Labelling foods with the amount of physical activity needed to burn off calories linked...
Labelling food and drinks with the amount and type of physical activity needed to burn off the calories in it might be a more...
Over 40’s Health checks to be replaced by targeted and online advice.
So called health MOT’s for the over 40’s are to be scrapped after the government promises to replace them with online checks and targeted...
Greater Manchester wants to hear from parents and carers about the long term impacts...
Local authorities across Greater Manchester are working together to find out about the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the under 5’s.
With the...
Biggest ever flu vaccine roll out planned for the winter
NHS providers will offer the flu vaccine to over 35 million people during the upcoming winter season, including all secondary school students up to...
£7m government award to Manchester health consortium
A recently formed Manchester health consortium, led by The Christie, has been awarded nearly £7 million of funding to ensure more patients benefit from...
Lifestyle changes could prevent 4 in 10 cancer cases in the UK
More than 135,500 cases of cancer a year in the UK could be prevented through lifestyle changes, according to new figures from a Cancer...
Covid-19 booster jab in the autumn will offer better protection against variants of concern,...
Scientists are recommending that an autumn ‘booster’ dose of a Covid-19 vaccine will be an effective way to protect people from existing, and potentially future, variants of concern.
A team...
“They made sure that I was safe” – A&E space dedicated for mental health...
The Salford Mental Health Urgent Care Area – a dedicated space at A&E for patients to wait for a mental health assessment in Salford...
If Government is serious about ‘levelling up’, it must overhaul funding for general practice
New analysis published today by the Health Foundation shows how general practice services in more deprived areas of England are underfunded, under-doctored and, on...
Rise in number of Christie research trials announced over the past 12 months
The number of clinical trials that are recruiting patients at The Christie has jumped by 11 per cent in the last year.
Figures published by...