Labour set out 6 key areas to address Covid-19 crisis in social care
Following the news this morning that deaths in care homes from Covid-19 have exceeded 4,000, the Labour Party has written to the Health Secretary...
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...
U.K. Health Security Agency-Omicron up to 70 per cent less likely to lead to...
People catching Omicron are 50% to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous variants, a
The UK Health Security Agency says its...
Majority have ‘long Covid’ symptoms seven weeks after discharge
More than two-thirds of patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 continue to suffer from debilitating symptoms more than seven weeks after being discharged, according to...
Discharged mental health patients ‘at greater risk of dying says Manchester study
Mental health patients are at much greater risk of dying from unnatural causes following their first discharge from inpatient care than the rest of...
Stepping Hill Hospital first with new digital imaging technology
Stepping Hill Hospital has gone live with an innovative new digital imaging system which is set to improve the timely diagnosis of cancers and...
Manchester hero is the first person in the world to be consented into a...
An NHS worker from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has become the first person in the world to be consented into another leading...
Manchester study links deprivation with risk of dying from sepsis
The most socioeconomically deprived groups in society are nearly twice as likely to die from sepsis within 30 days, researchers from The University of...
Smoking responsible for twice as many cancers in most deprived groups
Smoking is responsible for nearly twice as many cancer cases in lower income groups compared to higher income groups, according to new estimates by...
More research needed to prevent BAME older people becoming socially isolated across Greater Manchester
A new report published by Ambition for Ageing calls for more research into the experiences of older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people...