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New “drop-in” x-ray service launches for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale residents with on-going coughs in a bid to catch cancer early Friday 08 July 2022 NHS teams are encouraging members of the public with lingering chest symptoms to get them checked out via a new, no-appointment necessary service at their local hospital. Launching on Monday 11 July, members of the public from Bury, Heywood, Rochdale and Middleton are able to attend their local hospital for a chest x-ray, without needing to see a GP and without the need to book an appointment, if they have on-going symptoms that could indicate lung [...]

New “drop-in” x-ray service launches for Bury residents with on-going coughs in a bid to catch cancer early Friday 08 July 2022 NHS teams are encouraging members of the public with lingering chest symptoms to get them checked out via a new, no-appointment necessary service at their local hospital. Launching on Monday 11 July, members of the public from Bury, Heywood, Rochdale and Middleton are able to attend their local hospital for a chest x-ray, without needing to see a GP and without the need to book an appointment, if they have on-going symptoms that could indicate lung problems. It is [...]

Issue 2, Spring 2022 Welcome to the second edition of our Greater Manchester Cancer User Involvement newsletter. We hope you enjoyed issue one, and found it a useful way to keep in touch with the work that's been going on. As you all are aware, we’re looking at how we can do things better, and in our recent survey, better communication was asked for. You asked, and we said let’s improve.   We hope you find the update useful and informative, and we’d welcome your feedback and input. Please get in touch with Jess or Sinead if you [...]

Cancer doctors, researchers and patients from across Greater Manchester have joined forces with Manchester poet Tony Walsh this World Cancer Day, to highlight their continued commitment to cancer services, despite the on-going pandemic. The cancer community across the region is vast, ranging from cancer nurses, to pathologists, scientists, radiologists, administration teams and managers, all playing a role in providing the best care and treatment possible to those affected. Manchester poet Tony Walsh underlines the love, dedication and Manchester’s cancer expertise in his latest work ‘Innit, love?’ released today (Thursday 4 February) to mark Greater Manchester’s response to World Cancer [...]