Cancer services during COVID-19: 40,000 fewer people starting treatment
Health services across the UK worked hard to try to get services functioning normally throughout the pandemic, and especially when the number of COVID-19...
Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated
Following on from The Prime Minister’s announcement on Monday regarding the govts review of vaccine passports as a feature in COVID-19 recovery plans, new...
LIVE-People under 30 are to be offered an alternatice to Astra Zeneca vaccine in...
Live updates here as the European Medical Agency and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation...
Report warns of ‘eternal 2020’ for end of life care services without expansion of...
A new report warns that the ‘traumatic’ final days experienced by patients sent home or to care homes to die without adequate support and...
Landmark change to blood donation eligibility rules
New eligibility rules that will allow more men who have sex with men to donate blood, platelets and plasma come into effect this week,...
Smoking across the North West costs local government £176.8 million in social care costs...
Smoking is the leading cause of premature death in England, killing 74,600 people in 2019 alone.
However, smoking is also a leading cause of...
No link between Covid jab and risk of miscarriage says regulator
COVID-19 vaccines do not raise the risk of miscarriage and there is no link between the shots and changes to menstrual periods.
"There is no...
University of Manchester researchers discover potential new drug for incurable vascular dementia
A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused...
Vaping could be as restrictive to lung function as cigarette smoking, Manchester study suggests
New research suggests that vaping could affect the performance of people’s lungs just as much as smoking cigarettes.
Generally, vaping is considered a healthy alternative...
All nighter booster clinic to run at the Etihad this weekend
The Greater Manchester vaccination centre, located at the Tennis and Football centre, Etihad campus, is offering round the clock COVID-19 vaccine appointments from 8am...