New technology helping parents and carers in Greater Manchester access support during COVID-19 launched

Parents and carers in Bury and Rochdale can now benefit from a new application digitising early years assessments, allowing them to have more control...

Vaccine hesitancy threatens to undermine pandemic response

An 80% take up of a COVID-19 vaccine could be necessary to protect the community but, given the scale and complexity of the task,...

Vallance-No hard evidence that hospitality curfew is effective

The Government's Chief Scientist Sir Patrick Vallance has admitted to a committee of MP's that there was "no hard evidence" that imposing curfews was...

New CT scanner boosts radiology at Stepping Hill Hospital

Diagnostic services at Stepping Hill Hospital have been enhanced with a state-of-the-art new CT scanner on the hospital site. Work is now complete on a...

Cervical cancer treatment world first at The Christie

Stockport woman is set to become the first ever patient in the world to be entirely treated for cervical cancer using a state-of-art radiotherapy...

What is Kratom and Why Did the UK Ban It?

Before you take any medicine, it is important to do your research and understand everything you need to know about it. This is especially...

Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year

Heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity total around 31,000 every year in the UK, British Heart Foundation analysis reveals. This is...

Type 2 diabetes missed or diagnosis delayed for 60,000 UK people in 2020

Researchers investigating the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS in the UK reviewed the health records of 14 million people between March and December...

Government to bring in watershed cut off for unhealthy food adverts

The Government has announced that it will be pressing ahead with his ban on unhealthy food adverts online and before the 9pm television watershed,...

Lead radiographer appointed for The Christie at Macclesfield

A radiographer living in Altrincham has been appointed to run the radiotherapy service at The Christie at Macclesfield, which is currently being built. James McGovern...