‘Exodus’: Manchester doctor’s concerns for ‘beginning of end’ of NHS over contracts
There will be an ‘exodus of doctors’ from the NHS, if proposed changes to doctors contracts go ahead, a junior doctor in Manchester has said.
Manchester healthcare staff to perform public play to end mental health stigma
A team of healthcare professionals are stepping out of the clinic and into the spotlight to raise awareness of young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
‘Cowards’: Hunt slammed by Manchester protestors over doctors’ contract reform
NHS Employers cancelled all scheduled meetings, at which junior doctors were hoping to voice their concerns about new contracts, one day before the Manchester meeting was due to take place at the Midland Hotel.
‘Life-changing’: Manchester’s homeless and addicts show there is hope with exhibition
The culmination of the charity’s Leadership Faculty will be marked by an exhibition at Virgin Money Lounge.
‘The NHS should grow their own cannabis’: Stockport campaigner’s ‘potty’ plan
Colin Davies says is continuing to lead a revolution on restrictive laws, which he claims are preventing terminally ill people from accessing treatment that could save them.
Manchester tackle taboo and get talking for world suicide prevention day
Somewhere, somehow, every 40 seconds, someone in the world has committed suicide, and according to the World Health Organisation that’s 800,000 people per year.
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.
Giving back lives: Meet Joe, 100, who exercises twice a week to combat loneliness and old age
After the death of his wife last year, Joe Littlewood decided to start twice-weekly, 45-minute falls prevention exercise classes around two months ago, which has not only improved his steadiness but also helped his confidence no end.
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.
‘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).