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1. 1. Heart Services - the hospitals speak

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Your hospitals' answers to our questions on heart services

2. 2. Cancer services - the hospitals speak

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Your hospitals' answers to our questions on cancer services

3. 3. Childrens services - the hospitals speak

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Your hospitals' answers to our questions on childrens services.

4. 4. Accident and Emergency - the hospitals speak

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

5. 5. Your hospitals put to the test

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 We all want to be confident that when we attend our local hospital in the event of an emergency, an accident or for attention for an ongoing illness, we will receive a decent service. We understand the pressures that there are on the NHS ' the busy doctors and nurses, the waiting lists, the money shortages ' but we want to believe in the care we will receive.

6. 6. Stepping Hill Hospital

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Although Dr Foster does not have data on Stepping Hill's mortality rate, we do have data on mortality change ' the mortality rate has increased by eight points in recent years. This is unusual ' most hospitals have seen a decrease in mortality. The situation may be explained by the relative lack of resources at Stepping Hill. There are only 23 doctors per 100 beds ' this is below average.

7. 7. Hope Hospital

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Hope Hospital has a mortality rate of 99. This is one point below the exact average, and means that slightly fewer people died at the hospital than would be expected. In addition, mortality has declined by some eleven points in recent years ' this indicates improving levels of clinical performance and is a bigger drop than that seen at many other hospitals.

8. 8. Tameside General Hospital

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Tameside General Hospital has a mortality rate of 104. This is four points above average, and means that slightly more people died at the hospital than would be expected. Unusually, mortality has increased by one point in recent years ' most hospitals have seen a slight decrease.

9. 9. Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Although Dr Foster does not have data on Royal Albert Edward Infirmary's mortality rate, we do have data on mortality change ' the mortality rate has increased by a point in recent years. This is unusual ' most hospitals have seen a decrease in mortality.

10. 10. Keeping a healthy heart

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 Heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK. 170,000 patients die from the condition every year. This figure is even more tragic because heart disease can often be avoided by keeping a healthy lifestyle. Over the next few pages, we will give you advice on how to keep your heart healthy. Getting the right treatment is also crucial, and so we also assess heart services at your local hospitals.

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