Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health care to those people living in Birmingham and Solihull who are experiencing mental health problems.

The Trust serves a culturally and socially-diverse population of 1.2 million spread over 172 square miles, and has an income of over £200 million, making the Trust one of the largest mental health Foundation Trusts in the country. At times, it also provides services to people who live further afield because of some of the specialised services it provides.

The Trust has over 4000 dedicated staff who are continually working to “Help People Get Better” and challenge the stigma associated with mental illness. The Trust operates from over 140 sites in a variety of settings, from community based mental health teams through to acute wards and day centres.

The Trust has a number of trading units including a garden centre, ceramics studio and signing and corporate badging service. It intends to develop service user involvement in enterprises including a city centre performing and creative arts and health facility and a network to promote access to the arts for people who have experienced mental distress.