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

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 06 February 2012 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.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 February 2012 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.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 January 2012 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has transformed the way it works so patients are not exposed to infection from themselves or other people.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 January 2012 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.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 January 2012 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.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 December 2011 Newly-diagnosed women 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.

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

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 December 2011 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.

8. 8. Wythenshawe Hospital to lead war on new swine flu outbreak

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 November 2011 It will be the only hospital in the region – and one of just five in the country – providing specialist treatment for seriously-ill H1N1 patients from next month.

9. 9. 'Alcohol' nurses placed in every hospital A&E unit in Greater Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2011 Specialist alcohol nurses are to be put on duty around the clock in every A&E department in Greater Manchester to help beat the region's booze epidemic.

10. 10. New 'breastfeeding tsar' for north Manchester

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 November 2011 Val Finigan will always remember Christmas 30 years ago – not least because the memories inspire her every day in her job. She was a new mum to her daughter Laura, in the middle of training to be a nurse, and surviving on £50 a month.

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