Trafford Council launches new cervical screening campaign

Health experts at Trafford Council, supported by Trafford Integrated Care Partnership, want to raise awareness of the importance of smear tests in preventing cervical...

Therme Manchester wellbeing resort development at TraffordCity is underway

New footage shows the completed demolition of a former events venue to make way for Therme Manchester – a new c.£250m development at TraffordCity...

Concerns as Severe bowel condition on the rise in the UK

Experts have raised concerns about the number of people suffering with undiagnosed microscopic colitis, a debilitating bowel condition thought to affect thousands of adults...

New NHS measures to improve eye care and cut waiting times published

The NHS has published new clinical guidance which could reduce waiting times for eye care services for patients in England. As part of a wide-ranging...

Vision-saving drug to be routinely offered on NHS to prevent blindness in premature babies

Premature babies are to be routinely offered a “life-changing” treatment to prevent blindness on the NHS for the first time, the head of the...

Cigarette packets could contain messages encouraging people to quit

The government is considering adding pack inserts into tobacco products to encourage more smokers to quit as it launches a new consultation today. Placed inside...

Report lays bare the staffing and recruitment issues in the NHS

A new report out today  lays bare the scale of losses and waste from staff dropping out of NHS training and leaving the workforce The...

New breast cancer drug heralds a new era in prevention

A new pill which could potentially halve incidents of breast cancer is to be rolled out across the country after being approved by the...

New plan could see up to 2.5 million additional NHS dental appointments delivered for...

The Government says that a new plan could see Dental Patients benefit from millions more NHS dental appointments over the next year NHS dentists will be...

£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...