Mayor calls for sustained Government funding for cycling and walking across Greater Manchester

National government need to provide a sustained funding stream for cycling and walking, Greater Manchester’s Mayor, Andy Burnham, and Cycling and Walking...

Hike National Insurance on over-50s to fix social care crisis

People over the age of 50 should be made to pay at least £300-a-year more in National Insurance to help solve Britain's "pressing" social...

Adults and children not getting enough sleep, risking poor diets and obesity, BNF survey...

New research from the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) reveals that 43 percent of adults reported sleeping less than the recommended minimum of 7 hours...

Only North West and South East are on course to hit Government’s 2030 smoke-free...

Only two UK regions - the North West and South East - are on course to hit the Government’s new 2030 smoke-free target, according...

Prototyped in Manchester, nationwide launch of resources intended to protect schoolchildren from Sepsis

UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) and Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF) have turned to This Morning’s Dr Ranj Singh and film actor Warwick Davis to help launch...

Care robots could revolutionise UK care system and provide staff extra support

Within the next 20 years, autonomous systems like self-driving cars and surgical robots will become a normal part of our lives, transforming the way...

Manchester University Hospital Trust Manchester’s hospitals make more money from parking charges than anywhere...

Manchester University Hospitals took in the most money from its car parks last year, £6.3million according to research out this morning. A freedom of Information...

Kate Green asks health minister for free dental treatment for cancer patients after petition...

Greater Manchester MP Kate Green is asking the Health Secretary Matt Hancock to make dental care free for cancer patients for a period of...

Coronavirus: the UK approach explained

Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has warned that many families will lose loved ones to the new coronavirus, but the country’s government is...

Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital is open for business

Manchester's Nightingale Hospital has opened for business today just fourteen days after work began on the site at Manchester Central. The facility at the Manchester...