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1. 31. Accident and Emergency - the hospitals speak

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Your hospitals' answers to our questions on Accident & Emergency

2. 32. Hospitals in Greater Manchester to treat patients with cannabis

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 September 2011 Hospital doctors are to treat patients with a pain relieving cannabis spray which does not give users a 'high' in what is believed to be a world first for Greater Manchester.

3. 33. Waiting times for NHS operations soar at Greater Manchester hospitals

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 June 2011 At three Greater Manchester trusts - Pennine, Tameside and Salford - the proportion of people missing the 18 week target for surgery has doubled in 12 months.

4. 34. Hospitals urged to probe higher death rates

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 March 2010 A health expert has called for a probe into death rates at six Greater Manchester hospital trusts. Professor Sir Brian Jarman, a former member of an inquiry into the deaths of heart patients in Bristol, believes investigations at under-fire Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and five other organisations could save lives.

5. 35. A&E could go at three hospitals in shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 November 2010 Accident and emergency services could be axed at Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield Hospital and North Manchester General, we can reveal.

6. 36. Greater Manchester hospitals ‘could miss target to save £1bn’

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 March 2011 In 2009, the M.E.N. revealed the region had to cut costs by £950m but Department of Health officials have now rated its savings plan and progress so far as ‘red’ or high-risk.

7. 37. Concern over 'war zone' hospitals

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 April 2008 HOSPITAL staff are coming under attack from a daily torrent of violence and threats in `war zone' conditions, health leaders have claimed.

8. 38. Pay as you go: Health staff given cash to quit

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 February 2011 All 8,000 staff at Central Manchester Hospitals can apply for the ‘mutual resignation’ scheme before March as bosses try to cut their workforce over the next four years.

9. 39. Workers suspended after TV documentary showed 'unacceptable behaviour' at North Manchester General Hospital

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 May 2011 The Dispatches: Hospitals Undercover documentary showed nurses swearing and calling a patient a derogatory name. In a later scene, a support worker shouted at a patient who said she was in pain and struggling to sit up. Another member of staff appeared to bully an elderly woman who was unable to eat.

10. 40. 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.

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