Patients encourage public to get flu jabs as hospital cases soar
NHS patients from around England have joined health chiefs in pleading with the public to get their flu vaccines after being hospitalised with the...
Smoking Amnesty launched at the Trafford Centre
Despite the NHS’s best efforts, around 20% of Mancunian adults class themselves as smokers, spending upwards of eight days a year puffing on cigarettes...
New campaign launched to end corridor care as data shows more than 100,000 patients...
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine today launches its campaign, RCEM CARES, to improve Emergency Departments (EDs) across the UK after new data shows that...
COVID-19: Study reveals impact of healthcare disruption on `avoidable hospitalisations’
A new study has found that people who found it difficult to access non-emergency healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic were 80% more likely to...
Shifts in alcohol consumption during the pandemic could lead to thousands of extra deaths...
Changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to lead to thousands of additional cases of disease, premature deaths and hospital admissions,...
No Smoking Day (8th March): Quit smoking to reduce dementia risk
Ahead of No Smoking Day (8th March), health experts are encouraging smokers to stop to protect their brain health as research shows those who...
New warning system for heatwaves is launched today
The UK Health Security Agency is today launching a new Heat-Health Alerting (HHA) service in patnership with the Met Office.
The new system will focus...
MRI patient thanks best friend for saving her life through organ donation
A patient at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has spoken of her gratitude to her best...
Climate change will have a profound effect on the health of people in the...
A new report out today suggests that climate change will have a profound effect on the health of people in the UK
The report.based on...
Hospitals across the region facing unprecedented demand as they issue urgent plea
Hospitals across the region have sent out an urgent plea for people to go to A&E departments if they have "a life-threatening emergency".
Yesterday...