Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

{{Short description|Mental health trust in Manchester}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" | Type of Trust
|NHS hospital trust
colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" | Trust Details
Last annual budget
Employees
Chair	Wyn Dignan
Chief Executive	Michele Moran
colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" | Links
Website	[http://www.mhsc.nhs.uk/ Manchester Health and Social Care Trust]
Care Quality Commission reports	[http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/tae CQC]
Wiki-Links	National Health Service

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust was a mental health trust in Manchester, England, between 2002 and 2016.

The trust was formed in April 2002 as one of the first mental health and social care NHS organisations in England. It ran wards at North Manchester General Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital.

The Edale Unit at Hathersage Road, Manchester, was closed in 2011 after being in use for about five years.[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2011-06-28c.251.0 Edale Unit (Manchester); Westminster Hall, 28th June 2011; Tony Lloyd]

The trust spent £1.7m in the first four months of 2013–14 on beds for 86 patients at other providers.{{cite web | url=http://www.lgcplus.com/briefings/joint-working/health/mental-health-sector-hit-by-beds-shortage/5064150.article | last=Lintern | first=Shaun | title=Mental health sector hit by beds shortage | work=Local Government Chronicle | date = 10 October 2013|accessdate=30 October 2013}}

In 2014, quarter of staff at the trust said they would not recommend it to their friends or family, according to the first NHS Friends and Family Test; and more than a third of staff who took part in the survey also said they would not recommend it as a good place to work.{{cite news|title=We wouldn't want our loved ones treated here, say a quarter of Manchester mental health trust workers|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/wouldnt-want-loved-ones-treated-7885764|accessdate=27 December 2014|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=5 October 2014}}

In December 2014 the trust won a contract to lead the running of health services at both Strangeways prison and HM Prison Buckley Hall in Rochdale. They were to work with drug and alcohol abuse charity Lifeline project.{{cite news|title=Strangeways prisoners to get better healthcare in £50m deal|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/prisoners-strangeways-better-healthcare-50m-8276535|accessdate=14 December 2014|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=12 December 2014}}

The trust spent £4,615,299 on private mental health placements in 2013/4.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

In October 2015, after making cuts in support services and community therapy to the value of £1.5 million, the trust declared that it was no longer viable as an independent organisation.{{cite news|title=Jeremy Hunt called on to 'urgently' intervene in Manchester mental health crisis|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/jeremy-hunt-manchester-mental-health-10373293|accessdate=5 November 2015|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=2 November 2015}} It was dissolved in 2016 and services were taken over by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.{{cite news|title=Chief executive of Manchester's crisis hit mental health trust lands new job - at an even bigger trust|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/chief-executive-manchesters-crisis-hit-11714197|accessdate=10 September 2016|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=7 August 2016}}