Too many patients being discharged from hospitals under Covid rules without adequate follow up
A report out today shows significant numbers of people are not receiving follow-up support after being discharged from hospital under new policy, leading to...
Coronavirus antibody prevalence falling in England study shows
Tests on more than 365,000 people in England have shown that the antibody response to the virus that causes COVID-19 wanes over time.
Led by...
Boots to launch in store Covid test
A new Covid test service will launch in selected Boots stores this week including in Manchesterbefore rolling out to 50 Boots stores throughout November
The...
Early results from UK vaccine test show robust response in immune system of older...
Early results from tests for a coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca Pshow it produces a robust...
Manchester hospitals deploy new remote monitoring technology to free up beds for the sickest...
The surge in Covid-19 patients in Greater Manchester has provided the opportunity for two hospitals to deploy a new wireless monitoring platform which they...
GPs say elderly are not seeking help for potential cancer symptoms
53% of GPs say they are concerned that fewer older adults are contacting them with symptoms compared to before the pandemic, according to new...
CORONAVIRUS LATEST Slight fall in the R rate in the last seven days
The reproduction “R” number of the COVID-19 epidemic in Britain has fallen slightly and there might have been a slowdown in the daily growth...
Record lows recorded for test and trace performance
England’s contact tracing system reached just 59.6 per cent of people who needed to self isolate last week.
Meanwhile the proportion of in-person tests (local...
Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital to reopen next week
Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital is preparing to open at the end of next week
It was one of three hospitals put on alert to reopen two...
Online doctor calls for other healthcare companies to join in Facebook advertising boycott
An online healthcare provider is calling for their industry to stop all advertising on Facebook and Instagram until they do more to protect the...