Miliband backs Labour’s NHS veteran to heal Heywood and Middleton as Cameron ‘sends health service backwards’
David Cameron poses a ‘real risk to the future to the NHS’, Ed Miliband has claimed.
Oldham MP claims teen cancer patients like Stephen Sutton are left feeling ‘fobbed off’ before diagnosis
The Labour MP echoed comments made by Stephen’s mother, Jane Sutton, who has spoken for the first time about her anger after her son’s cancer was misdiagnosed as constipation for five months
Greater Manchester among England’s worst areas for tooth decay in tots – with fruit juice ‘biggest culprit’
Research from Public Health England – the first conducted for this age group – found that 25.6% of children in Manchester have evidence of decay, which is more than double the national average of just below 12%
Only Labour will fight to save the NHS, says Heywood and Middleton candidate putting health at top of agenda
Ms McInnes used a speech to the Labour Party Conference in Manchester to blame the Government’s reforms to the health service for a rise in waiting times for seeing GPs.
Hanged Tameside mum who drank two bottles of red wine every night was ‘too drunk to kill herself’
A young Tameside mother-of-two hanged herself in a drunken ‘cry for help’ after her marriage crumbled due to her six-year addiction to red wine.
‘Utter contempt’: Unison boss slams Government as Manchester NHS staff get set for nationwide walkout
NHS workers will stage a four-hour strike on Monday October 13, confirmed Unison, in a row over pay.
Manchester youngsters warned of dangers of finding ‘thinspiration’ online as eating disorder cases soar
A senior health official has urged Manchester’s young people not to go it alone in a growing battle with mental health, dietary habits and social media control.
Greater Manchester care home owner condemns way NHS look after elderly as ‘impersonal and undignified’
Greater Manchester care home owner, and former NHS doctor, calls for more funding and radical change in the way the government look after our elderly
Running back in time: Stockport NHS staff take on 10K to fund memory cafe’s ‘dementia pods’
Staff from the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will hit the streets this Sunday as they run The Big Stockport 10k to raise money for dementia care
Bolton mum warns of meningitis threat after son hospitalised despite doctors claiming he ‘just had a virus’
Meningitis is still rife and people must be aware of the symptoms, warned a Bolton mother as the country marks National Meningitis Awareness Week.
‘Scaremongering’ Salmond slammed by Oldham MP over Scottish NHS privatisation claim
An Oldham MP has accused Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond of being ‘disingenuous’ about an independent Scotland’s impact on the NHS.