You can use the NHS App to view prescriptions from today
People will be able to use the NHS App to view their prescriptions for the first time from today.
Following a successful trial last year...
Increase in smoking among younger women in more advantaged social groups
Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a new...
Memorial Wall unveiled at Salford Royal
A MEMORIAL wall has been unveiled in Salford Royal’s Hope Building to commemorate bereaved families and organ donors.
The piece, based on the flight of...
North West bucks the trend as unexplained infant deaths rise in the region
The number of unexplained infant deaths has decreased in all regions in England in 2015 apart from in the North West and the West...
Manchester study Steep rise’ in self-harm among teenage girls
University of Manchester researchers have found that reports of self-harm in girls aged between 13 and 16 rose by 68% between 2011 and 2014....
New Manchester led research confirms that the risk of stillbirth is doubled if women...
The Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS) found that women who go to sleep in the supine (lying on the back) position...
It’s not just hospitals that are under pressure
Some pharmacists at Boots have told the BBC they are under so much pressure at work they fear patients could be at risk. Boots...
Improvements across the board at Pennine Acute Hospitals Inspectors find
All Hospitals across Greater Manchester run by Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust have improved, according to inspectors, who have taken the trust out of its 'inadequate'...
Architecture researchers to help Greater Manchester become first age-friendly region
Older people’s housing needs will be addressed by Manchester School of Architecture researchers as part of a project to make Greater Manchester the UK’s...
Ambulance Trust’s spend on redundancies could fund 300 much needed paramedics says union
Annual redundancy spend would pay almost 300 much-needed paramedics’ salaries for a year says GMB union
Ambulance bosses spent more than £10 million of public...