Research and innovation news

Many MFT staff members are involving their children in our vitally important COVID-19 research, with some of them sharing their experiences.

MFT researcher urges frontline health professionals, including nurses and midwives, to be vigilant and make sure they have processes in place to report and record FGM,

More than 600 school children and teachers in Greater Manchester have taken part in a new voluntary coronavirus study, which is assessing the prevalence of COVID-19 in school pupils and teachers.

A new consortium, led by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £4.5 million to help patients with liver disease receive earlier, more accurate, diagnoses.

Our first patient has taken part in a new clinical trial investigating potential treatments for COVID-19, as part of a nationwide research effort to meet the challenge of coronavirus.

Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester are to assess the effectiveness of tests that may give doctors COVID-19 results in minutes rather than days

Our first adult patient has received transfusion of blood plasma from a donor who has recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19), as part of a clinical trial looking at potential treatments for the virus.

A patient at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) was the first in the UK to receive a convalescent plasma transfusion, after being selected through the RECOVERY COVID-19 research study.