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1. 1. Why £3m health centre has been left standing empty

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 January 2007 A é3M health centre is standing empty because GPs are locked in a legal battle with health bosses. Manchester's new Openshaw centre is part of a government scheme, using private finance arrangements, to replace old and run-down surgeries nationwide.

2. 2. Mental health nurses out on strike

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 January 2007 HUNDREDS of mental health nurses in Manchester have gone out on strike in a protest over changes to the way patients are treated.

3. 3. Mental health staff to strike over job cuts

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 January 2007 MEDICAL staff have voted to strike over plans which they say will `devastate' Manchester's mental health care and put patients and the public in danger.

4. 4. Long hours lead to health risks

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 January 2007 WORKERS are putting their health at risk by not finding enough time to keep fit and even cancelling doctors' appointments because of the UK's long hours culture, according to a new report.

5. 5. Kelly urged to back health jobs protest

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 January 2007 HEALTH campaigners today called on Cabinet minister Ruth Kelly to join a protest against plans to cut jobs at a hospital in her constituency.

6. 6. Mental health staff to strike

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 January 2007 MEDICAL staff are to strike over plans they claim will `devastate' Manchester's mental health care and put patients and the public in danger.

7. 7. First 'just for men' health centre opens

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 January 2007 THE first specialist centre in Britain dealing with men's health has opened in Manchester. The Centre for Andrology is the male equivalent of a gynaecology centre and will treat men from across the north west with a range of infertility, hormonal and sexual conditions.

8. 8. Ration pocket money to improve health

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 21 January 2007 PARENTS should ration children's pocket money to stop them buying sweets and fizzy drinks on the way to school, according to Prue Leith, the Government's new school meals adviser.

9. 9. Blears feels heat over ward shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 January 2007 LABOUR chairman Hazel Blears today faces a twin attack over her support for maternity services in her Salford constituency. In a scathing letter, former health boss Dr Ian Greatorex branded her actions `unprincipled'. And she faces further pressure in the Commons later.

10. 10. Plea for minister to save maternity wards

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 January 2007 COUNCILLORS are poised to ask Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to intervene in plans to close Salford's maternity unit.

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