Health

Credits: George Icke

Free mental health event featuring celebrity guests comes to MediaCity

A free mental health event featuring celebrity guests is coming to MediaCity this week. Wellbeing LIVE takes place this Thursday […]

Viv Ormrod and Lucy Collins. Photo taken by Colleen Lamb

“It’s a really hard system for families to get their heads around” – Community forum working to improve the lives of Salford’s SEND children

A family community group is working with professional authorities to help improve Special Educational Needs and Disability services for children in […]

Youngsters will be taking on allotments in Cadishead

Youngsters take on grow-your-own allotment project in Cadishead

Children have been working hard to create new community allotments in Cadishead with hopes to supply Salford food schemes. Youngsters […]

Salford Watersports Centre - Photo by Alfie Mulligan

Water activities still impacted by ongoing Bird Flu outbreak at Quays

Since the recent outbreak of the Avian Flu in Salford Quays, all water activities in the area have been suspended. […]

Sally Knight: Image credit Maisy Hall

Salford sisters in top 10% of fundraisers for Alzheimer’s charity walk

Two sisters from Salford have been named among the top 10% of fundraisers for the Alzheimer’s Society Glow Walk. Sally […]

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Hospital Trust has been ordered to make urgent safety improvements at Woodlands Hospital, Little Hulton

Watchdog orders “significant and immediate” safety improvements at Salford hospital

Health chiefs have been ordered to make safety improvements in wards for older people with mental health problems at a […]

Swinton wellbeing hub installs a new life-saving defibrillator to help community

Swinton wellbeing hub installs a new life-saving defibrillator to help community

A new lifesaving defibrillator has been installed at the Hive Wellbeing Hub in Swinton. More than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests […]

Young people doing an activity at Pathfinders. Photo credits: Phil Swinton.

“What you need to do is engage them”: Pendlebury youth group help guide young people

A new youth group in Salford is enriching and educating the city’s youngest members by providing specialist activities for children […]

The Bode Clinic

“You feel ignored” – clinic provides Salford women with pre- and post-natal care as NHS struggles to keep up

Salford mums are being offered private care at a physiotherapy clinic in the city amid NHS shortages. The Bode Clinic […]