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Wigan MP Lisa Nandy is joined by staff and volunteers at the unveiling of the mural

Mural unveiled to celebrate 150th anniversary of Wigan Infirmary Gaynor Clarke

Royal Mail have teamed up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries

Royal Mail team up with Phramacy2U to offer prescription deliveries Sam Johnson

Wigan Infirmary

Wigan hospital staff took fewer sick days in December than a year before Adam Care

Fewer cancer patients had an emergency diagnosis

Fewer emergency cancer patients in Wigan Sonja Tutty

Wegovy: What is the weight loss jab which GPs will offer on NHS Daniel Mcneil

Wigan Infirmary

Archivists gather memories and items for exhibition marking 75 years of the NHS Gaynor Clarke

Friends, family, members of Ashton Deaf Club, neighbours and Mayor of St Helens Coun Lynn Clarke lined the streets to celebrate the end of Cath Brookfield's fund-raising challenge

Celebrations as 'emotional' pensioner completes month-long walking challenge Gaynor Clarke

Charities have called on the Government to improve diagnostic rates for dementia

Nearly a third of suspected dementia cases in Wigan lack a formal diagnosis Sonja Tutty

The Met Office has launched a new colour-coded warm weather alert system in England to identify hot spells.

Met Office launch new colour-coded weather alert system in England Rahmah Ghazali

Wigan Infirmary

Wigan's hospitals and town halls to turn blue to celebrate 75 years of the NHS Gaynor Clarke

Patients are being urged to order their repeat prescriptions now

Repeat prescription reminder for Wigan patients ahead of bank holiday weekend Gaynor Clarke

More than 35,000 incidents of sexual misconduct or sexual violence were recorded in NHS England in the five years between 2017 and 2022.

35,000+ incidents of sexual violence recorded in NHS England 2017-2022 Rahmah Ghazali

Chickenpox is a viral infection that mostly affects children, although you can get it at any age

Jet2, easyJet & Ryanair issue chickenpox warning Chelsie Sewell

The NHS will soon allow patients to acces private healthcare

Patients to use NHS app to access private healthcare Rebecca Braybrook

Of the Wigan patients waiting for one of 12 key diagnostic tests, 1,431 (16 per cent) had been waiting for at least six weeks

Wigan's hospital trust: all the key numbers for March Will Grimond

Captain Sir Tom Moore to get his own biopic Daniel Mcneil

Wigan Infirmary

More than one in 20 jobs unfilled at Wigan's hospitals Will Grimond

Exterior of Atherleigh Park hospital, Atherleigh Way, Leigh.

Wigan borough mental health unit 'reviewing' free car parking at its site Alan Weston

People are being encouraged to have their blood pressure checked

Call for Wigan residents to have their blood pressure checked Gaynor Clarke

Teachers and senior doctors will ballot in their dispute with the government over pay, which will likely see a fresh round of strikes. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers and senior doctors to ballot for fresh strikes Rahmah Ghazali

Cath Brookfield, 91, is determined to walk 200m every day

Pensioner, 91, takes on walking challenge to raise money for deaf club Gaynor Clarke

Wigan Infirmary

Patient numbers fall at Wigan's casualty departments amid strikes by staff Gaynor Clarke

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis Dennis Morton

Nikki Varley Head of Youth Work

Wigan Youth Zone column Nikki Varley

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Health unions back new pay offer for millions of NHS staff Sam Johnson

Royal College of Nursing picket line as staff strike outside a hospital.

NHS staff to be offered 5% pay rise Patrick Hollis

Müller recall Cadbury desserts because of Listeria contamination Daniel Mcneil

The picket line outside Wigan Infirmary today

Nurses gather outside Wigan Infirmary to demand fair pay in latest strike action Alan Weston

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England Dennis Morton

The event on June 23 will include a raffle with a rnage of prizes.

Wigan mum with terminal cancer to raise money for charity Matt Pennington

The Brick's CEO Keely Dalfen, centre, with outgoing chairman of trustees Dr John Parker , left, and the new chairman Dr Paul Plant

New role as chairman of trustees with charity is 'personal' for hospital doctor Gaynor Clarke

Greater Manchester is more than 10 per cent below target for child vaccination against measles

Parents urged to check child's vaccination record Sian Jones

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer Beth Franklin

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK Dennis Morton

It costs between £7,100 and £18,100 a year to raise a child according to research from Moneyfarm - an unimaginable amount of money for some, especially amid an ongoing cost of living crisis

3 government schemes that could save parents £1,617 Sophie Wills

NHS dentist fees in England have increased this week in another blow to those already struggling with the cost of living crisis.

NHS dentist fees increase in England - how much more you’ll pay Sophie Wills

The RCN strike will be cut short after the high court ruled it “partly unlawful.”

Next week’s nurses’ strike ruled ‘partly unlawful’ Chelsie Sewell

NHS England figures show 48,255 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Increasing number of Wigan patients waiting for routine hospital treatment Will Grimond

NHS figures show 74.1 per cent of Wigan people diagnosed with cancer in 2020 in the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG survived the first year

The cancer survival rate in Wigan is rising Sonja Tutty

Midwives in England vote to accept government pay offer Beth Franklin

A nurses' picket outside Wigan Infirmary on the last occasion of RCN strike action in February 2023

Warning to anyone in need of NHS treatment over bank holiday weekend Alan Weston

A Covid-19 vaccine record on the National Health Service (NHS) app.

NHS Covid app closing down: Here’s when it will disappear for good Sophie Wills