News for: Health

Mental health charity, Stockport & District Mind, in collaboration with other Mind organisations in Greater Manchester, is running free Menopause Awareness Training for the borough's SMEs. Conversation around menopause in the workplace matters, and training will work to educate employees, … [Read more...]

The neonatal team based at Stepping Hill Hospital recently received the top level of national accreditation for a model of care which ensures close partnerships between midwives and families. They received the top Green accreditation in Family Integrated Care (known as ‘FICare’) following an … [Read more...]

Five projects are being supported with a total of £1.5 million government funding as part of investment into occupational health services and reducing in-work sickness. Funding will support new and innovative ways to improve occupational health services which can eventually be scaled-up and made … [Read more...]

A Stockport health service, the Stockport Family Nurse Partnership, which helps guide young people through first-time parenthood held a celebration for its tenth birthday. Colleagues from the service joined with families who have used the service for a small daytime party together with their … [Read more...]

Selected pharmacies across Greater Manchester are to take part in a North-west pilot programme to support uptake of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination. 15 pharmacies in Greater Manchester, including Scorah Pharmacy in Bramhall, are taking part in the pilot scheme to allow one aged 5 … [Read more...]

Azets, the international advisory, outsourcing and compliance group, with seven regional offices across the North West of England including in Stockport, has announced the acquisition of RSM UK’s specialist medical accounting team. The transaction underlines Azets’ commitment to become the UK’s … [Read more...]

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has joined forces with IT and technology company, CDW, and is introducing an 18-month digital transformation programme to help provide staff with the equipment and expertise needed to improve patient care and performance at Stepping Hill Hospital. The new technology … [Read more...]

A project helping to support Stockport NHS staff experiencing the menopause has won a national NHS Communications award. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital and local community NHS services in the area, has triumphed in the ‘Communications Team Health and Wellbeing’ … [Read more...]