Police are becoming increasingly concerned for a missing man last seen near Manchester city centre more than 24 hours ago. Greater Manchester Police has this evening (March 12) issued an urgent appeal to find Shazaib.
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Greater Manchester was hit with intense pressures this winter as strains on the NHS rose to unprecedented heights. But health bosses have admitted those same challenges will continue even as the spring approaches.
Hundreds of patients who cannot leave wards, hospitalised Covid patients in January almost reaching peak pandemic levels, and thousands languishing on operation waiting lists - all have become routine within the NHS. Hospital leaders shared the state of the region’s NHS in a candid testimony to Manchester Council’s health scrutiny committee.
This week, the committee held an ‘extraordinary’ emergency meeting to hear how the city, and the rest of Greater Manchester, is coping as the NHS continues in crisis. Here, the Manchester Evening News tours each part of the region's hospitals and finds out how each is coping.
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Emergency departments have been mired in huge attendance numbers in recent months, with extremely high numbers of patients becoming a feature of every hospital in Greater Manchester. “It’s really challenging [in urgent and emergency care]... We’re seeing more patients come through our A&E departments and we’re seeing sicker patients coming through our A&E departments,” said Darren Banks, the group director of strategy for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), which runs Manchester Royal Infirmary, North Manchester General Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital among a host of the region’s other major care centres.
“[There are] more patients who, when they arrive, need to be admitted to receive care and treatment.”
Resources have been and continue to be stretched. At their worst,
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for a missing man last seen near Manchester city centre more than 24 hours ago. Greater Manchester Police has this evening (March 12) issued an urgent appeal to find Shazaib.
Half of the country's medical workforce is heading out on strike in the morning. Hospital halls will be much quieter, GP surgeries will stall and patients will face more delays.
The starting gun was fired last February. For the first time since Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to a decisive victory at the polls, the government set out how it plans to deliver its 'defining mission' – Levelling Up the United Kingdom.
It's 8.20am on a Thursday morning. Students are walking, cars are queueing and parents are panicking as the lights turn green at the junction from 'hell'.
Councils have been setting their annual budgets over the last few weeks. This includes the difficult decision of whether to raise council tax and by how much.
Many of us will have woken up to see our gardens submerged in snow, and found ourselves battling blizzards on the journey to work or school in recent days.
Every Saturday morning, thousands of people lace up their running shoes and set out on parkrun routes across the country.
Forecasters have issued another warning for icy weather in Greater Manchester this weekend. But with a bit of luck we might have seen the back of the snow... for now.
Schools across Greater Manchester will close today after heavy snowfall across the region.
Over the past week temperatures across Greater Manchester have plummeted, leading to heavy snow in many parts of the region.
Hospitals in Greater Manchester are bracing for huge walkouts next week which will see 'many routine appointments and procedures postponed'.
The weather will turn wintry in Greater Manchester tomorrow (Thursday, March 9), with snow forecast to fall across some boroughs.
Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.
A stunning property has come on the market in Greater Manchester which boasts a garden just like the Love Island villa - just without the South African views. The four-bed house is set in the picturesque village of Barrow Bridge in north Bolton and is listed for sale on Zoopla for £750,000.
Met Office forecasts predict snow to drop across Greater Manchester next week as freezing winds sweep across the country.
Officers have issued an urgent appeal for help tracking down a wanted man in Greater Manchester. Police in Tameside are trying to trace Stuart Mitchell.
Robots will soon be delivering bags of shopping in Greater Manchester to help customers with their 'busy lives'. Small white robots, that travel solo along the pavement, were designed by Starship, offering 'meals on six wheels'.
Hundreds of young people across Greater Manchester are to get free cycle hire, in a new promotion announced by Mayor Andy Burnham. The first 1,000 Our Pass members to sign up for the offer will get 50 minutes free 'bee bike' hire in March, April and May.
Many of Greater Manchester's levelling up fund bids were 'guaranteed to fail' as the Government changed the selection criteria after applications had been received, councillors have heard. In January, Greater Manchester missed out on more than £276m of Levelling Up money in the latest round of funding announced by the government.
Nearly 130 Cineworld cinema locations all across the UK are at risk of closing down due to the chain collapsing into administration.