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Museums team up with Manchester hospitals to give patients a 'hands-on' experience

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:25 -0000

Manchester hospitals are boosting patients’ wellbeing – by bringing museum exhibitions to the wards. for them to handle

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hosting Britain’s first museums and galleries week in a hospital setting.

Hospital patients 'more likely to die if admitted at the weekend', NHS study finds

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:11:31 -0000

Patients are 16% more likely to die if they are admitted to hospital on a Sunday than a Wednesday, and 11% more likely to die if they are admitted on a Saturday, a major review of NHS data has found.

Tameside Hospital’s text war on £3.5m cost of missed appointments

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:31 -0000

The hospital is aiming to slash the huge cost of missed appointments by sending patients text messages. People who are due to go into hospital will receive a text reminder three days before their appointment.

NHS bosses hope it will ‘significantly’ reduce the £3.5m a year that missed appointments cost Tameside.

Clean sweep: 1,000 days with no MRSA makes Trafford General hospital best in England

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:17:04 -0000

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has transformed the way it works so patients are not exposed to infection from themselves or other people.

Bosses credit their success to training staff to treat patients without touching key parts of instruments which come into contact with skin.

£3.35m payout for 25-year-old man who suffered brain damage at birth in Fairfield Hospital

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:55:43 -0000

Adam Spinks, now aged 25, will receive £3.35m after lawyers claimed blunders at Fairfield Hospital in Bury in December 1986 caused him to suffer brain damage at birth.

Christie study heralds 'a new era of hope' in ovarian cancer battle

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:55:49 -0000

A drug trialled at The Christie can help to slow down the progress of ovarian cancer for up to six months, tests have revealed.

Around 1,800 women were given Avastin at a number of hospitals, including the Withington-based cancer centre as part of a major study.

David Cameron calls for return of the hospital matron on visit to Salford Royal

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:22:51 -0000

David Cameron championed a return to old-fashioned nursing – including the return of matrons on hospital wards – on a visit to the Salford Royal today.

Warning for Tameside Hospital: Improve or face fines or ward closures

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:38:54 -0000

The under-fire hospital trust was hit with a formal warning after a surprise visit by inspectors from the government’s Care Quality Commission. Campaigners are calling on chief executive Christine Green and her directors to step down.

The CQC found concerns in areas including medicine management, a lack of staffing on some wards and incomplete records.

True angels: Nurses who are giving kids a Christmas to remember

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:01:03 -0000

Children’s community nursing teams across Greater Manchester will also be on the road to make sure as many poorly youngsters as possible are treated at home with their families.

They will be able to enjoy precious time with their loved ones thanks to the work of the ‘Christmas angels’.

Manchester United star Darren Fletcher has been sidelined by a debilitating illness – David Henry finds out how common it is

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:20:04 -0000

Manchester United star Darren Fletcher has put his football career on hold as he fights a debilitating bowel condition. The chronic illness is surprisingly common, as David Henry discovers.

More than one in five children in Manchester and Salford obese before they leave primary school

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:21:59 -0000

The percentage of children who are obese in their final year of primary school is rising, with 23 per cent now obese in Manchester and Salford in Year 6.

Christie bosses told to prove expansion won’t cause gridlock

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:50:40 -0000

Christie Hospital chiefs must provide more proof residential roads will not be clogged with cars before it can press ahead with multi-million pound expansion plans.

Doctor, can you use a surgical saw to carve this frozen turkey? NHS in comedy video plea over Christmas timewasters

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:29:15 -0000

Health bosses in Greater Manchester have made a series of comedy films urging the public not to waste the time of hospital staff during the Christmas party season. The Christmas-themed clips aim to encourage sensible drinking – and stop people using 999 and A&E resources needlessly.

Wythenshawe hospital and the Christie offer test which can predict whether breast cancer will return

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:00:26 -0000

Patients at two hospitals are being offered a new ‘breakthrough’ breast cancer test that can predict the risk of their disease returning – and save them from traumatic chemotherapy treatment.

Newly-diagnosed women at Wythenshawe and The Christie are able to benefit from a pioneering gene test which tells doctors for the first time how likely it is that their cancer will come back and calculates whether they need chemotherapy.

My ‘dodgy tummy’ was one-in-a-million cancer

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:45:38 -0000

A man found out he had a one-in-a-million cancer – after going to the doctor complaining of food poisoning. David Pemberton, 31, thought he had eaten something ‘dodgy’ and was expecting to be given antibiotics.