Appeal for Blood donors over Xmas

THE Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is urging people in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North Manchester to give blood this December to ensure blood...

New Centre service launched for your Xmas wellbeing

A new service will be out and about in Manchester city centre this Christmas, offering help and support to those who need it and...

Loneliness is now a social epidemic says Jo Cox Commision

Ministers should take action to make tackling loneliness a top priority across all departments, according to the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission. Loneliness is now...

Edwin Chadwick’s study 175 years on still rings true- Where you live still determines...

Research led by the University of Liverpool has revisited a study carried out 175 years ago by a Manchester born reformer which compared the...

New North Manchester community neuro rehabilitation service is launched

A NEW community neuro rehabilitation team has been launched to deliver a service to North Manchester residents. Funded by Manchester Healthcare Commissioning Team, the service...

Communities tackling the harms caused by alcohol

Radcliffe residents are among the first in Greater Manchester to take part in the Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) programme. This new regional initiative...

Manchester Scientists rewrite our understanding of how arteries mend

Scientists from The University of Manchester have discovered how the severity of trauma to arterial blood vessels governs how the body repairs itself. Dr Urmas...

Major breakthrough in the battle against dementia

An international team of scientists including Manchester researchers, have confirmed the discovery of a major cause of dementia, with important implications for possible treatment...

Measles outbreak confirmed in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester has been confirmed as one of five places in the country where there has been an outbreak of Measles in the past...

World first clinical trial at The Christie will be Anna’s 10th roll of the...

A breast cancer patient from Rochdale, who has already tried nine different treatments, has become the first in the world to be given an...