‘Housing First works’ – but government funding currently runs out next year Housing First – an approach to entrenched rough sleeping already used to huge success in other countries, including Finland and the United States – has been undergoing pilots in Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham since 2018. It works on the basis that onceContinue reading “Game-changing homelessness project in Greater Manchester facing an uncertain future”
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GMMHT receives 30,000 calls to 24/7 Helpline since March 2020
Mental health phonelines run by the NHS have answered around three million calls during the pandemic since being fast-tracked a year ago. The dedicated 24/7 NHS mental health crisis helplines were fast-tracked four years earlier than planned to ensure support could be provided during the pandemic. The lines are staffed by mental health professionals whoContinue reading “GMMHT receives 30,000 calls to 24/7 Helpline since March 2020”
NHS is failing half of young people with mental health issues
Up to half of all children and teenagers referred to mental health, learning disability and autism services in the run-up to the pandemic were left without proper support, with parents telling the Observer of children waiting years for treatment and a seven-year-old girl denied support as she was not suicidal. Data published by NHS Digital shows that in 2019-20 –Continue reading “NHS is failing half of young people with mental health issues”
Pennine Care sign staff health and wellbeing pledge
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS provider to sign a pledge supporting the principles of the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. The trust signed up to support the campaign, after its Clare Parker, its executive director of nursing, responded to a call made by Nursing Times to NHS providers across the UK. PennineContinue reading “Pennine Care sign staff health and wellbeing pledge”
High volumes of staff absences at GMMHT due to Covid-19 and poor communication between teams delayed help for Trauma Survivor who subsequently died
A beloved daughter and sister ‘took shelter in drugs’ following a ‘horrendous rape’, sparking an addiction which ultimately led to her death, say her family. Catherine Devitt was 56-years-old when she was found unresponsive at her home in Richardson Street, Eccles, on November 16 of last year. In the months before her death, Catherine presented atContinue reading “High volumes of staff absences at GMMHT due to Covid-19 and poor communication between teams delayed help for Trauma Survivor who subsequently died”
New treatment significantly improves mental health in heart disease patients, Manchester led study finds
A study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), has found that a mental health treatment called Metacognitive Therapy significantly improves symptoms of anxiety and depression for heart disease patients. These findings, published in the AmericanContinue reading “New treatment significantly improves mental health in heart disease patients, Manchester led study finds”
Young man, 22, began struggle with insomnia on holiday and was dead within months, inquest hears
David Marsden’s family have slammed mental health care workers for his ‘dehumanising’ treatment on a ward at a hospital he once worked at Desperate mum Fiona tried to help her son as he was seen numerous times by his GP, A&E at Stepping Hill Hospital, as an outpatient with a psychiatrist and by the communityContinue reading “Young man, 22, began struggle with insomnia on holiday and was dead within months, inquest hears”
Grandad desperate for help took his own life after being passed from ‘pillar to post’ by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Inquest heard man left ‘very upset’ when he learned from his GP, just a few days before he took his own life, that he had been discharged by the mental health team. Manchester Evening News, 15th June 2021 Steven Myers, 49, from Wythenshawe, was found dead in room 222 at The Amblehurst Hotel in SaleContinue reading “Grandad desperate for help took his own life after being passed from ‘pillar to post’ by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust”
Death could have been prevented: Greater Manchester’s mental health trust ‘lost oversight’
A heartbroken mum says she feels her daughter’s death could have been prevented if she had received the mental health treatment she desperately needed. Olivia Garvey was found ‘collapsed and unresponsive’ at the White Lodge Hotel, in Salford, last September – six months after her last involvement with mental health services. An inquest into the 24-year-old’sContinue reading “Death could have been prevented: Greater Manchester’s mental health trust ‘lost oversight’”
Bed occupancy levels at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust continue to exceed full capacity.”
Papers discussed by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust’s board show that whilst demand for services dropped during the pandemic, community mental health services then saw a 26pc increase on pre-Covid levels in March – ‘suppressed demand that is now coming through’. Trafford clinical commissioning group noted a similar pattern. “Referrals to specialist child and adolescentContinue reading “Bed occupancy levels at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust continue to exceed full capacity.””
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