Vaccinate 2 million a week to prevent a third wave study finds as experts...

Britain must vaccinate two million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the London School of...

New figures show Psoriasis affects around 1.1 million people in UK

Around 1.7% of the UK population are affected by the chronic skin condition psoriasis, according to researchers at The University of Manchester and the...

Prime Minister appoints a minister for loneliness

The Prime Minister has appointed Minister for Sport and Civil Society Tracey Crouch to lead  a cross-government group which will take responsibility for driving...

Annual screening detects breast cancers earlier for women aged 35-39 with a family history...

Annual screening for younger women aged 35-39 who have a family history of breast cancer would be highly effective in detecting tumours earlier, a...

More home test kits could prevent 11,000 bowel cancer deaths, study finds

More than 11,000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented by simply sending an additional invitation to people who have not yet been screened, a...

Stockport Babies take part in Medical trial helping reduce winter virus hospitalisation – Stockport...

Over 500 babies in the North West have played their part in a groundbreaking NIHR-supported study which has found that a single dose of...

Action plan can prevent over 600 stillbirths a year

An estimated 600 stillbirths annually could be prevented if maternity units adopt national best practice according to an independent evaluation, which includes University of...

Huge vacancy rates across care sector adding to staff mental health crisis

The government’s failure to deal with ​the growing staffing ​crisis in social care ​risks worsening the mounting mental health toll on workers, says UNISON...

Manchester study finds that dentists were forced to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics for toothache in...

The COVID-19 restrictions preventing dentists in England from providing face-to-face treatment required some to unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for dental pain, a study by University...

Next stage on Stepping Hill emergency and urgent care campus build complete

Another construction milestone has been celebrated in the completion of the new Emergency and Urgent Care Campus at Stepping Hill Hospital to help enhance...