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An Assurance Review of the Independent Review into the care and treatment provided by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust: Published May 2026

North West Published 01 May 2026 Trust Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Final report This is the Assurance Review of the Independent Review into the care and treatment provided by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, following failings within the trust’s services, reported at the Edenfield Centre, and the failure within the organisation to escalate concerns and mitigate against patient harm. This review was commissioned by NHS England and is focussed on the actions that have been progressed and implemented in response to the recommendations made in

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Independent investigation report. Recommendations and any published response are extracted below.

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The Trust must ensure that patient, family and carer voices are heard at every level of the organisation. The Trust must respond quickly when people experience difficulties with the services they receive and make lived experience voices central to the … Read more

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The organisations with responsibility for regulation, oversight and support to GMMH must review their current systems of quality assurance. They must also review how they work together collectively to identify concerns in a provider at an early stage to prevent … Read more

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NHS England must review and clarify the role of the GM Adult Secure (Northwest) provider collaborative and the governance structures needed to oversee this role. The responsibilities of the collaborative need to be discharged by staff with the right experience … Read more

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A strong clinical voice must be developed and then heard and championed from Board to floor, and in wider system meetings. The Trust must continue to work on these areas in the first year • Systems for developing robust clinical … Read more

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The Board must develop and lead a culture that places quality of care as its utmost priority, which is underpinned by compassionate leadership from Board to floor. This culture must ensure that no staff experience discrimination. The Trust must continue … Read more

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The Trust must work with its current and future workforce levels to recognise, adapt to and manage the safety challenges that a staffing shortfall may pose, including ensuring the stability of nursing staff. The Trust must develop a representative, competent … Read more

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The Trust needs to have a better understanding of the quality of its estate and the impact of this on the delivery of high-quality care, including providing a safe environment. It must ensure that essential maintenance is identified and carried … Read more

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The Trust must ensure that its governance structure (and the culture that this is applied within) supports timely escalation and that the right information can be used at the right level, by the right staff. There must be much greater … Read more

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The Trust must ensure that Edenfield provides compassionate, high-quality care and that all staff, permanent or temporary, have the skills, knowledge, and support to achieve this. Within the first year: • The clinical model to deliver best forensic practice. • … Read more

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The Trust should review the improvement plan again following receipt of this report’s findings to develop further clarity about the problems that they are trying to solve and the actions that need to be taken to achieve better outcomes. It … Read more

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We identified some common concerns across services we visited at the Trust, which were also prevalent within Edenfield. The Trust and the wider system must consider how they understand issues identified in these services (and others) in more detail, including … Read more