Over 50’s now being invited for their COVID booster jabs
Millions of people aged 50 and over will be able to book their autumn booster and flu vaccines tomorrow, as the NHS Covid-19 and...
Greater Manchester to trial use of ketamine in helping alcoholics stay off alcohol for...
Greater Manchester will be one of seven areas which will take part in a trial to investigate whether ketamine-assisted therapy could help alcoholics stay...
There’s a huge North-South divide in prostate cancer diagnoses
There’s huge variation in the likelihood of men being diagnosed when it’s too late for a cure.
In London just 1 in 8 men...
Warning about batch of dangerous Ecstasy tablets circulating in the region
The Manchester Drug, Analysis and Knowledge Exchange has issued a warning today about a batch of dangerous drugs circulating in the Greater Manchester area
The...
Women’s geographic access to fertility treatment “significantly higher” in the richest parts of Britain,...
Geographic access to IVF and other fertility services is significantly higher in the richest parts of Britain, a new study shows.
Researchers have warned the...
£829.7m a year up in smoke – economic toll of smoking in Greater Manchester...
The £829.7m annual toll of smoking on Greater Manchester’s economy is disclosed this week, amid growing calls for a levy on big tobacco companies....
GPs have recorded a large rise in eating disorders and self-harm cases among teenage...
General practices have recorded a large rise in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm episodes amongst teenage girls in the UK in the years since...
Kellogg’s donates 175,000 bowls of cereal to holiday clubs in Greater Manchester this summer
To help families in Greater Manchester this summer holiday, Kellogg’s is donating 175,000 servings of cereal and 14,000 cereal bars to support the holiday...
NHS booking opens for life-saving Covid vaccinations
Millions of eligible people in England can book their life-saving autumn Covid vaccine online from today (18 September) as the NHS steps up its...
Patients on NHS waiting lists to be given opportinity to travel to speed...
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients who have been waiting the longest for treatment will be offered the opportunity to travel to a different...