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1. 1. Mental health calls 'from 5-year-olds'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 February 2007 CHILDREN as young as five contacted ChildLine about mental health problems last year, and nearly four out of five calls about suicide were from girls.

2. 2. Health and safety is a matter of life and death

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 February 2007 BUILDING contractors - and their clients - should beware new health and safety responsibilities, the city's top construction lawyers are warning.

3. 3. Watching TV 'a risk to children's health'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 February 2007 WATCHING television poses an even greater risk to children's health than was previously thought, a new report claimed. Analysis of 35 scientific studies identified 15 negative effects TV can have on youngsters, ranging from short-sightedness and obesity to premature puberty and autism.

4. 4. Thompson quits Inter Link on health grounds

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 February 2007 ALWIN Thompson, the colourful executive chairman of north west cake maker Inter Link Foods, has been forced to quit on health grounds.

5. 5. Health Minister reveals undercover findings

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 February 2007 IT was left to a hospital porter to put a wrist band on a decomposing corpse - an ordeal that has shocked Health Minister Andy Burnham. Leigh MP Mr Burnham spoke to the worker during a fact-finding visit to Tameside General.

6. 6. Mental health nurses plan second strike

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 February 2007 HUNDREDS of mental health nurses are set to go on strike in Manchester again over plans to reorganise the way patients are treated.

7. 7. Men shoppers 'put family health at risk'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 February 2007 JUNK-FOOD loving men are putting the health of their families at risk as they take charge of the weekly grocery shop. One in three men say they now do the supermarket run, but shun healthy food choices because of a lack of `cost, education and time'.

8. 8. Cash for keeping patients alive

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 February 2007 HOSPITALS are to be given cash bonuses - for keeping people alive. Regional health bosses are planning to try out a US system of rewarding trusts which have low death rates, levels of infection and readmissions.

9. 9. Maternity shake-up plans on hold

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 February 2007 A RADICAL shake-up of maternity and childrenés services in Greater Manchester is up in the air after the Health Secretary ordered an independent inquiry. Regional health bosses decided to cut overnight care for mums and babies from 13 hospitals to eight after a two year consultation é the biggest held by the NHS.

10. 10. Maternity shake-up plans on hold

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 February 2007 A RADICAL shake-up of maternity and children's services is up in the air after the Health Secretary ordered an independent inquiry.

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