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Children's mental health service in Wigan 'struggling with staffing'

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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. READ MORE: 'He was a concerned citizen and shouted to ask if all was well - you each took grave exception to that' "It’s not an excuse but that is the context, I have been in this sector for 30 years and there have always been challenges (for staffing).

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