Mental health services for children and young people are struggling with recruiting and maintaining staff in Wigan, a meeting heard.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) in the borough was taken over by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust back in 2021 and they are now operating out of a base on Manchester Road, Ince. Rachel Green, associate director of operations, GMMH, was in attendance at the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee on March 28 where she explained that there is still reliance on agency staff in the sector.
Responding to a query about staffing levels from Coun Barry Taylor, Ms Green told Wigan Town Hall: “We are not fully staffed, I don’t know about anywhere in mental health that is fully staffed.
