Category: Health News

Over 200, 000 tests have been done locally since 2021 as part of a national NHS England initiative to routinely test people, on an opt-out basis, within areas where the prevalence of HIV is highest. National opt-out testing is set to be expanded.

Colleagues working in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) Local Care Organisation have been crowned winners in the prestigious Health Service Journal awards in the category Integrated Care Initiative of the Year.

New hard-hitting quit smoking campaign aims to help create a smokefree city region.

NHS Greater Manchester is launching an ambitious five-year plan to improve access to primary care services.

Ahead of flu season, NHS Greater Manchester (GM) is launching a new superhero themed campaign encouraging parents and carers to ‘shoo the flu away’ by vaccinating their 2 to 3 year olds as soon as possible.

NHS Greater Manchester has been named as one of four areas that will receive funding. The funding from Department of Health and Social Care’s Adult Social Care Technology Funds is for work to help reduce the risk of falls.