Rise in excess heart and circulatory disease deaths in under 65s since Covid-19 pandemic...

There have been almost 800 excess deaths in those dying below the age of 65 from heart and circulatory diseases since the Covid-19 pandemic...

Watching nature on TV can boost wellbeing, finds new study

Watching high quality nature programmes on TV can uplift people’s moods, reduce negative emotions, and help alleviate the kind of boredom associated with being...

New guidance issued for those shielding under Tier system

The Department of Health and Social care has this morning announced that  people in England who are deemed clinically extremely vulnerable who were asked...

Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital is asked to mobilise

Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland & Harrogate have been asked “to mobilise” in coming weeks, NHS England's medical director Steve Powis has announced. They are...

Disjointed heart failure care is needlessly costing lives, new BHF report warns

Disjointed and unequal care, likely exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, is leading to more people dying with heart failure, according to a new report...

Leese-The evidence is that it is not hospitality that is spreading Covid but household...

The leader of Manchester Council has set out his principles for controlling the spread of the pandemic and doesn’t believe the response should be...

Young people with Crohn’s & Colitis need more mental health support

New research has found that young people who experience severe Crohn’s and Colitis symptoms are more likely to experience poor mental health, and need...

One in 170 people have Covid-19

The latest report from the largest home COVID-19 testing study has shown that infections are continuing to rise in England as 1 in 170...

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus...

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a...

Manchester Hospital team win BMJ Team of the Year Award

The Royal College of Anaesthetists is proud to announce that the Improving Tracheostomy Care team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has been named...