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The Power of Slimming World’s Club 10 Award

New NHS Digital figures show obesity was the primary or secondary cause of around 9,705 hospital admissions for patients in Wigan in the 2023 financial year.

Hospital admissions for obesity issues fall

A glucose meter being used to check blood-sugar levels

Worrying increase in young diabetics

Latest NHS Digital figures show there were 10,000 days lost due to staff absences at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust in February.

The impact of stress on hospital workers

Pregnant woman smoking

Fall in number of smoking expectant mums

NHS Digital figures show there were 64 pregnant women who were known to be smokers at the time of delivery in Wigan in the three months to September 2023

Fewer pregnant women smoke in the months before giving birth

NHS Digital figures show 153 full-time-equivalent fully trained GPs were working at surgeries in the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG area in November – down from 160 the year before.

Fewer fully trained GP – despite government recruitment pledge

GP surgeries in Greater Manchester could be receiving payments for hundreds of thousands of patients who may not exist

GP surgeries could have hundreds of thousands of 'ghost patients'

NHS Digital figures show around 3,965 children in the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG area were in contact with mental health services in the year to September

Thousands of Wigan children in contact with mental health services

There were roughly 33,500 full-time equivalent days lost due to stress-related absences in the year to June at WWL facilities, accounting for 25.7 per cent of the total 130,500 days lost in the space of a year

A quarter of staff absences from Wigan's hospitals are stress-related

NHS Digital figures show people in Wigan paid £22.5m for adult social care services in 2022-23 – up from £21.1m the year before.

Tens of millions of pounds spent on adult social care last year

NHS Digital figures show 835 of 3,595 Year 6 pupils measured in Wigan were classed as obese or severely obese in 2022-23

Childhood obesity rates better than before coronavirus pandemic

Healthcare professionals issued more sick notes to patients in Wigan

More sick notes issued to people unable to work in Wigan this spring

NHS Digital figures show 32,295 people living in the 10 per cent most deprived areas visited Wigan A&E in the year to March

People from most deprived areas made a fifth of all A&E visits

Child playing with blocks

Three in four with suspected autism experience over-long wait for diagnosis

Waits for autism diagnoses in Greater Manchester exceeded the recommended limit for three-quarters of patients, new figures show.

Marieta Marinova

NHS Digital figures show around 535 admissions for children who needed teeth removed in the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG area — up on 380 the year before

Hundreds of admissions for tooth extractions involving Wigan children

Wigan Infirmary

Record number of workers resigned from their posts at Wigan's hospitals

Wigan Infirmary

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

The National Autistic Society said a diagnosis is vital, and called on the Government to provide imminent funding to clear the soaring backlog of people with suspected autism across England.

More than a dozen Wigan patients waiting too long for autism diagnosis

More than 500 NHS staff resigned from their roles at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust in 2021-22.

A record number of staff quit Wigan's hospital trust last year

There were 409 complaints made about GPs and dentists in the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG area in the year to March – up 16 per cent from the 353 made in the year to March 2019

More GP and dentist complaints in Wigan

NHS Digital figures show total expenditure on adult social care in Wigan was £161.7m in the year to March.

Wigan Council spends more than £165m on adult social care

Of those children who were obese, 6.7 per cent were severely obese, with a body mass index (BMI) in the top 0.4 per cent for a child's age and sex.

A quarter of older primary school children in Wigan are obese

Figures provided by NHS Digital show at least 355 detentions were carried out across the former NHS Wigan Borough CCG area in 2021-22.

Hundreds of mental health detentions in Wigan

Concerns have been raised about the care of older people

Thousands of safeguarding concerns made over vulnerable adults in Wigan

Treatments remain below pre-pandemic levels

Dentistry still feeling pandemic impact in Wigan

Dental services in Wigan are still feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures which show activity is yet to recover to pre-crisis levels.

Katie Williams

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 new online booking system

New booking system for blood appointments in Wigan

The British Medical Association has called on the Government to "focus on the protection and wellbeing" of the NHS workforce.

Wigan hospital trust staff miss more than one in 20 working days

Charity Crisis said homelessness causes severe inequalities in care, with health issues often going untreated until a critical point.

Social problems cost Wigan's hospital trust almost £150,000 last year

A person with autism and his carer

Fewer Wigan people waiting for autism diagnoses

Well over 7,000 Wigan residents are considered clinically vulnerable

Covid fears for Wigan's vulnerable

Something had to give as surgeries took part in a mass vaccination programme against the Omicron variant

GP appointments hit by urgent vaccine roll-out

Many people are choosing to opt-out of the scheme

Wigan residents opt-out of sharing their medical data

Wigan is behind target

Wigan behind target of children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella

A routine mammogram is potentially life-saving

Concern as thousands of Wigan women miss breast screening

Wigan Infirmary

Patients have never had to wait longer for routine treatments in Wigan

Lockdown and a fall in face-to-face health appointments stoke fears that even more victims have been overlooked

New victims of female genital mutilation are identified in Wigan

Controversial plans for GP records to be shared in a database are being opposed

Wigan trade unionists speak out against NHS data sharing plan

NHS witnesses ‘Glastonbury-style’ surge in Covid jab bookings after call to over...

Over-25s attempting to book jab on NHS website told they are not eligible

Over-25s attempting to book jab on NHS website told they are not eligible

NHS Digital figures show that 2,705 professionally qualified clinical staff were working at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust in January

Last year saw 100 extra staff in Wigan hospitals

Statistics show how much food was thrown away by WWL

Wigan health chiefs pledge to reduce food waste

Researchers are concerned the tool may not account for certain aspects of coronavirus such as hypoxia, which can occur without a patient noticing (Photo: Shutterstock)

Online NHS Covid symptom checker may have delayed seriously ill people from seek...

The screening involves taking a sample of cells from the cervix using a soft brush (Photo: Shuhtterstock)

Just 34% of women with learning disabilities in England are attending smear test...

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Self-harm cases have more than tripled in young girls - how and where to seek he...

Three people were admitted to hospital after being the “victim of lightning”

Crocodile bites and lightning strike victims among unusual cases seen by NHS

Obesity crisis

Wigan's obesity timebomb

Almost 5,000 safeguarding concerns were made about vulnerable adults in Wigan last year, new figures show

4,660 vulnerable adult safeguarding concerns were made in Wigan last year

Fireworks injuries: firefighters warn people to be careful on Bonfire Night 2020...

Wigan Infirmary

Scores more doctors and nurses working at Wigan's hospitals

Patients will still need to call their GP in advance (Photo: Shutterstock)

GPs have been told face-to-face appointments must be made available to patients

NHS employment of doctors and nurses has risen over a 12-month period

NHS staff level rises celebrated

Many people are missing out on dental treatment

Big fall in free dental care in Wigan

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