Spotting bright red blood in my pee saved my life
Christopher Stocks, 67, from Godley in Hyde was diagnosed with bladder cancer in the summer 2012. Now in remission, he’s sharing his story in...
Record number of children and young people referred to mental health services as pandemic...
Record numbers of children and young people are being referred to mental health services for crisis and non-crisis care, as the toll of the...
Mandatory care vaccines ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut
GMB, the union for care workers, has described the Government’s mandatory vaccine for care workers as ‘taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut’
Rachel Harrison,...
Teenagers whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take it up themselves,...
Teenagers whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take it up themselves, experts have warned.
Analysis has also shown that early teens whose...
Greater Manchester awarded £100k for feasibility studies into active travel social prescribing pilot
Health professionals and community organisations in Greater Manchester will be investigating how social prescribing can help build cycling, walking and other ways to move...
Research team supports genetic study giving extensive new insights into severe COVID-19
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust’s Research and Innovation team has contributed towards providing important new insights into the biological reasons why some people develop more...
NHS initiative will see 50O midwives taken on from overseas
Up to 500 new midwives from around the world are set to join maternity teams across the country under a new NHS England initiative.
As...
Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action
Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition waiting for life-saving treatment, according to new research.
The team,...
Three month cancer treatment times are a “death sentence” for pancreatic cancer patients
Shocking new data released this week has revealed that 1366 cancer patients in the UK are still waiting for treatment to start 104 days...
Government pledges that people will have to wait no more than two weeks to...
A new drive to improve access to general practice appointments will be the centrepiece of a new Our Plan for Patients that will be...