North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS foundation trust which provided mental health, learning disability and community health services in fifteen boroughs of North West England.

[2] The Trust commissioned the mental health charity Self Help Services to run a specialised overnight crisis centre called The Sanctuary for people experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, depression or suicidal thoughts outside of usual office hours in Leigh in order to relieve pressure on local casualty departments.

[3] The Trust was inspected in July and August 2015 by the Care Quality Commission and rated as "requires improvement", chiefly because of inadequate risk assessments.

[4] Following a reinspection in July 2016, the Trust's rating was upgraded to "good" after the Care Quality Commission noted improvements had been made in areas picked up on during their original inspections.

Based at the former Leigh East rugby league ground on Atherleigh Way in Leigh, the facility has 48 en-suite bedrooms for vulnerable adults with mental health problems, a 26-bed unit providing short stay intermediate care for patients with dementia and memory conditions, and a 16-bed unit for older people with mental health problems.