Health

A GP surgery serving one of Wigan’s most deprived areas has been rated Outstanding by the health watchdog.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is urging local people to choose health services wisely over the Bank Holiday weekend to ensure emergency services are available for those most in need.

During her pregnancy with six-month-old Teddy, Charlie Aston struggled with sickness. She was also made redundant, and having moved up to Leyland from Essex barely a year before, she felt alone. "Pregnancy was quite isolating and after giving birth, you get the influx of visitors for two weeks then your partner goes back to work and the door shuts," she says. "I suffered with post-natal depression because of the isolation. It was awful."

Wigan’s hospital trust has become one of the first in the North West to sign up to the NHS Rainbow Badge initiative.

A mother is appealing for help to raise £70,000 so her daughter can have potentially life-changing surgery in Poland.

Wrightington Hospital has been ranked among the world’s top 100 specialised hospitals, according to a new compilation by global publication Newsweek.

More than a quarter of a million GP appointments will be available as the NHS in England orders surgeries to end the practice of half-day closing.

Researchers modelling teenage drinking using rats have discovered that a drug used to treat Alzheimer's can reverse some of the negative effects of consuming alcohol during adolescence.

Social media companies need to do more to fight "misinformation" on vaccines following a "spike" in measles cases, health minister Jo Churchill has said.

A Wigan optician is calling on parents to have their children’s eyes tested during the summer break after its research showed a significant rise in the number of teens needing glasses.

A kind-hearted Wigan nurse who cares for children with cancer is one of just three across the country to be nominated for a prestigious award.

Donations have been pouring in to support a popular barber and mother-of-two diagnosed with cancer.