Manchester University team needs your help to study mental health impact of COVID-19
A team of psychologists from The University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust are studying how the COVID-19 crisis affects...
New Stockport service brings rapid access to mental health support
A new mental health crisis centre for Stockport that was unable to open due to social distancing guidance has announced the launch of an...
Lockdown is changing the way that the UK drinks at both ends of the...
More than one in three of the 1,555 drinkers surveyed told us that they have either stopped drinking or reduced how often they drink, since...
Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown
A Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart, say...
Salford Covid19 test centre launched at AJ Bell Stadium
NHS and social care staff can now be tested for Covid19 in Salford thanks to a marathon effort over the Easter weekend.
All partners in...
Mayor calls for for urgent support package for social care
A GREATER focus on supporting the social care sector to deal with the coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy...
At least 10 per cent of deaths from Covid are occurring outside of hospital
Figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)suggest that the number of deaths from Covid-19 outside of hospital is around 10...
We got it wrong on testing says Chief Scientific Adviser
The Government was too slow at realising the importance of testing according to its Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance
Speaking last night on ITV’s...
No-one should be abandoned to this virus simply because of their age, condition or...
A number of organisations are calling for the Government to publish a comprehensive plan to support social care through the coronavirus pandemic.
The Alzheimer Society,...
Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital is open for business
Manchester's Nightingale Hospital has opened for business today just fourteen days after work began on the site at Manchester Central.
The facility at the Manchester...