Published on: 25th October 2021

From today (Monday 25 October) we have changed the name of Healthy Young Minds to Pennine Care CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services).

This means all our children and young people mental health services in Bury, Oldham, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, Tameside and Glossop, and Stockport– will be known as CAMHS.

We’ve changed our name because some families and healthcare professionals told us they couldn’t find our services or didn’t understand what services we provide.

They all agreed that CAMHS is a more familiar description for everyone - it’s a name that is used to describe NHS children and young people’s mental health services across the country.

  • Visit our new-look website www.penninecare.nhs.uk/CAMHS (this replaces healthyyoungmindspennine.nhs.uk)
  • Follow our new Twitter handle @PennineCAMHS (this replaces @HealthyYM)
  • Watch our new animation video below, which explains why we have changed our name, plus more information about the services we provide.
  • If you come and see us face-to-face we’re updating all our signage to CAMHS and expect this to be completed by end of November 2021.