Jobless mental health crisis: Young Brits and the ‘onslaught’ of life’s pressures
There’s nothing quite like the dreaded feeling of returning to work after a well-earned Christmas break.
Council pledges to move ‘at risk’ patients from failing Rochdale care home
Rochdale Council are hoping to move the remaining residents of a care home that left patients in soiled clothing into alternative accommodation in the coming weeks.
Manchester’s mental health sufferers create ‘musical madness’ to aid therapy
A pioneering music and film project has been created by users of mental health services in Manchester to help with therapy.
Manchester psychic: Ouija boards ‘can trigger mental health issues in children’
Ouija boards are ‘extremely dangerous’ and ‘should not be used by kids’, claims experienced Manchester psychic after sales rocket by 300%
Ex-Wigan rugby star hanged himself just four days after fiancée called off wedding
A former Wigan Rugby League player who was planning to marry hanged himself just four days after his bride-to-be broke off their engagement, an inquest heard.
Manchester City Council cuts: Mental health, homeless and children in care targeted as options in clawback of £59m
Manchester City Council revealed details this morning of options available to address a funding shortfall of £59million citywide.
Mental health petition: More kids will DIE if government don’t ‘step up’, claims heartbroken Hyde mum
A heartbroken Hyde mother whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life last year has called on the government to ‘step up’ and tackle mental health issues, warning ‘if they don’t change the law soon then inevitably it’s going to happen again’.
More than 900 children in North West will ‘wake up homeless’ on Christmas day
More than 900 children in the North West will wake up homeless on Christmas day this year, a charity has warned.
Rochdale’s unpaid carers need to stand up and be counted, urges care leader
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group launch campaign to ensure thousands of unpaid carers in the area are accounted for
Dementia diagnosis boost as Manchester Uni researchers get £24m cash injection
The funding will help improve clinical sample testing and understanding of basic cell biology, George Osborne announced yesterday
The invisible struggle: Manchester students dispel myths behind mental health
Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis and OCD were all conditions students at the Royal Northern College of Music discussed on World Mental Health Day.