Manchester’s £7m mental health cuts will cause more deaths, warns patient group
Cuts to Manchester’s mental health services will ’cause more deaths’, warned a local patient support group as they lobbied outside the Town Hall yesterday.
‘Unwanted and unnecessary’: Campaign group leads fight for Manchester hospitals
A local campaign group have stated that ‘our NHS faces extinction’, as they lead the fight to prevent the downgrading of six district hospitals in Greater Manchester.
Integration and innovation: Devo Manc health and social care scheme builds on city’s ‘strong’ medical history
Healthcare in Greater Manchester is under the spotlight as Manchester City Council announced the arrival of Health Innovation Manchester (HIM) today.
Online app new tool to help Manchester alcoholics battle addiction and relapse
An online alcohol demotivator app is giving alcoholics across Manchester and the country another tool to add to their sobriety tool kit in their battle against addiction.
Signed, sealed, delivered: Devo Manc health innovation set to boost city’s wellbeing
The wellbeing of the Manchester’s residents is in for a boost thanks to a new partnership being formed under the devolution of health and social care.
Hospital care for self-harm patients linked to higher risk of death, says Man Uni study
Hospital care for self-harm patients has been linked to a higher risk of death, in particular admission to a psychiatric bed, in a University of Manchester study.
Unhealthier together? Patients and protesters slam ‘cost-driven’ cuts ‘ruining’ Manchester’s healthcare
Patients and campaigners are rallying together as the announcement comes that many of Greater Manchester’s hospitals are set to be downgraded after Healthier Together’s review of healthcare.
Sale mum of meningitis survivor says NHS vaccine cheaper than son’s £3m care
The life-saving vaccine is currently available privately, but Manchester meningitis ambassador Christine Etheridge, whose son Ben contracted the disease in 2004 when he was just three, believes it should be provided by the NHS.
Care workers for Greater Manchester’s elderly paid one of lowest wages in UK
Care for the elderly in Greater Manchester receives the second lowest level of funding in the UK, a recent report by the UKHCA has revealed.
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital 200 years old and still looking good
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital hosts open day with basic healthcare for everyone to celebrate its 200th birthday
Greater Manchester among England’s worst areas for tooth decay in tots – with fruit juice ‘biggest culprit’
Research from Public Health England – the first conducted for this age group – found that 25.6% of children in Manchester have evidence of decay, which is more than double the national average of just below 12%