Driving forward improved mental health support across Bury

Mental health professionals, police, and ambulance staff in Bury have joined forces to improve care for people experiencing a mental health crisis. The mental...

Why exercise gets harder the less you do

Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests. University of...

New funding boost for delivery of early stage clinical research across Greater Manchester

NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (MCRF) has received a £15.5 million award, further enabling it to provide opportunities for people of all ages and...

All About Us: New board game boosts confidence and wellbeing for people with dementia

A new life-storytelling board game has been released to help boost the self-confidence and wellbeing of people with dementia as they adjust to their...

‘Ending free Covid testing on April Fool’s Day is ironically appropriate,’ says expert

The leading Covid-19 testing expert, Dr Quinton Fivelman PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at London Medical Laboratory, is warning that the Government’s ‘Living with Covid’...

New report urges government to take stronger action on major health risk factors in...

A new report calls for the government to take stronger action to tackle the leading risk factors for ill health following years of slow,...

Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’

Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies UNICEF...

Some COVID-19 symptoms could be anxiety driven, show Manchester scientists

Reports of symptoms such as tinnitus and hearing loss during the coronavirus pandemic could in part have a psychosocial origin rather than being directly...

Johnson set to lift remaining COVID restrictions

Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement on the end of coronavirus restrictions in England today with his “Living with COVID” plan....

Local outbreak management cash will still be needed as part of Government’s ‘Living with...

Government must continue to provide funding for local public health teams to manage COVID-19 outbreaks in their areas as part of its Living with...