North West Universities collaborate to tackle ultrasound workforce shortage
Over £1million of funding has been awarded to the Universities of Cumbria and Salford to support the education of new sonographers in North West...
Heart damage found in half of COVID-19 patients discharged after hospitalisation
Half of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 have damage to their hearts.
The damage includes inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), scarring...
Adults and children not getting enough sleep, risking poor diets and obesity, BNF survey...
New research from the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) reveals that 43 percent of adults reported sleeping less than the recommended minimum of 7 hours...
399 patients in Northern Care Alliance Trust died while on NHS waiting lists last...
399 people died in the Northern Care Alliance Trust (which provides hospital services in Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Bury) last year while waiting for...
Salford Scientists discover Green tea prevents cancer cells from ‘refuelling’
MATCHA, the Green Tea packed with antioxidants, is often hailed as containing properties which prevent disease.
Scientists in Salford,have shed a ray of light on...
Three more Coronavirus cases confirmed in Manchester
Three more cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Greater Manchester today.
Two are in Bury aand are connected to the man who tested positive...
MRI patient thanks best friend for saving her life through organ donation
A patient at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has spoken of her gratitude to her best...
Marie Curie support bus comes to Manchester
A Marie Curie bus is visiting Manchester next week, offering free help for anyone with concerns about terminal illness as well as information about...
Government pledges that people will have to wait no more than two weeks to...
A new drive to improve access to general practice appointments will be the centrepiece of a new Our Plan for Patients that will be...
COVID-19: Fall in cancer treatment rose following ‘rapid’ NHS guidance
The number of patients starting anticancer therapies dropped by more than 30 per cent in April, the month following the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown,...