A new ‘friendship’ app designed to help people in a crisis is being developed by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University. The software, called Rescue Station, is aimed at helping those
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Millionaire Manchester United legend Gary Neville made a group of homeless men cry after giving them somewhere to stay this winter. The former footballer is allowing around 30 mainly young
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Manchester City Council has officially launched the development of a new £12m Belong care village in Didsbury, Manchester. The project sees specialist care operator, Belong, collaborate with the Morris Feinmann
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Dementia care specialist Kingsley Healthcare has announced plans for a £6m development that will create up to 100 jobs in Greater Manchester. Building work on the 62-bedroom purpose-built dementia care home
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The University of Manchester has announced it is creating a dedicated research and teaching institute aimed at addressing global poverty and inequality. In early 2016 the Global Development Institute will
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The Alternative Futures Group (AFG) has announced plans for a new £6m treatment and recovery centre to be built on a 1.5 acre site in Ardwick, Manchester. The new facility
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A University of Manchester study which followed up 38,415 people admitted to hospital with self-harm has, for the first time, investigated the association between the treatment patients receive in hospital
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The prevention of suicide in middle-aged men should be made a priority, a study has urged, warning that deaths in mental health patients have become “substantially more common”. Factors including
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Plans to devolve £6 billion a year of health spending to Greater Manchester will lead to closer integration between the NHS and social care and improve results for patients, George
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