Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’
Experts predict 3 million new cases a year of breast cancer worldwide by 2040 and a million deaths, with people living in low- and...
£8.5m scheme announced to fund next generation of Greater Manchester Cancer experts
A major cancer charity has announced £8.5m for Manchester to provide the next generation of doctors and scientists to bring new and better cancer...
Report demolishes the current treatment for children wanting to change gender
The rationale for early puberty suppression remains unclear according to a report out this morning which demolishes the basis for the current model of treating...
15 pharmacies across Greater Manchester will be taking part in a North West pilot...
pharmacies across Greater Manchester will be taking part in a North West pilot offering the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to support a...
Takeaways and meal delivery grew by more than 50% during the pandemic – and...
While restaurant re-openings saw takeaway consumption fall through 2020, takeaway consumption began to rise again going in to 2021, this time to around 470...
NHS rolls out artificial pancreas in world first move
Tens of thousands of children and adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’ in a world-first...
300 deaths a week associated with long A&E waits in 2023
There were almost 300 deaths a week associated with long A&E waits in 2023 according to a study out today
That is despite the Government...
More than one million fewer cigarettes could be smoked in the North West every...
WHEN Damian Fish was just seven-years-old he wrote to Prime Minister Ted Heath asking for smoking to be banned.
Damian, who lives in Up...
MP’s call on Ministers to ‘radically increase’ sexual health services funding amid ‘red flag’...
The Government has “failed to heed” warnings over adequately funding sexual health services amid “deeply concerning” data on STIs in young people,a committee of...
Devo Manc led to significant improvements across health system, study finds
The devolution deals which granted Greater Manchester increased control over a range of public services enabled them to make significant improvements in many parts...