Research and innovation news

The findings from a Manchester study exploring the oral health needs and experiences of nearly 400 people with learning disabilities and their carers has been published.

The MiNESS research study has found that women who go to sleep lying on the back have a 2.3-fold increased risk of late stillbirth compared with women who go to sleep on their side.

The fifth-annual awards ceremony took place in the city centre on Thursday 9th November to showcase the achievements and successes of researchers and teams from across the region’s Trusts and GP's

Dr Jenny Myers, leading ground-breaking research to help mothers-to-be with diabetes, welcomed a family from Crewe who have raised over £5,000 in support of the project at Saint Mary’s Hospital.

Three kind hearted Clinical Research Nurses (CRNs) have said their final goodbyes as they retire from MFT each with nearly 40 years of nursing experience.

MFT is collaborating on a new £1.1m trial which will assess whether a self-management programme could help to improve the lives of women who suffer pelvic organ prolapse.

A surgical recovery programme that cut post-operative respiratory complications by 50 per cent at Manchester Royal Infirmary is set to be rolled out across a further six Greater Manchester hospitals.