COVID isolation period to be cut from seven to five days in England
The amount of time that people will have to isolate if they have tested positive for Covid is to be cut from seven to...
NHS Health Research Authority launches new strategy in Manchester all about making it easy...
Patients and members of the public who take part in health and social care research are at the heart of a new three-year strategy...
Disease discoveries unlock door to diagnosis and new treatments
An international team of scientists and doctors has identified a family of five new genetic diseases which are likely to affect more than 1...
£5m for Stepping Hill Hospital nursing recruitment
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is investing more than £5m in recruiting a total of 142 more nurses & care assistants for hospital wards at...
Helping people get their five a day
Entertainment and leisure complex The Printworks is helping the people of Manchester get their five a day this summer with the launch of a...
Give local councils more control over Test and Trace says former Health Secretary
The former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt believes that local councils should be given a bigger role in the test and trace system.
He told BBC...
Lives at risk due to 50% drop in heart attack A&E attendances
People suffering heart attacks during the coronavirus outbreak may be putting their lives at risk by delaying seeking medical help, according to the British...
How looking at other people’s selfies can make us feel bad about our own...
New research suggests a link between viewing pictures of idealised bodies on social media and feeling dissatisfied with our own bodies.
Researchers from the University...
New evidence published today provides strong evidence that falls in people over sixty-years...
Falls are a leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Older adults suffer the greatest number of fatal falls and...
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in England has dropped by over...
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in England has dropped by over two-thirds since January.
But infections are still high with around 1...