NHS booking opens for life-saving Covid vaccinations
Millions of eligible people in England can book their life-saving autumn Covid vaccine online from today (18 September) as the NHS steps up its...
Deliver once-in-a-generation NHS reform to avert killer costs and end second-rate care in the...
A landmark new report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity has revealed that UK health and care services are falling further...
Single use vapes are to be banned imminently according to reports
Reports in the National Media this morning suggests that there will be an immediate ban on disposable vapes
The Telegraph has revealed that health ministers...
A third of women working in surgery have been sexually assaulted by a colleague
Sexual misconduct is rife among colleagues in the UK surgical workforce, with women disproportionately impacted and staff believing organisations are not doing enough to...
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...