Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated mental health and social care services, to the 700,000 people living in the Bolton, Salford and Trafford local authority boundaries and a range of specialist and secure mental health services across Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond. District services are provided in partnership with the relevant local authorities through Section 31 partnership agreements. We directly employ over 3,600 staff from different professions and disciplines with 400 staff seconded from partner organisations. As a teaching Trust, there is a vibrant programme of research and development, teaching and training. The Trust intends to maintain and improve its existing services in line with national policy developments and local commissioner requirements, particularly the implementation of the National Frameworks relevant to mental health and substance misuse services that focus on developing accessible and responsive community based services as alternatives to in patient care. Where a person needs inpatient treatment then this will be of the shortest possible duration. Inpatient stays will be to offer therapeutic interventions that cannot be provided elsewhere. We recognise that service users want to have choices and options about where and when interventions are provided. The Trust intends to develop its community services to meet this challenge and will be working with other statutory and independent sector providers to enable a wide range of opportunities for social integration and improved lives. The Trust is organised into six directorates: Bolton, Salford, Trafford, Adult Forensic Mental Health Services, Young Persons and Substance Misuse Directorate. The Trust has a comprehensive range of inpatient and community based services across 50 sites and manages about 692 inpatient beds. Providing a wide range of mental health services including: adult and older peoples community and inpatient services; inpatient and community drug and alcohol services; child and adolescent inpatient services; adult and adolescent forensic services and mental health and deafness services. The Trust has a freehold interest at 40 of the sites, the others are via formal or informal lease arrangements. The Trust is responsible for the care of approximately 26,000 patients a year.

Address: Trust Headquarters Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL
Telephone: (0161) 773 9121
Fax: (0161) 772 3639
Website: http://www.bstmht.nhs.uk/default.aspx