The trust was formed in April 2002 as one of the first mental health and social care NHS organisations in England.
The Edale Unit at Hathersage Road, Manchester, was closed in 2011 after being in use for about five years.
[2] In 2014, quarter of staff at the trust said they would not recommend it to their friends or family, according to the first NHS Friends and Family Test; and more than a third of staff who took part in the survey also said they would not recommend it as a good place to work.
[citation needed] In October 2015, after making cuts in support services and community therapy to the value of £1.5 million, the trust declared that it was no longer viable as an independent organisation.
[5] It was dissolved in 2016 and services were taken over by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.