They should have cared for our most vulnerable. People called on them for help at their lowest points, when even their own minds had betrayed them.
In recent weeks, Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) was served a stark reckoning, with inspectors laying bare their failures.
On Friday, the trust's chief executive announced his resignation. It follows a litany of other reports, highlighting a catalogue of tragedy.
Recent years paint a picture of struggling people coming through the doors in the worst state of their lives. They were desperate for help, but the system built to look after them failed.
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