To celebrate International Day of the Midwife, Research Midwife, Emilie Bailey shares her midwifery research journey and why she is proud to contribute to research that helps make pregnancy safer.
Researchers from Saint Mary’s Hospital, part of MFT, have been awarded an American Association for Cancer Research Award for their pioneering work on Lynch-syndrome associated endometrial cancer.
A simple, safe and accurate test that identifies women with womb cancer from a sample taken from the vagina has been developed by clinician scientists in Manchester.
A hormone blood test, developed at MFT can determine the effectiveness of anastrozole, the recommended preventative treatment for post-menopausal women at high risk of developing breast cancer.
Babies at MFT have been part of groundbreaking research which found that a single dose of a treatment for a respiratory infection in infants can help cut hospital admissions by more than 80 per cent.
New research has shown that empowering women to self-manage a common treatment for pelvic organ prolapse leads to fewer complications and could save the NHS more than £560 per patient.
More than 1,100 pregnant women on the North Manchester site of Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service, have taken part in a rapid beside test to protect newborns from life-threatening illnesses.