North West: prostate cancer referrals drop by a quarter as charity warns of over...
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to around 5,000 fewer urgent prostate cancer referrals in the North West according to latest statistics shared by Prostate...
General anaesthesia should be more widely available for patients at the end of their...
General anaesthesia should be more widely available for patients at the end of their lives, according to Oxford experts in ethics and anaesthesia, according...
Dentistry in crisis? Four in five people struggling to get treatment
New data indicates the dental crisis shows no signs of slowing, with four in five people struggling to access timely care during the last COVID-19 lockdown
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Joint venture in Manchester to test new treatments in clinical and digital health.
The University of Manchester, together with Health Innovation Manchester and its Academic Health Science Centre, are launching a joint venture with the Morningside Group...
Coronavirus infections three times lower in double vaccinated people
New research has found that double vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the coronavirus.
These results from...
Lung cancer patient’s treatment a UK first at The Christie
A grandfather of three has become the UK’s first lung cancer patient to benefit from a state-of-art radiotherapy treatment at The Christie NHS Foundation...
Cuts to public health run counter to levelling up, say leading health organisations
New analysis published today by the Health Foundation reveals that the public health grant has been cut by 24% in real terms per capita...
Deprivation driving repeat A&E visits, says Red Cross
Vulnerable people are turning to A&E because they feel they have nowhere else to turn, according to new research from the British Red Cross...
New findings suggest smoking increases social isolation and loneliness
Smokers may become more socially isolated and lonely than non-smokers as they get older, a new study suggests.
Previous research has found that people who...
Unequal cost of COVID-19 deaths laid bare by Manchester study
New research by academics from the Universities of Manchester and York has highlighted how in its first year, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...