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Bradford & Keighley

Cancer awareness event for Bradford women

Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ gynaecology and breast cancer nurse specialists, along with the screening teams, are joining forces with the Islam Bradford Centre Sisters’ group...
Health

32,760 hours: The cost of staying alive for an ethnic minority patient on dialysis

More than 30,000 people in the UK are currently on dialysis. On average, patients typically spend three days a week on a dialysis machine,...
Bradford & Keighley

Pink Chai Day: Breaking silence, breaking stigma

When Councillor Henna Chowdhury pours a cup of pink chai, she sees more than tradition. She sees a safe space where women can gather,...
Finance

New ‘regional multi-million pound funding’ to help Gateshead Council reduce child poverty

Gateshead Council is setting in motion a plan for child poverty amid new regional multi-million pound funding to tackle the issue. According to regional statistics...
Bradford & Keighley

Bradford scientist awarded £2.2m to pioneer battery less healing technology

A Bradford academic has secured a £2.2 million research fellowship to develop revolutionary “self-powered” implants that could transform healthcare and cement the city’s role...
Health

Staggering levels of childhood obesity

More than half of Middlesbrough’s neighbourhoods see more than 40% of children being either overweight or obese by the time that they reach year...
Education

NHS ambition to see autism referrals for kids in Gateshead fall to just 18 weeks

Children are waiting an average of 64 weeks for an autism diagnosis in Gateshead – however ambitions remain to reduce waits to under 20...
Health

Uncertainty as NHS job cuts plan is ‘paused’

Plans to axe hundreds of health service jobs have been paused amid uncertainty over how redundancy costs will be covered. Staff at the West Yorkshire...
Bradford & Keighley

“Concern” over fall in healthy life expectancy in Bradford

The number of years a person in Bradford can expect to live a healthy life has fallen in recent years. The “Healthy Life Expectancy” (HLE)...
Bradford & Keighley

Hospital launches new service for Bradford patients

A new service which aims to enhance the experience for patients by offering faster recovery times and a more comfortable, less invasive procedure has...
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