No link between Covid jab and risk of miscarriage says regulator

COVID-19 vaccines do not raise the risk of miscarriage and there is no link between the shots and changes to menstrual periods. "There is no...

University of Manchester researchers discover potential new drug for incurable vascular dementia

A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused...

Vaping could be as restrictive to lung function as cigarette smoking, Manchester study suggests

New research suggests that vaping could affect the performance of people’s lungs just as much as smoking cigarettes. Generally, vaping is considered a healthy alternative...

All nighter booster clinic to run at the Etihad this weekend

The Greater Manchester vaccination centre, located at the Tennis and Football centre, Etihad campus, is offering round the clock COVID-19 vaccine appointments from 8am...

If Government is serious about ‘levelling up’, it must overhaul funding for general practice

New analysis published today by the Health Foundation shows how general practice services in more deprived areas of England are underfunded, under-doctored and, on...

Former Grenfell Inquiry boss is named as the new head of Greater Manchester’s NHS

The former Grenfell Tower Inquiry boss has been announced as the new head of the NHS in Greater Manchester The new body which comes...

High Court rules that sending untested patients from hospital to care homes at start...

The Government broke the law by discharging Covid-positive patients into care homes, the High Court has ruled,after the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was...

Researchers help map the challenge of type 2 diabetes in Greater Manchester

A new report is aiming to reduce the impact of type 2 diabetes in Greater Manchester by helping communities understand their unique set of...
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...
New figures reveal nearly half of the people turning to private healthcare are having to cut back on spending

Millions turning to private healthcare are forced into financial worry as one in ten...

New figures reveal nearly half of the people turning to private healthcare are having to cut back on spending, use savings or get into...