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The father of an Oldham teenager who experiences a seizure every week, has called on the public to gain a stronger knowledge of what to do when they see someone having an...
Date Published 25/11/2020
Saddleworth lady, Julia Dawson, has received sight-saving treatment for the past seven years and her commitment to continued treatment despite lockdown have enabled her to help...
Date Published 23/11/2020
A series of online strength and balance sessions for people in later life are being arranged to tackle falls – a leading cause of fatal and serious accidents in the home – as part...
Date Published 21/11/2020
Healthwatch Oldham is launching the inaugural People’s Choice Awards to celebrate the hard work that people throughout all health and social care services deliver to the people of...
Date Published 16/11/2020
People in Royton are being invited to take an online hearing check if they find themselves regularly in awkward situations after mishearing words or being too embarrassed to ask...
Date Published 11/11/2020
After taking a summer break, largely due to the coronavirus pandemic taking hold, the fantastic, glossy 40-page quarterly Oldham Chronicle Magazine is back and out on the streets...
Date Published 06/11/2020
GPs and community healthcare staff in Oldham are now talking to respiratory patients via their TV screens, as part of new trial.
Date Published 04/11/2020
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) which runs hospitals in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford is seeking to reassure patients that the group’s hospital and community sites...
Date Published 28/10/2020
Further tier of lockdown could unleash poverty and a great depression, that’s according to an Oldham GP and Councillor.
Date Published 13/10/2020
Health charity Antibiotic Research UK has warned that members of the BAME community are more likely to die from coronavirus than white people - and have an increased chance of...
Date Published 07/10/2020
Thousands of people across Greater Manchester are being supported by new digital and online services as part of city-region response to mental health during COVID-19.
Date Published 06/10/2020
Thousands of people are waiting months for cancer treatment in Greater Manchester – more than anywhere else in the country, it has been revealed.
Date Published 02/10/2020
Young people in schools across Oldham will soon be supported by two new dedicated Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Date Published 28/09/2020
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) is offering a full month’s complimentary health and fitness membership to recognise the fantastic efforts of volunteers in Oldham during the...
Date Published 25/09/2020
This Stoptober, smokers in England are being encouraged to put their lungs first, strengthen their immune system and breathe easier ahead of flu season by joining over two million...
Date Published 22/09/2020
During Organ Donation Week (today, September 7 to 13), NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people...
Date Published 08/09/2020
Patients, NHS trusts and local research teams across the Greater Manchester region have contributed important data to new global research which shows that corticosteroids can...
Date Published 02/09/2020
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) have confirmed that, despite an increase in lockdown measures in the Oldham area, its leisure centres are permitted to remain open. Although the...
Date Published 25/08/2020
A new service which aims to reduce overcrowding and risk of transmitting COVID-19 in hospital emergency departments will be rolled out across the North West in time for winter.
Date Published 19/08/2020
Three Northern Care Alliance NHS Group teams - including one from Oldham - are celebrating after achieving SCAPE accreditation.
Date Published 07/08/2020
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group and its partners are celebrating a major milestone in its plans to provide the Royal Oldham Hospital with a £28million extension.
A group of warm-hearted fitness fanatics from the Oldham Children's Community Nursing Team based at the Integrated Care Centre on New Radcliffe Street have raised more than £2,000...
Date Published 03/08/2020
Scientists trying to combat coronavirus are urging people in Oldham to share their experiences of living with disease in their community following the recent spike in cases.
Date Published 31/07/2020
Oldham-based national health campaigner Dr Zahid Chauhan OBE has broadly welcomed Boris Johnson’s plans to introduce a sugar tax and ad ban on junk food.
Date Published 27/07/2020
Patients need to stop rocking up at GP surgeries with possible coronavirus symptoms and rolling out excuses as to why they won’t self-isolate.
Date Published 24/03/2020
An Oldham-based service, leading the way in transforming care for children, young people and their families has been accredited with UNICEF Baby Friendly Award - for the second...
Date Published 16/03/2020
An Oldham doctor has warned that unless thorough handwashing and checking – in the way school children used to be examined by dinner ladies – is brought back, then Britain will...
Date Published 09/03/2020
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people to find out the facts about organ donation and the upcoming law change, which is due to come into effect in England from later this...
Date Published 22/02/2020
Humankind is sleepwalking into a health catastrophe that could cost countless lives.
Date Published 28/11/2019
Six children are being rushed to hospital with pneumonia every hour in England, a report by two leading children’s agencies has revealed.
Date Published 12/11/2019