Pensioner killed by woman who left unit was failed on every level, says family Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times by Emma Borowy, 32. Evening Standard · Jan 22
Pensioner killed in ‘ritual sacrifice’ was failed on every level, says family Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times as he walked his dog Max in a Sheffield park in August 2023 The Independent UK · Jan 22
New mental health facility now a 'place of belonging' after £500k overhaul Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has reopened their mental health centre for children and adolescents Manchester Evening News · Jun 30, 2023
Staff faced racism at yet another of Greater Manchester's troubled mental health units, review finds Staff fear racism from fellow colleagues as well as patients - and worry there will be no action taken or even retribution after speaking up Manchester Evening News · Jun 26, 2023
The serious signs missed in days before man killed his own cousin in brutal axe attack Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has been criticised in an independent investigation Manchester Evening News · Jun 12, 2023
Dad calls for system change after young daughter had throat cut by stranger in park Emily Jones was riding her scooter along the park to meet her mum when she was attacked and killed. Daily Record · May 28, 2023
'I can't move on and get closure since my daughter was killed by total stranger' The dad of seven-year-old Emily Jones has told how he continues to relive the horror of her being killed by a complete stranger in a Bolton park and is unhappy with a coroner's ruling Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023
'My daughter was killed by a complete stranger. Something has to change' "I don't feel like I have got closure." Manchester Evening News · May 28, 2023
Death of 'caring' young woman at mental health unit contributed to by 'ineffective' policies, inquest concludes Ania Sohail, 22, collapsed after ingesting medication bought online whilst a patient at the Junction 17 unit in Prestwich Manchester Evening News · Jan 31, 2023
GMP reopen investigation into boy's death as hospital records may have been edited AFTER tragedy Charlie Millers, 17, died five days after he was found unresponsive in his room at Prestwich Hospital in December 2020 Manchester Evening News · Jan 30, 2023
Former NHS boss to take over scandal-hit Greater Manchester mental health services The trust has also been placed in 'the equivalent of special measures', and is now under the highest level of NHS England intervention Manchester Evening News · Dec 12, 2022
Scandal-hit mental health services branded unsafe and ordered to change amid patient abuse allegations The CQC carried out inspections at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Manchester Evening News · Nov 24, 2022
Minister apologises 'unequivocally' and hints at inquiry into mental health unit 'abuse' "In this case we've seen, in my view, some of the most horrific abuse" Manchester Evening News · Oct 13, 2022
Disciplinary action starts after alleged abuse of patients of mental health unit "The Trust Board was appalled by the content of the broadcast, which was both deeply upsetting and intensely challenging." Manchester Evening News · Oct 6, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Oct 3, 2022 University of Salford removes student nurses from NHS mental health unit under investigation by police Twenty staff are believed to have been suspended
Manchester Evening News · Oct 1, 2022 Twenty staff members reportedly suspended at mental health unit after alleged abuse of patients GMP has launched a criminal investigation
Manchester Evening News · Sep 28, 2022 Police launch investigation into alleged abuse at NHS mental health unit The inquiry focuses on the Edenfield Centre, based in the grounds of the former Prestwich Hospital
Manchester Evening News · Sep 28, 2022 Police launch investigation into mental health unit mistreatment claims BBC Panorama presented their harrowing footage, gained by an undercover reporter, to the NHS Trust
Manchester Evening News · Sep 23, 2022 NHS trust suspends staff after alleged mistreatment of patients in mental health unit GMP is assessing evidence of the alleged abuse
Manchester Evening News · Sep 13, 2022 Anger after NHS Trust says it has no plans to publish 'independent' review into to deaths of three young people "We want to know what it says and the wider public has a righ to know."
Manchester Evening News · Aug 15, 2022 Mental health service success story returns to help others like her “I love every aspect of my peer mentoring role"
Manchester Evening News · Jun 29, 2022 Mental health services slammed as 'inadequate' by watchdog as patients left 'unsafe' More than 400 people have been left waiting for an assessment as their condition worsened, investigators revealed
Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2022 Tragic dad found dead in canal had left pub "heavily intoxicated" hours earlier The body of Lee Hall, 55, was found in a stretch of the Rochdale Canal in Newton Heath on Sunday, October 31
Manchester Evening News · May 17, 2022 Trust's mental health ward in Leigh undergoes transformation to increase beds and reduce NHS costs "This truly marks a new chapter for the highest quality inpatient mental health care and treatment in Wigan.”