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If you, your family, friends or colleagues are interested in becoming a public member our NHS Foundation Trust, we would be delighted. Membership is completely free and it’s easy to join, if you’d like to find out more about membership please contact the membership office below:
Alternatively, contact the Membership Office if you would like a paper copy:
Post:
Freepost Plus RRBR-AXBU-XTZT
MFT NHS Trust
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9WL
Phone: 0161 276 8661
(office hours 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday; answering machine outside these hours)
E-mail: ft.enquiries@mft.nhs.uk
Public Members
As part of the membership application process, you will be asked to supply your personal data, with the Department of Health asking NHS Foundation Trusts to capture information in relation to ethnicity, language and disability status so that we can be sure that we are representing all sections of our communities. We therefore ask membership applicants to disclose this information during the application process with all information collected being confidential, in keeping with Data Protection Rules and is not released to third parties. Any data that you supply is used only to contact you about the Trust’s Membership or other related matters, and is processed for these purposes only.
Staff Members
We automatically enrol eligible staff as members upon joining the Trust as we are confident that you will want to play an active role in developing better quality services for both patients and staff. Staff can however opt out upon request to the Foundation Trust Membership Office (details above). Staff information that is received/collected is treated with the strictest of confidence, in keeping with Data Protection rules, not being released to third parties and is only processed and used to contact you about the Trust’s Membership and other related matters. Please be aware that staff membership information is stored separately to the Trust’s Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and if any of your personal details change, please contact the Foundation Trust Membership Office, as well as notifying your Line Manager to update ESR.