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.
‘A fantastic achievement’: Stockport dementia group shortlisted for Alzheimer’s Society award
The Marple Drop-in was established 16 months ago and is a key part of a bigger project to help make Marple more dementia-friendly.
From St Ann’s Hospice to Rio 2016: Olympic hopeful on helping others as he prepares for track glory
Lewis is keeping his feet firmly on the ground in the lead up to Rio 2016 by helping out as a volunteer at St Ann’s Hospice in Heald Green.
Manchester LGBT Foundation host meeting to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’
Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is teaming up with leading health professionals working in tobacco control in a bid to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’.
Stub it out to stop kids sparking up: Stockport Council seek residents’ views on smoke-free play areas
Studies suggest that children are more likely to take up smoking if they’re regularly exposed to it so the council’s aim is to lessen the exposure of second-hand smoke.
‘Off to a fine art’: Manchester hospital performs record number of life-saving kidney transplants ‘like clockwork’
A record-breaking number of successful, life-changing and saving kidney transplants have been carried out by the Renal Transplant Team at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI).
Blood donor restrictions for gay and bisexual men ‘out of date’ and ‘unfair’, says Manchester’s LGBTF chief
Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is calling for gay and bisexual men to be granted the freedom to donate blood.
End stigma of mental illness ‘taboo’: Charity urges bosses to protect Manchester minds
A Manchester-based charity is encouraging local businesses to turn to them for practical guidance on mental illness awareness in the workplace in order to break down the stigma and barriers of this all too often ‘taboo’ issue.
‘It’s like being stabbed in the cheek’: Living with rare and painful trigeminal neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most of the painful afflictions known to man. In the majority of cases it’s caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve – the largest nerve inside the skull which transmits pain and touch sensations from your face, teeth and mouth to your brain.
Leigh boy, 11, living with brain tumour gets helping hand from SuperJosh charity
A little boy from Leigh, who has been living with a brain tumour since he was diagnosed on his first birthday, has been given a helping hand from Team SuperJosh.
Middle-aged mums: Manchester is UK hotspot for women over 40 giving birth
Figures released by the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) indicate women aged 40-49 in Greater Manchester gave birth to 1,190 babies last year – one of the highest rates in the country.