Take the profiteering out of care sector and pay staff fair wages says union
Social care should cease to be a profit-making enterprise that allows companies free rein to exploit staff and the people they look after, says...
Eat your greens-Study shows children who eat fruit and veg have better mental health
Children who eat a better diet, packed with fruit and vegetables, have better mental wellbeing – according to new research from the University of...
Hospitals recommended to relax some of the Covid rules to ease pressure on the...
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recommended a reduction of physical distancing from 2 metres to 1 metre In hospitals in order to...
Pent up demand for care risks further inflating NHS backlog
New analysis published today by the Health Foundation shows that while the waiting list for hospital care continues to grow, so too does the...
Record number of children and young people referred to mental health services as pandemic...
Record numbers of children and young people are being referred to mental health services for crisis and non-crisis care, as the toll of the...
New drug shows promise in slowing growth of bowel cancer
A new drug has shown promise in slowing the regrowth of tumours among some bowel cancer patients, according to new findings of a major...
New poo-werful message appears in Manchester
The Gut Stuff are bringing their mission to democratise gut health to Manchester.
You may have noticed that Manchester has been graced with various pink...
Trials start in Manchester on Covid vaccine to fight new variants
Volunteers in Manchester are taking part in trials of Covid vaccines that could offer longer-lasting immunity than our current array of jabs.
A phase one...
Union warns most health workers are fed up
Health workers in England – angry that rising costs have already wiped out their recent pay rise – have voted to oppose the government...
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...