrace difference and show empathy
- Take responsibility
- Make things happen
- Build trust
- Celebrate
- Be a role model
Meeting Governance Structure
The document below shows the corporate meeting structure of the organisation from Ward to Board.
Council of Governors
Our Council of Governors has 30 Governors, with elected governors representing Public Constituencies across the 5 areas within the Trust Footprint, a Service User / Carer Constituency and Staff. There are also 6 Governors appointed by the Trust’s partners.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors sets the overall strategic direction for the Trust and is collectively responsible for monitoring all aspects of performance, providing financial stewardship and ensuring the provision of high quality, safe and effective services.
The Executive Directors manage the day to day operational running of the organisation, whilst the Non-Executive Directors are focused on challenging the Executive Team on management and strategy. The Non-Executive Directors do not hold any managerial responsibility, but are accountable with the Executive Directors for the Trust’s performance. The contribution of Non-Executive Directors, and their relationships with Executive Directors and governors, is facilitated by the Chair.
All of our Non-Executive Directors are considered to be independent, as they have not been employed previously by the Trust and do not have any financial or other business interest in the organisation. Murray Freeman is our Senior Independent Director.
Points of Pride
We have much to be proud of as an organisation. Read more about our points of pride here.
Local Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)
We are an active partner within our local Integrated Care Systems, which are at varying stages of development. Salford ICO (Integrated Care Organisation) and Manchester LCO (Local Care Organisation) are the most advanced, with GMMH operating as a subcontractor to Salford Royal in Salford and agreement reached that a similar arrangement will be established in Manchester in Year 3 of the LCO (2020/21). Trafford’s Local Care Alliance (LCA) and Bolton’s Integrated Care Partnership are emerging and GMMH has executive-level seats on meetings established to take these developments forward. In all areas, the Trust’s approach is focused on building effective relationships, which will enable the delivery of joined up, higher quality care for local communities.
Find out more about the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership
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