Take a break: why going outside can benefit homeworkers say Manchester researchers

Working from home for part or all of the week has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic, but little is known about how these...

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...

Visits to NHS website’s head lice advice page jump by a third in back-to-school...

The number of people seeking advice on head lice and nits from the NHS website has increased by more than a third since the...

Doctors could be forced to work during strike action under Government plans

The Government is launching a consultation to plans which would require doctors to work during strikes The plans would extend minimum service level” (MSL)...

£½ million funding announced to find new treatment for oesophageal cancer in Manchester

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester have been awarded half a million pounds of funding from the Medical Research Council...

Government must invest in social care to drive the economy, says report

A properly funded social care system would power growth, unlock jobs, boost business and save the NHS money, says a Future Social Care Coalition...

Greater Manchester’s Health leaders warn over this week’s Doctor’s strikes

Health leaders in Greater Manchester are urging members of the public to use NHS 111 Online for all non-emergency healthcare needs as the NHS...

NHS booking opens for life-saving Covid vaccinations

Millions of eligible people in England can book their life-saving autumn Covid vaccine online from today (18 September) as the NHS steps up its...

Deliver once-in-a-generation NHS reform to avert killer costs and end second-rate care in the...

A landmark new report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity has revealed that UK health and care services are falling further...

Single use vapes are to be banned imminently according to reports

Reports in the National Media this morning suggests that there will be an immediate ban on disposable vapes The Telegraph has revealed that health ministers...