Manchester supports doctors strikes over ‘immoral’, ‘incompetent’ Government
This week, for the first time in the history of the NHS, an all-out junior doctor’s strike has taken place in England.
‘No reason for delay’: LGBT Foundation say revolutionary HIV treatment PrEP needed ‘today not tomorrow’
The game-changing HIV preventative Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) should be introduced ‘today and not tomorrow’, according to the leading figure in the LGBT Foundation.
‘Patients were at risk of harm’: Clayton doctor placed in special measures by CQC
A lack of infection control policy and unchecked repeat prescriptions for addictive medicines have led to a Manchester GP being placed into special measures by the CQC, which could lead to its closure.
‘I didn’t ask for this’: Oldham student demands free prescriptions for illness that feels like ‘electrocution’
A young woman who spends up to £80 a month to treat her chronic spinal condition is campaigning for her medication to be made free on the NHS.
‘Incredibly unsafe and unfair’: New junior doctor contracts will compromise women, says Manchester NHS activist
Junior doctors on the frontline of this week’s NHS strikes have told MM that women and single parents will be badly affected by the controversial new contracts.
‘We’re really excited’: Big buzz for Manchester’s new Health and Wellbeing Service
Manchester’s new Health and Wellbeing Service ‘buzz’ has been launched, following the redesign of the sectors across the city.
‘Manchester has a problem’: Education is key to solve obesity crisis, says expert
A Manchester nutrition expert has said that education is the key to helping people with bad diets, after a global report has shown there are now more adults who are obese than under-weight.
‘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.