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Sports fans in Manchester urged to donate sperm - BBC Health News 16th March 2010

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:13:28 +0000

"Sports players and fans are being targeted in a campaign to get more sperm donors to help couples struggling to conceive.\n\nThe National Gamete Donation Trust wants to increase the number of new donors in the UK to about 500, from its latest figure of 384. "

Tags: GMHN Human Fertility UHN Health News BBC Health News

Hospital bosses ‘are on a final yellow card’ - Manchester Evening News 10th February 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:50 +0000

"Bosses of under-fire Tameside Hospital have been warned they need to improve - and that ‘doing nothing’ is not an option, trust members have claimed. Hospital bosses faced their council of members – which represents almost 6,000 people - at a heated meeting and were told they need to improve fast."

Tags: NHS Quality Management Hospitals Health News GMHN Manchester Evening News

Hospital visitor spots rat in children’s area - Bury Times 11th February 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:54:25 +0000

"BOSSES at Fairfield Hospital called in a pest control firm after a shocked visitor spotted a rat scuttling down a corridor. The area in the children’s outpatients department was immediately sectioned off, and clinics relocated, while a full cleansing operation was carried out. "

Tags: Hygiene Hospitals Pest Control Health News GMHN Bury Times

Bureaucrats hampering proven NHS systems - Bury Times 10th February 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:53:56 +0000

"IN his efforts to detract attention from the dreadful exterior wood cladding at the Moorgate Primary Care Centre, Dr Mike Burrows, Interim Chief Executive NHS Bury, highlights the fantastic health facilities that we now have in Bury (Aesthetics aside, see the facilities, February 4). Yes, here at Moorgate we have first rate health professionals. Unfortunately their efforts are being hampered by retrograde measures to patient services, which I suspect emanate from the top. "

Tags: Primary Care Quality Health News GMHN Bury Times

No space at unit for Mums in labour - The Bolton News 10th February 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:53:06 +0000

"THE maternity ward at Fairfield General Hospital had to shut its doors to nearly 50 mums in labour last year because there were no beds available. There were 28 occasions in 2009 when the department could not accept new admissions. "

Tags: Obstetrics Midwifery Demand Health News GMHN The Bolton News

Reappointment of health boss at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust - Altrincham Messenger 10th February 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:47:47 +0000

"THE chairman of Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust, Fay Selvan, has been re-appointed to the role. Fay has chaired the health trust, which runs Trafford’s hospitals, for the past four years."

Tags: Altrincham Messenger GMHN Governance Health News

Tameside Hospital boss won't quit - Manchester Evening News 9th February 2010

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:08:22 +0000

"The beleaguered boss of a crisis-hit hospital has vowed she will not quit. Christine Green, chief executive of Tameside General Hospital, arrived home from a Caribbean holiday yesterday amid growing calls to resign from four local MPs, a community group and a Facebook campaign."

Tags: Management Governance Hospitals Quality Health News GMHN Manchester Evening News

Depressed people do not feel blue – they feel grey - Daily Telegraph 9th February 2010

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:51:37 +0000

"Depressed people do not feel blue, they feel grey, a new study shows. "

Tags: Depression Mental Health Health News UHN GMHN Daily Telegraph

M.E.N. demands probe into Tameside Hospital - Manchester Evening News 8th February 2010

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:52 +0000

"The M.E.N. today calls for an independent investigation into the crisis-hit Tameside General Hospital. Nicknamed Shameside, it has been at the centre of a catalogue of damning incidents."

Tags: Hospitals Quality NHS News GMHN Manchester Evening News

A long term plan needed for elderly - The Bolton News 8th February 2010

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:40 +0000

"Here in our town, NHS Bolton expects the number of people aged 85 and over to rise from 5,000 in 2009 to just under 10,000 by 2031. Jan Hutchinson, director for public health at the local Primary Care Trust, is obviously right when she says planning needs to start now to cope with the challenge ahead. "

Tags: Older People NHS Demand Health News GMHN The Bolton News

Family so proud of dad's gift of life - The Bolton News 8th February 2010

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:18:49 +0000

"FOUR people across Britain have been given a new lease of life after a Bolton man, who died aged just 46, donated his organs. The family of John Whittle, including his 18-year-old daughter, Samantha, last night spoke of their pride after learning how he had given the gift of life to three other people — and helped one man to see again. "

Tags: The Bolton News Transplantation Services Health News GMHN

Hospital's thousands on beds for 71-stone patients - Manchester Evening News 5th February 2010

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:49:04 +0000

"SOARING levels of obesity have forced Greater Manchester hospitals to to buy beds that can support up to 71 stone. All 500 of Tameside General Hospital's 20-stone capacity beds and mattresses have been replaced to accommodate patients weighing up to 37 stone. And, for patients who weigh even more, two specialist beds have been sourced to cope with 71stone – almost a ton"

Tags: Obesity Financial Management Hospitals Health News GMHN Manchester Evening News

Fresh warning over swine flu - The Bolton News 6th February 2010

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:41:16 +0000

"SWINE flu could be back with a vengeance later this year, health chiefs have warned. Bosses at NHS Bolton are renewing their calls for anyone eligible to be vaccinated against the virus to come forward. "

Tags: H1N1 Influenza Pandemic Immunisation Health News GMHN The Bolton News

Town’s ‘health MOT' set to go nationwide - The Bolton News 5th February 2010

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:40:03 +0000

"THE BIG Bolton Health Check is being rolled out across the country after proving a huge success. Primary care trusts across the UK are now following Bolton’s example after tens of thousands of people had a free “health MOT”. "

Tags: Primary Care Health Education Health Promotion Mass Screening Health News GMHN The Bolton News

Council stamps on hospital smokers - Manchester Evening News 4th February 2010

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:33:48 +0000

"Council officers are patrolling an area surrounding a hospital to catch smokers littering the streets with cigarettes. Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport has a no-smoking policy forcing people to go off-site, but nearby roads are left swamped with hundreds of cigarette butts. "

Tags: Smoking Hospitals Local Authorities Health News GMHN Manchester Evening News

Health bosses in poster bid to save £14 million - The Bolton News 4th February 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:49:12 +0000

"CASH-STRAPPED health chiefs have launched a campaign urging the public to help them save money. Posters have gone up in and around the town centre encouraging people to use the right service when they need treatment. "

Tags: GMHN The Bolton News Health News Advertising Financial Management Primary Care

Hospital’s fears over worker in ‘wrong bodies’ blunder - Manchester Evening News 3rd February 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:17:42 +0000

"A worker at the centre of a hospital mortuary mix-up which led to a family cremating the wrong body had already triggered concerns, we can reveal. Tameside Hospital have now suspended the member of staff, who had previously been given a strict ‘job plan’ after bosses decided he could not perform more than one task at a time or prioritise his work. He is now facing disciplinary action."

Tags: Mortuary Negligence Hospitals GMHN Health News UHN Daily Telegraph

Healthy salt shakers put years on you, it is claimed - The Bolton News 3rd February 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:24:02 +0000

"SPECIAL salt shakers that have made eating chips in Bolton healthier have boosted the life expectancy of 87 people, according to health chiefs. Bolton Council gave out nearly 100 of the salt pots, which have fewer holes than traditional shakers, to fish and chip shops across the borough last year. "

Tags: Diet Nutrition Health News GMHN The Bolton News

Time is running out for feckless - The Bolton News 3rd February 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:23:11 +0000

"NEVER have our health and social care services been more under siege than as we enter a new decade. Just why we now need more physical and mental help is complex. Reasons, though, might include national policies that have resulted in parents ignoring parental duties and allowing them to go to hell in a handcart, lazy and nutritionally poor eating habits, medical progress, and short-sighted members of the population who refuse to take personal responsibility for their health. "

Tags: Financial Management NHS Social Services Local Authorities GMHN Health News The Bolton News

Single doctor on night call 'is no cause for alarm' - The Bolton News 3rd February 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:22:11 +0000

"BOLTON has just one doctor covering more than 260,000 people each night — but health chiefs say the town is not being left short of out-of-hours help. And NHS Bolton, the primary care trust which oversees health services including out-of-hours GP help, says it has “full confidence” in the system. "

Tags: Out of Hours Primary Care GMHN Health News The Bolton News