Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) has been slammed for not making enough progress some seven months on from allegations of abuse of patients and ‘disgusting’ behaviour of staff.
Senior leaders from the trust were hauled before Manchester Council’s health scrutiny committee to answer questions on its improvement following the revelations of last year’s Panorama programme. The documentary uncovered scenes of harrowing treatment of inpatients at the trust’s Edenfield Centre - with even more serious failings across the trust’s care reported by the Manchester Evening News before and after the episode’s airing.
Many of the trust’s leaders who presided over the grave problems are still at the helm, including chief executive Neil Thwaite, who has been in post since 2019. Mr Thwaite handed in his resignation last month and is now serving his notice - but was ‘disappointingly’ absent from the scrutiny session to explain what improvements the trust has made, said frustrated councillors.
