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Breast Cancer Scanner Appeal - Your Help Urgently Needed!  
MAST needs your help URGENTLY to raise almost £200,000 required for potentially life-saving equipment. You can help in a number of ways...

NHS patients to benefit from new measures to improve access to drugs  
A package of measures designed to speed up access to new drugs and treatments for NHS patients

Cancer patients urged to apply for free prescriptions from 20 January  
People being treated for cancer will be eligible for free prescriptions from 1st April and can apply for free prescriptions from today (20th January)

£55k donation for Cancer Teens  
The Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at The Christie received a donation of almost £55,000 to fund the creation of a music therapy suite for young people suffering from cancer

New name announced for the Christie Hospital  
As of 22 September,2008 the Christie Hospital will simply be known as The Christie to better reflect the full range of work that it undertakes

Get your increased winter fuel payment before Christmas  
Older people are being urged to claim their Winter Fuel Payments, increased for this winter, to help them with higher energy costs

NHS launches Online One-Stop Shop for Mums-to-be  
The first NHS online maternity guide, offering a wealth of information on pregnancy and birth, at just the click of a mouse!

Funding Boost in Fight against Leukaemia  
University of Manchester researchers have been awarded £1.6 million to study a group of genes identified as playing a key role in leukaemia.

The Christie seeks public view over 'hospital' name  
For the first time in its 107 history the Christie is planning to change the 'Hospital' part of its name to better reflect the full range of work that it undertakes and wants you to help decide its new name!

More GP Surgeries are Open Longer  
More patients are able to see their GP in the evenings and at weekends including at some Macclesfield surgeries.

Be Amazing - Save a Life  
The National Blood Service (NBS) is asking all potential donors to make time to roll up their sleeves and give a pint of the red stuff.

Driving down death and disability rates from stroke  
Government launches consultation into future of stroke services

Interested in a career in Social Care ?  
England needs to recruit thousands of additional carers in 2007. Could you be one of them ?

 

 

 

 

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