Covid-19: Starting position for NHS risks leaving UK trailing the pack in the race...
The National Health Service is at risk of a slower and more fraught path to recovery than most comparable international systems due to its...
Screening for ovarian cancer did not reduce deaths
A large-scale randomised trial of annual screening for ovarian cancer did not succeed in reducing deaths from the disease, despite one of the screening...
NHS Test and Trace may fail without a decent income for all workers who...
The TUC estimates that 2 million employees will have no sick pay if required to self-isolate and is calling for urgent legislation to extend statutory sick pay to...
Campaign urges people in the North West to help ‘Keep Antibiotics Working’
As the Chief Medical Officer and experts around the world warn of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” and “the end of modern medicine”, Public Health England...
Hotels providing emergency NHS accommodation ‘risking lives’ with lack of Covid19 safety
Hotels providing accommodation for NHS staff, acting as Covid19 isolation centres or providing emergency housing during the crisis, are ‘risking lives’ by failing to...
Manchester health trust gets boost for wireless innovations to improve patient care
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is one of seven health trusts around the country that will trial new wireless technologies to help improve patient...
More than a million teenage boys to miss out on life-saving cancer vaccinations
More than a million teenage boys in the UK will miss out on potentially life-saving vaccinations, Teenage Cancer Trust warns today, leaving them at...
Robbie the robot’ helps to reduce hospital admissions in Rochdale
A new virtual consultation system, piloted for use by the Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation, dubbed ‘Robbie the robot’, is helping residents in a...
Major funding for Manchester will help find new cancer treatments
The search for new cancer treatments in Manchester is to receive a major funding investment of up to £3m, providing future hope for people...
Singing is no more risky than talking finds new COVID-19 study
The performing arts has been badly affected during the coronavirus pandemic with live musical performances cancelled for many months because singing was identified as...