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New major trauma network will save 20 lives per year

The lives of 20 seriously injured patients who are rushed to hospital will be saved every year because of a new shake-up, health bosses have claimed.
 
A new "major trauma network" - for patients who have suffered major injuries including serious head and spinal damage, severe burns or stab and gunshot wounds - is being set up across six centres in Greater Manchester.
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Health chiefs save closure-threatened A&E at Fairfield Hospital

The accident and emergency unit is to stay open at Fairfield General in Bury – after bosses revealed plans for a multi-million pound expansion.
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Highfield hospital in Rochdale charges NHS patients to park - but it's free if you go private...

The BMI-run Highfield Hospital in Rochdale is introducing the fees for NHS patients within the next few weeks, we can reveal.
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Children get their own A&E department at Tameside Hospital in £3m revamp

Hospital chiefs have created a new children’s A&E department as part of a £3m revamp. Bosses at Tameside Hospital say their new paediatric emergency unit will mean young patients will be examined in a more family-friendly environment.
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Home births 'safest cheapest option' for women who already have children

Giving birth at home may be the safest and cheapest option for women who already have children, a study claimed.
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Christie Hospital in £250m 'magic beam’ project offering new hope for cancer patients

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