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Our plans and reports

We’re working together with partners across the region to make Greater Manchester a place where everyone can live well. We want to give children the best start, and support older people to live as independently as possible. We want everyone to have the care and support they need, when they need it, and feel able to take an active role in their own wellbeing.

Right now, just some of our priorities are: to tackle waiting times for planned hospital care, to transform urgent and emergency care services, and to better support children and young people and those with long-term conditions.

You can check how we’re putting people at the heart of integrated care by browsing or searching here – from community-based care to illness prevention projects.

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NHS Greater Manchester’s Operating Model

NHS Greater Manchester is evolving how we work together – across portfolios, places and the wider system – to deliver the ambitions of the NHS 10 Year Plan and build a healthier, more sustainable future for Greater Manchester.

During October and November 2025/26, we asked colleagues and stakeholders to share their views and feedback on the draft operating model for NHS GM.   Some  feedback has been used to directly amend the operating model, some will be used more broadly for future ways of working and planning .

The final operating model, which will be implemented from 1 April 2026 onwards,  sets out how NHS GM will function as a strategic commissioner. It clarifies how the roles and responsibilities of place and pan – Greater Manchester teams will come to together to improve outcomes, reduce duplication and make better use of resources.

You can read the NHS Greater Manchester Operating Model by clicking the button below.

Supporting documents

Draft operating model

Responses to operating model feedback
NHS Greater Manchester Operating Model

Taking Charge of Care in Greater Manchester

Before moving to our new integrated care system, we asked everyone – from nurses and social workers to local charities and residents – what they thought would help to make Greater Manchester a healthier place to live.

Read how these views fed into our big five-year plan, Taking Charge.

Taking charge PDF

A Greener NHS for Greater Manchester

Climate change is the single biggest threat to our planet, environment, and the people of Greater Manchester. The principal aim of healthcare is to improve people’s health, yet we know that carbon emissions and pollution generated by healthcare delivery are having the opposite effect. We are the first integrated care system to declare a climate emergency.

Visit our Green Plan page for more information or read our Green Plan below.

You can also read our green space and biodiversity toolkit (2025).

Green plan PDF

Workforce Collaborative Annual Report

The Covid-19 pandemic presented the biggest challenge ever faced as a health and care system. Our workforce in Greater Manchester responded with remarkable dedication to caring for others.

Read the 2020-21 report.

Annual report PDF

Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy

Find out more about how we safeguard the children and adults and keep them safe from harm.

Safeguarding Policy

Greater Manchester Mental Wellbeing and Disability Report

In 2020, the Greater Manchester Big Mental Wellbeing Conversation (GMBMWC) was launched to understand the needs of people across the city-region and hear what they think is most important for their mental wellbeing. The goal was to use this information to shape future initiatives and policies, making sure proposals align with the needs and desires of people and communities across Greater Manchester.

 

GM MWD Report

Greater Manchester Mental Wellbeing and Disability Report (Easy Read)

This is the easy read version of our Greater Manchester Mental Wellbeing and Disability Report.

What wanted to find out from people in Greater Manchester about their mental wellbeing, to learn how they feel, what worries them, and what they think can be done to make a difference to where they live.

 

GM MWD Easy Read

Doing Mental Health Differently - Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024 - 2029

Our updated five-year Greater Manchester Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy sets out what we will do together as a city-region to improve the mental health of people in Greater Manchester. We will better support those with mental ill health and we will reduce mental health inequalities across Greater Manchester.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024 - 2029
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