Shelter issues warning ahead of critical Christmas season, as free helpline receives a call...

Shocking new figures show Shelter received a call for help from the North West every four minutes in the run up to Christmas last...

Newton Heath surgery faces threatened closure after failing second inspection

A Newton Heath Doctor’s surgery faces the threat of closure after a second inspection in less than twelve months has found that its services...

Report finds that mental health patients treated far from home are less likely to...

Too many people could be being placed in residential mental health rehabilitation services that are far away from where they live, for too long...

Hospitals back national campaign to get patients up, dressed and mobile to speed their...

PATIENTS at five hospitals in Greater Manchester are being encouraged and supported to get out of bed, put on some clothes and become active...

People with longstanding mental health problems more than twice as likely to be in...

Among 25-54 year-olds, 28% of those with a longstanding health problem, and 40% of those with a mental health problem, are in relative poverty...

Salford Scientists discover Green tea prevents cancer cells from ‘refuelling’

MATCHA, the Green Tea packed with antioxidants, is often hailed as containing properties which prevent disease. Scientists in Salford,have shed a ray of light on...

Over three quarters of young people in the North West would say they are...

New research released by the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, reveals that when asked, over three quarters of 16-24-year-olds in the North...

Brexit could lead to thousands more heart attacks and strokes

Brexit could contribute to thousands more deaths from heart attacks and strokes by 2030, according to research published in the journal BMJ...

Anti Depressant prescriptions double in ten years

New figures show that the use of anti depressants in England has more than doubled. More than 70million lots of antidepressants were given to patients...

Corrie’s Jenny helps Manchester Hospital celebrate five years of life saving mums

Have a baby, potentially cure blood cancer: this is what mums-to-be in Manchester have been doing to save lives, thanks to the Anthony Nolan...