“I am in utter disbelief of how much of a difference the support and therapy has made, and how it has in turn, enabled me to achieve things that weren't even on my radar because I thought they were out of reach. “I received nothing short of the support I needed, in the way I needed it, for as long as I needed it right from being quite unwell, to being knee deep into recovery, all the way until I confidently felt I could hold my own. To put a body back together is one thing, but a mind? That is far less textbook. “The staff were absolutely fantastic, I can't put it into words, but fantastic doesn't do them justice. It felt as if the service dropped out of the sky when I desperately needed it most. When I started with the service, I felt completely lost and broken. “There is no doubt in my mind that the student mental health service has saved my life. One student, who would like to remain anonymous, said: Student feedback from September 2019 up to the end of Jun 2022 found that 97% rated the staff as good or excellent, 97% rated the information given to them as good or excellent, and 98% rated the overall experience as good or excellent. Since the launch, over 960 students have been supported by the service. Support and treatment such as group therapy also continued online. Throughout the pandemic, the service stayed open and continued to offer face to face and online appointments. The service launched in September 2019 - just months before the start of the COVID pandemic. They may also not be registered with a GP in the university area, or may move address frequently. They are often moving away from their usual support networks. “As students move into higher education, they may be embarking on independent living for the first time, moving to new cities and making new friends. The service works closely with existing university mental health services (such as University Counselling and Wellbeing services) and other mainstream mental health services (including voluntary and community organisations) to provide a joined-up approach to preventing students across the region from ‘slipping through the gaps’.ĭr Timothy Alnuamaani, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Greater Manchester University Student Mental Health Service team, GMMH, said: The service - which is open to students at the University of Bolton, University of Salford, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal Northern College of Music - provides mental health assessment, support and treatment to students, so that they can fulfil their university experience and ambitions. The Greater Manchester Universities Student Mental Health Service – a partnership between Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the region’s five universities - has been hailed a success.

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