North West residents urged to ‘Think Again’ to prevent skin cancer
North West Cancer Research is calling on local people to step up their sun safety routines and help reduce their chances of getting skin...
Driving forward improved mental health support across Bury
Mental health professionals, police, and ambulance staff in Bury have joined forces to improve care for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
The mental...
NHS set to eliminate Hepatitis C ahead of rest of the world
The NHS is on track to eliminate Hepatitis C by 2025 thanks to a pioneering drug deal and a concerted effort to find people...
Rochdale Care Home rated inadequate and placed it in special measures after an inspection...
The Care Quality Commission after carrying out an unannounced focused inspection of Stamford House, run by Antonipillai Gnanabalan deemed it inadequate overall and...
New sepsis screening would “miss” large proportion of cases if used in the UK,...
A screening system assessing the risk of sepsis in new-borns, which is being trialled in the UK, would miss around 30 per cent of...
New Crisis Mental Health Hub Open at North Manchester General Hospital
A new mental health facility, based at North Manchester General Hospital’s Emergency Department, is welcoming patients who are in need of urgent mental health...
Alan Turing’s codebreaking work could help erarly diagnosis of cancer
Unpublished work by Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing could aid development of better tests for early diagnosis of cancer and emerging diseases.
His mathematical...
Study measures effectiveness of different face mask materials when coughing
A team of researchers have tested everything from t-shirts and socks to jeans and vacuum bags to determine what type of mask material is...
Being male or overweight can lead to more serious COVID-19 hospital admissions, UK research...
New UK research has found that being male or obese reduces chance of survival from severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to the Department of Health...
NHS “dental deserts” persist in rural and deprived communities
New analysis by the Local Government Association reveals a growing number of “dental deserts” across the country with more deprived or rural local authority...