Plans for £1.5m birth centre announced for Warrington
Warrington Hospital is to open a new, £1.5m midwife-led birth centre at Croft Wing, Warrington Hospital in the spring of 2020.
The Centre, which...
Rochdale hospital: “Good” in CQC inspection reports
The National healthcare watchdog has described BMI The Highfield Hospital in Rochdale as having safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led services.
The report, by the independent regulator...
Skin cancer charity criticise City over sunblock ban
Manchester City supporters who were prevented from taking sunscreen into the Etihad Stadium yesterday on one of the hottest days of the year have...
Record number of children and young people waiting for eating disorder treatment, as soaring...
The number of under-19s waiting for eating disorder treatment has reached record levels as services are struggling to provide timely treatment in the face...
Lessons must be learnt from this pandemic, BMA says, as UK Covid death toll...
Responding to news that the number of deaths from Covid-19 has exceeded 50,000 in the UK, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, said:
“This is...
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...
Manchester researchers lead programme to assess instant testing for COVID-19
Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester (UoM) are to assess the effectiveness of tests that may give...
£9.4M to unlock new tests, treatments and cures for rare kidney diseases
Thousands of people living with rare kidney disease will get access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to a huge funding boost...
New CT scanner boosts radiology at Stepping Hill Hospital
Diagnostic services at Stepping Hill Hospital have been enhanced with a state-of-the-art new CT scanner on the hospital site.
Work is now complete on a...
Patients with “red flag” cancer symptoms not referred for urgent investigation in 6 out...
Six out of ten patients who show common “alarm” symptoms for cancer are not referred for urgent investigation, a largescale new study has revealed.
The...