NHS Winter vaccine rollout kicks off with care homes

Residents of older adult care homes and people who are housebound will begin receiving their covid and flu vaccinations from today, as the NHS...

Manchester is using MRI scans to improve the lives of dementia patients

Researchers at the University of Manchester are using MRI scans to better predict the progression of dementia the UK, 5-20% of over 60s population experience...

Manchester chosen for pilot health initiative offering free blood pressure checks in community settings

A pilot health initiative which aims to tackle cardiovascular disease through offering free blood pressure checks has launched in Manchester. More than 5.5 million people...

Smoking falls to record low in Greater Manchester

New figures reveal that the proportion of people smoking in Greater Manchester has fallen to the lowest level on record. The Office for National Statistics...

GM Residents Urged To Get Their Winter Vaccines As Soon As Possible

Following the NHS England announcement last week that the winter vaccination programme is being brought forward from October to September to help combat the...

COVID vaccinations to start a month earlier after variant of concern worries

This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure following the identification of a...

Radio legend and cancer survivor Mark Radcliffe says: Don’t Be Silent. Speak Out.

Mark Radcliffe – BBC radio presenter – is urging men across the North West to look out for signs of head and neck cancer...

NHS world first rollout of cancer jab that cuts treatment time by up to...

Drug treatment times for some NHS cancer patients will be slashed by up to three quarters, thanks to an anti-cancer injection that takes as...

NHS blood pressure checks at the barbers to prevent killer conditions

The NHS is expanding blood pressure checks available in local communities including barbershops, mosques and at a dominoes club, as part of a major...

Streeting pledges Labour government would introduce regulation of NHS managers following the conviction of...

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has vowed that a Labour government would introduce regulation of NHS managers following the conviction of Lucy Letby. He also...