Study links devolution in Greater Manchester to modest improvement in life expectancy
The devolution deal which granted Greater Manchester increased control over a range of public services, including health and social care, has been linked to...
Delta variant may have shattered herd immunity concept
A new study has found that fully jabbed adults can shelter virus levels as high as unvaccinated people if infected with the Delta variant,...
New Covid-19 testing facility opens at Belle Vue Sports village
A walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened at the Belle Vue Sports Village Car Park in Manchester.
Anyone with coronavirus symptoms, however mild, can get...
Breast cancer bus to hit the streets of Greater Manchester
A bright pink BooBee Bus will be hitting the roads of Greater Manchester throughout the month of October, providing breast cancer awareness advice and...
British Heart Foundation Launches Home Makeover Challenge In Manchester
This autumn the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on the nation to transform their homes and help beat heartbreak forever by taking on...
Child is first in the world to receive new gene therapy as part of...
A Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital patient is the first child in the world to receive a pioneering new gene therapy as part of a...
Health and manufacturing unions in joint call for PPE ‘manufacturing army’
The country's leading manufacturing union Unite, doctors’ union, the British Medical Association, Unison and the Royal College of Nursing have today (Friday 3 April) joined...
Thousands of children hospitalised after self-poisoning with drugs and bleach
Public Health England has released its report showing the trends in numbers of hospital admissions as a result of intentional self-poisoning in young people...
NHS urges parents to book children in for essential MMR vaccination
Parents and carers of children are being reminded of the importance of routine vaccinations, with hundreds of thousands of texts, emails and letters being...
Mental health must be taken as seriously as physical health says Oldham’s Cabinet Member...
Oldham Cllr Zahid Chauhan’s mental health mission is putting funding where it’s needed
Coming out of the Covid pandemic Cllr Zahid Chauhan, Cabinet Member for...