Worsley Leisure Centre to reopen in January following £1.4m boost
Worsley Leisure Centre will re-open its doors on 2 January after a £1.4 million facelift.
The 80 year old centre has been transformed as part...
Salford Royal supply blood for urgent roadside transfusions
Salford Royal is supplying blood for use on board North West Air Ambulance Charity’s helicopters, allowing urgent roadside transfusions to take place...
School bullying increases chances of mental health issues and unemployment in later life
Victims of bullying in secondary school have dramatically increased chances of mental health problems and unemployment in later life.
New researchers led by Lancaster...
Breakthrough as heart patches set for human trials
Researchers funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have shown that heart ‘patches’ grown in the lab are safe to move on to trials...
Eating a handful of nuts a day could improve your sex life
Consuming 60 grams of nuts a day improves sexual function.That's according to a nutritional study carried out by researchers from the URV’s Human Nutrition...
Dependence on prescription medicines linked to deprivation
Public Health England have published the first-ever evidence review of dependence and withdrawal problems associated with five commonly prescribed classes of medicines in England
They...
National roll-out of electronic prescription service
All prescriptions across England will be digitised to make staff and patients’ lives easier, Primary Care Minister Jo Churchill has announced today.
The electronic prescription...
Pharmacy service will save NHS £651 million
A research team from the Universities of Manchester, Nottingham, and UCL evaluating a service delivered by pharmacists since 2011 have calculated it will save...
New study shines light on genetic risk factors for high alcohol intake
Researchers think they may have shed light on why some people need to drink more alcohol and think it may be down to your...
Rochdale Health Practices scrap face to face appointments over Coronavirus
GP Practices in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are no longer offering face to face appointments without asking about the reason for the appointment as...