Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust

Organisational background

Manchester has a population of over 450,000 and is served by three psychiatric hospitals. Each is attached to one of the three acute trusts in Manchester which each have an Accident & Emergency department. The Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is responsible for psychiatry services in the whole of Manchester - which has an urban population characterised by exceptionally high psychosocial deprivation.

The service aspects of the change are part of an agreed development for the city and there is already committed funding for the major structural changes required, including permanent staff costs and estates costs.