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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group has been busy strengthening its workforce with a number of successful recruitment drives recently.
Date Published 31/07/2018
Fresh from the news of Geraint Thomas's heroic victory in the Tour de France, cyclists much closer to home are being encouraged to get stuck into the X-Manc Cyclocross with Food...
Date Published 30/07/2018
Staff from the Victoria Unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital are celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Christie Quality Mark accreditation for a second time.
Date Published 27/07/2018
A special new end-of-treatment bell installed on the haematology ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital is helping cancer patients to call time on cancer and celebrate the end of their...
The continuing warm weather has brought an extra sting to health in Oldham – in the shape of nasty bug bites.
Date Published 26/07/2018
Forty years ago on July 25, 1978 at 11:47pm, the first test tube baby was delivered by C-section at Oldham General Hospital.
Date Published 25/07/2018
Once famous as a centre of excellence for the world’s cotton and engineering industries, Oldham is now becoming famous for being a centre of excellence in being unhealthy thanks...
Date Published 23/07/2018
Samaritans from Oldham are building up to the charity’s The Big Listen event at Rochdale Station on Tuesday (July 24) by asking commuters and visitors to improve their listening...
Date Published 20/07/2018
Mike Barker has been appointed to the post of Strategic Director of Commissioning/Chief Operating Officer across Oldham Council and NHS Oldham CCG.
Date Published 18/07/2018
Royton business Crane Payment Innovation is a major success story for the borough – and Dr Kershaw’s Hospice is reaping the rewards.
Date Published 16/07/2018
Oldhamers were amongst almost 10,000 women and children who took on 5k, 10k or a Pretty Muddy obstacle course at Heaton Park in Prestwich over the weekend, helping to raise an...
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is proud to have fundraising happening in Oldham for life-saving heart and circulatory research, but more volunteers are being sought.
Date Published 11/07/2018
This summer people in Oldham have brewed, baked and bruleed all in support of Marie Curie’s Blooming Great Tea Party to help support people across the UK who have been affected by...
Date Published 09/07/2018
Under pressure A&E doctors are urging the public to take care of themselves during this hot summer weather by keeping cool and hydrated, using sun screen, and to think carefully...
New figures reveal 74 people from Greater Manchester - including 13 from Oldham - became lifesaving deceased organ donors over the last year, helping the UK reach its highest ever...
Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon made sure he celebrated the NHS's 70th birthday by spending the day at Royal Oldham Hospital with staff, patients and volunteers.
Date Published 06/07/2018
Oldham's NHS 70th birthday celebrations have got under way with a shout, a cheer and the odd cry at the Shaw Children’s Centre.
Date Published 05/07/2018
As the NHS turns 70 today (Thursday), five members of staff from NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are looking forward to marking the milestone event at two specially...
Date Published 04/07/2018
An Oldham opticians is advising athletes on how to correctly care for their eyes while playing sports.
Date Published 03/07/2018
An Oldham national health campaigner has used the 70th birthday of the NHS (Thursday, July 5) to celebrate its dedicated and loyal staff.
The government has today (Monday) published a report recommending ways to improve the diagnosis and treatment of meningococcal disease.
Date Published 02/07/2018
Local fund-raising hopefuls have been encouraged to join Meningitis Now and tackle the Three Peaks Challenge, where you will climb the highest mountains in Wales, England and...
Date Published 29/06/2018
Dr Kershaw's Hospice has been short-listed for a prestigious national award for its Hospice at Home service.
Date Published 28/06/2018
Deputy Chief Executive for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) Michael Forrest has moved to try and reassure potential patients ahead of a further day of industrial action by GMB...
Royal Voluntary Service staff and volunteers across the North West are to receive specialist training to support people living with dementia.
Date Published 26/06/2018
The Gynaecology Assessment and Early Pregnancy Unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital will be hosting a fundraiser tea party on Wednesday (June 27) to mark the 20th Anniversary of the...
Date Published 25/06/2018
Midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital will be celebrating Breastfeeding Awareness Week (June 20-26) with information stands and a special tea party for mums and mum to be.
Date Published 21/06/2018
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group is hosting a free public talk on the ‘Deteriorating Patient Collaborative’ at the Royal Oldham Hospital on Thursday, July 12 from 2 until 3pm.
Date Published 18/06/2018
The National Health Service will be 70 years old on July 5, 2018.
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has joined Uppermill resident, Dr Nicola Jeffery-Sykes, in backing a life-saving appeal from Cancer Research UK for more NHS cancer...
Date Published 15/06/2018
