Department of Health and Social Care

Scores of died after drinking alcohol

Scores of alcohol-specific deaths recorded

Partou is supporting the ‘Stay Strong. Get Vaccinated’ campaign

Childcare provide backs national child meningitis jab campaign

Paul Woodcock, village nurse manager at Belong Atherton.

Belong Atherton nurses scoop awards treble

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs analyses the proportion of deaths among those aged 30 and older caused by air pollution, specifically by fine particle matter (PM2.5)

Air pollution kills one in 20 Wigan adults

A national survey of social care users found 65.8 per cent of 485 respondents in Wigan said they were satisfied with the care they received

Dissatisfaction with social care in the borough is voiced

More people are making contact with drug and alcohol services

Record number of people in addiction treatment in Wigan

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board's waiting list for a gynaecological appointment is 2,796 patients per 100,000 people.

Concerns over lengthening gynaecology waiting lists

Reduction in number of people in Greater Manchester who smoke

Smoking Rates in Greater Manchester Hit Record Low

Recent NHS figures show an estimated 3,435 detentions were made in the year to March within the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board area – up from 3,325 the year before

More people "sectioned" in hospital for mental health problems

Figures from NHS England show new enquiries were raised around 1,900 times about adults in social care in Wigan

Adult care probes top nearly 2,000

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

Nearly a quarter of people in Greater Manchester struggle to get an appointment with an NHS dentist

Nearly a quarter of people surveyed struggle to get an NHS dentist appointment

There were more abortions recorded in Wigan in 2022, new figures show

Rise in abortions recorded in Wigan

New analysis from the Office for National Statistics reveals 15-year-old females in Wigan will spend an estimated 8.2 years providing unpaid care – accounting for 12 per cent of the rest of their lives

Women expected to spend years longer than men providing unpaid care

NHS figures from the annual Mental Health Bulletin report show about 1,790 people were in contact with mental health services run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Trust in 2022-23

Fewer people in contact with hospital mental health services after pandemic

Well iover 200 WIgan women have ended up in hospital due to self-harming in the space of a year

Young women three times likelier to be hospitalised for self-harm as men
There were 225 cases of distressed Wigan girls and young women ending up in hospital through self-harm in the space of just a year, shock new figures reveal.
Andrew Dowdeswell

NHS figures show there were about 100 finished hospital admissions with a primary or secondary diagnosis of an eating disorder for people living in Wigan in the year to March 2023

Fall in hospital admissions for people with eating disorders

Every region across the country saw a rise in the number of complaints made against dentists

Complaints against GP and dental practices soar following pandemic

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

Breaking NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Breaking 39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

NHS England figures for the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG show 325 of 3,065 mothers were smokers (10.6 per cent) at time of delivery in 2022-23.

One in 10 pregnant women in Wigan were smokers when they gave birth

For households in terraced homes, the highest proportions are found in local authorities in northern England

Calls for help for Wigan's unpaid carers

The Patients Association says mixed-sex wards are "an affront to patients' dignity", claiming the stress they cause prohibits a strong recovery.

Single-sex ward rule upheld at Wigan's hospitals

There were 84 deaths among adults undergoing drug addiction treatment in Wigan between April 2019 and March 2022.

Rise in drug treatment deaths in Wigan

Wigan's hospitals were rated highly by patients with a disability

Wigan's hospital trust receives glowing reports from patients with a disability

The Royal College of Psychiatrists says delaying treatment could "put patients' wellbeing at risk".

Hundreds face long waits for mental health treatment in Wigan

Staff from WWL were due to take part in a 48 hour walk out

Nurses cancel major strike action
Staff at Wigan’s hospitals are to pause major strike action as the Royal College of Nursing begins “intensive talks” with the Government with a view to finding a settlement in the bitter dispute over pay.
Sian Jones

Concerns have been raised about the care of older people

Thousands of safeguarding concerns made over vulnerable adults in Wigan

Wigan Infirmary

One in six patients face delays after operations cancelled at Wigan's hospitals

Hospital staff are working through the backlog of patients waiting for treatment

More than 40,000 patients waiting for routine treatment at Wigan's hospitals

An emergency presentation is when a diagnosis is given within 30 days of a hospital admission and does not include more managed routes, such as cancer screening or through a GP.

More emergency cancer patients in Wigan than pre-pandemic

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

Hospitals are still facing a big backlog of treatment after the full force of the pandemic

Waits of more than three months for Wigan hospital treatments

Well over 7,000 Wigan residents are considered clinically vulnerable

Covid fears for Wigan's vulnerable

Pregnant women getting Covid-19 vaccine

New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

The Government is warning that almost all pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid symptoms were unvaccinated

Pregnant women urged to get Covid jab to reduce risk to babies

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

Fears growing over staff crisis in Wigan care homes

Wigan care homes on the verge of staff crisis

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

Covid test should be capped at £40 to save aviation sector, claims Conservative ...

Three-quarters of adults in the UK have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Three-quarters of adults have received both doses of Covid vaccine - how to book...

A Government source said that Spain "won't be going on the Amber watchlist" (Photo: JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

'It's not going to happen': Spain avoids being placed on UK Red travel list as B...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak urges PM to relax UK travel rules to boost economy - report

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Fully jabbed frontline NHS staff in England will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” (Getty Images)

Fully jabbed NHS staff could be spared from isolation rules to avoid ‘pingdemic’

News you can trust since 1853

© 2026 Iconic Media Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Terms and Conditions Privacy notice