Category: Health
New vision will improve independence for people with learning disabilities in Salford
People with a learning disability and / or autism will be supported to lead more independent lives and have a greater say about the support they receive under a plan...
New Salford support group to tackle obesity
A new support group will bring together patients and clinicians to help tackle obesity and improve the health of patients living across the region. The Greater...
Watch: World Psoriasis Day
A moving poem written by a person with psoriasis has been turned into a film by Manchester and Salford’s Psoriasis Shout Out® initiative, to raise awareness of the...
Salford aims to become ‘UK’s most Dementia-friendly City’
A new three year action and research study into living well with young onset dementia has been announced by the University of Salford’s Institute for Dementia and...
Salfordians invited to take control of their long-term health conditions
Salford residents who live with a long-term condition such as cancer, diabetes or kidney disease are invited to an information session on Tuesday 27 October 2015. The...
Salford scientist welcomes £80k dementia funding boost
A research team at the University of Salford has been awarded just over £80,000 for a pioneering project into a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia....
Joseph Holt brewery to back Francis House Children’s Hospice
Manchester Brewery Joseph Holt has chosen to support Francis House Children’s Hospice in south Manchester with a year of fundraising. Over 120 Joseph Holt pubs...
£5 million boost for Salford’s ‘ground-breaking’ care model
The Salford Together partnership today, Thursday 1 October received £5.17m funding towards its ‘radical’ new care model to integrate health, social care, mental...
Salford pupils keep active thanks to revolutionary new app
Over 1200 pupils in Salford are benefitting from an innovative new health and fitness app being trialled across the city. The EdStart Health and Fitness Programme has...
Car smoking ban comes into force
From today, Monday 1 October 2015 it is illegal to smoke in a vehicle with anyone under 18 in it. Both the driver and the smoker can be fined £50. The change in the law...
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