‘You can have a Chinese after!’: Why are home births on the rise in Manchester?
It’s relaxing, it’s personal and ‘you can have a Chinese afterwards’, so why wouldn’t Mancunian families be opting for home births?
‘We are now an undeveloping nation’: NHS is ‘melting like an icecap’ warns retired Man Uni professor of medicine
A prominent philosopher and retired clinical neuroscientist has spoken in defence of a publicly-owned NHS, stating that we are becoming an ‘undeveloping country’ under our current Conservative Government.
‘Cathartic way to remember’: Mind Music to host ‘exciting’ Manchester concert in aid of neurodegenerative disease
Music and neurodegenerative disease awareness have been known to dovetail effectively in recent times.
The new Northern Quarter? Withington’s ‘living scene’ could echo Manchester’s music hub, says record store
Withington’s music scene has the potential to develop and see growth similar to the Northern Quarter, according to the diverse duo who run a record shop entrenched in the community.
Junior doctors left gagged by landmark Manchester court decision – NHS whistleblower
The 31-year-old now fears the ruling, by Mr Justice Langstaff, could have major consequences for other junior doctors.
‘Services should reflect all’: LGBT Foundation demand voice in DevoManc discussion
The devolution of health care funding to Greater Manchester needs to ‘truly reflect all’ in the region, according to a leading spokesperson in the LGBT community.
‘A right, not a privilege’: NHS students ‘entitled’ to bursary, declare Manchester activists
Manchester campaigners took to the streets to march against cuts to NHS Bursaries, which could leave healthcare students with as much as £60,000 of debt.
‘Sacrificed to feed the beast’: North Manchester hospital ‘faces extinction’ under Tories’ ‘staggering’ NHS cuts
North Manchester General Hospital may face ‘extinction’ as the shocking scale of budget cuts proposed by the government’s Healthier Together programme becomes clear.
‘Bad for the nation’: Future of NHS hangs in balance, warn junior doctors at rally
The future of the NHS is threatened by reforms being pushed through by the government, warn junior doctors attending a rally in Manchester
Christmas on top of the world? Manchester walker scales heights for charity
Misba Khan, a capital and charitable officer at North Manchester General Hospital, has decided to climb Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the children’s unit at the hospital.
‘We’re not idiots! We just don’t remember things’: Salford couple pledge to help other dementia sufferers
Lesley Calvert, a former district nurse from Salford who thought she was ‘losing her marbles’, describes living with dementia before her diagnosis