NHS launches recruitment drive for tens of thousands of nurses, amid record staff vacancies

The NHS is today launching its annual nationwide drive to recruit more nurses, with tens of thousands of vacancies across England. England’s Chief Nurse today...

Government must be honest about nurse numbers and invest in the profession, says RCN,...

A report published by the Health Foundation shows a decade of decline in the number of specialist mental health, community and learning disability nurses....
Current international breast cancer surgery guidelines need urgent revision, according to a meta-analysis of 68 studies

Guidelines on breast cancer surgery need revision, find Manchester researchers

Current international breast cancer surgery guidelines need urgent revision, according to a meta-analysis of 68 studies comprising 112,140 patients by University of Manchester researchers. The...

Breakthrough oncology development programme launched at Alderley Park

Some of the biggest names in UK cancer research and clinical excellence and four major global pharmaceutical and healthcare companies are combining forces to...

Over-60s encouraged to consider being part of Manchester research assessing new respiratory virus vaccine...

People taking part in a vaccine study at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) have shared their motivations for taking part – in the...
A report out today shows that a parallel pandemic of mental ill health has hit the North of England with a £2bn cost to the country

£2bn cost of mental ill health in the North of England

A report out today by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) and northern National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR...

Measles warning for the North West

The UK Health Security Agency has today issued a warning following the latest number of laboratory confirmed measles cases in England Since the last...