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It’s World Breastfeeding Week 2021 and midwives and nurses across the Northern Care Alliance NHS group are busy promoting the many benefits of breastfeeding with mums.
Butler Green, Oldham’s enhanced intermediate care unit, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday 7th August with an afternoon tea party for patients and staff.
Dr Bruce joined the NCA after it established two Associate Non-Executive positions, as part of the Board’s succession planning arrangements and as a developmental initiative.
THE procurement team behind a new NHS image sharing platform in Greater Manchester (GM) have been named as finalists in the Go Awards 2020/21.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham visited Salford Royal this week to meet with frontline staff and hear first-hand about the current pressures in the NHS.
Three new, state of the art MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanners and a new CT (Computed Tomography) scanner have been installed at Salford Royal, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA).
Senior doctors from four A&E departments and an Urgent Care Centre (UCC) run by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) are asking the public to think carefully before attending A&E if not an emergency.
THE Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) has announced the appointment of Dr Owen Williams OBE as its new Chief Executive.
Salford Royal’s Hospital Vaccination Hub, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, is celebrating after administering its 50,000th COVID vaccination.
The Royal Oldham Hospital is launching a new HELP initiative (Helping to Empower Loved Ones and Patients), which will enable patients and their families to easily raise any concerns they have about patient safety or care with a member of the senior nursing team.
Senior NHS doctors and nurse leaders responsible for patient safety and infection prevention across four local hospitals and community healthcare services in Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale are asking members of the public to continue to follow the ‘hands, face, space’ rules after July 19, in a move to continue to keep staff and patients safe and secure.
The Royal Oldham Hospital Vaccination Hub, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, is celebrating after administering its 50,000th COVID vaccination.
A PARTNERSHIP involving Rochdale Infirmary that aimed to make cancer services more accessible during the pandemic has been recognised at the HSJ Partnership Awards.
THREE Northern Care Alliance NHS Group staff and a volunteer who were on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19 will be at the heart of a special service of commemoration and thanksgiving to be held at St Paul’s Cathedral on Monday 5 July, the anniversary of the health service’s foundation.
TRIAGEHF PLUS – Medtronic UK, Manchester University FT and The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group have been Highly Commended for the HealthTech Partnership of the Year at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified many societal health and social care inequalities, including those faced by local communities in Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford. But despite these challenges, the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, which operates four hospital sites and a variety of community services across these localities, is continuing to move its social value ambitions in the right direction.
The construction of our new £68million hospital at Salford Royal was taken to new heights at the weekend.
A violence reduction project embedding youth workers in Accident and Emergency departments has launched at Salford Royal.
Foresight Group, an award-winning listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has invested £3.0 million of growth capital into NorthWest EHealth Limited (“NWEH” or “the Company”), providers of software and services to the clinical trials market.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group been announced as a finalist in three categories at the prestigious Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards 2021, shortlisted in a brand new category - the COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Award, as well as the Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year Award and the Improving Care for Older People Initiative of the Year.
On Monday 5 July 2021, we're celebrating the NHS's 73rd birthday with a tea party like no other - and you're invited to join us.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group’s efforts to try and ensure nobody died alone during the COVID-19 pandemic have been recognised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
We have a number of walk-in vaccination clinics open across our sites. You do not need an appointment to attend these.
A study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), has found that a mental health treatment called Metacognitive Therapy significantly improves symptoms of anxiety and depression for heart disease patients.
A study, led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of Manchester (UoM), and funded by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), has found that a mental health treatment called Metacognitive Therapy significantly improves symptoms of anxiety and depression for heart disease patients.
A ROCHDALE partnership bringing together Rochdale Care Organisation (part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group), Rochdale Borough Council and adult social care, HMR Clinical Commissioning Group, GP Federation, and BARDOC, is being held up as an example of best practice nationally for how to transform intermediate care into an award winning service.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group embraced Men’s Health Week (June 14-20) as an opportunity to promote their fantastic Mental Health Champion roles.
It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week (15th – 20th June) and our Macmillan Gynaecology Nurses at The Royal Oldham Hospital are raising awareness not only about the importance of cervical screening, but also human papillomavirus (HPV) and its link to cervical cancer.
IN response to rising demand for the Covid-19 vaccine, Rochdale Care Organisation is calling all eligible people aged 18 and over to come and get their life saving jab next week.
Northern Care Alliance (NCA) volunteers make the world of difference in terms of the standard of care and experience the organisation can offer patients and service users across all our sites.
THE Rochdale Care Organisation, which runs Rochdale Infirmary and community services, held a small Eid celebration on Friday to mark Eid ul-Fitr which is a celebration that takes place at the end of the Holy month of Ramadan.
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Three dedicated nurses have been awarded a prestigious national award for their incredible service to the NHS.
THE Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) is shining a light on its nurses and all they have achieved during the pandemic for International Nurses Day, which takes place on 12 May.
