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Revolutionary health centre opens its doors - Bury Times 7th October 2009
"THE doors have opened at a revolutionary GP-led Health centre in Bury which will be available 12 hours a day all year round.
Rock Healthcare is on the first floor of the Moorgate Primary Care Centre, in Derby Way, and is open from 8am to 8pm for non-registered patients on a walk-in basis or by booking an appointment in advance. "
Employers warned of swine flu impact - Bury Times 25th September 2009
Companies are being warned they could face staff absenteeism of up to 25 per cent as a consequence of a Swine flu escalation.
The alert comes as NHS bosses have drawn up plans to reduce the impact of swine flu on key services as the number of cases begin to surge.
New staff parking places at Chorley Hospital - Chorley Citizen 24th September 2009
Additional staff car parking spaces have been created at Chorley Hospital to ease congestion.
The trust which runs the hospital has created an extra 76 spaces with an extension of a car park near the Education Centre.
Outstanding care at every level from Fairfield Coronary Care Unit staff - Bury Times 24th September 2009
I recently had the misfortune to suffer a heart attack at my home in Bury.
I was taken to the Coronary Care Unit at Faifield Hospital and later moved to Manchester Royal Infirmary where a team was waiting to carry out an angioplasty procedure (a tube inserted into a coronary artery) after which I was returned returned to the CCU at Fairfield.
Swine flu experts in plea for pupils to stay in school - Bury Times 16th July 2009
HEALTH officials are urging parents not to keep their children away from school as the swine flu pandemic widens.
Bury Council says it cannot confirm the number of schools in the borough where pupils have been diagnosed with swine flu, but the Guide understands five schools have so far been affected.
Swine flu girl back in school - Bury Times 2nd July 2009
A STUDENT who was sent home from school after being diagnosed with swine flu has returned to lessons.
The 13-year-old girl, a pupil at the Derby High School, became ill after catching the virus from a male relative in Bury.
Parents take pupils home after swine flu outbreak - Bury Times 25th June 2009
FIFTY pupils and staff were sent home from Derby High School after a 13-year-old girl was diagnosed with swine flu this week.
Youngsters were told shortly after they arrived for registration on Tuesday that one of their fellow pupils had caught the virus.
Swine flu confirmed in Bury - Bury Times 23rd June 2009
FIFTY pupils and staff were sent home today after swine flu was confirmed at a town centre school.
Youngsters at Derby High School were told that a girl student, aged 13, had contracted the disease shortly after arriving for registration this morning.
Town prepared for swine flu - Bury Times 4th June 2009
SWINE flu — Bury is prepared, and you can be too.
British people who have had swine flu so far have recovered well. The disease may well become more serious if: People who are already ill or frail get the swine flu; it becomes more widespread; the virus changes as viruses often do.
Car parking charges reduced at Moorgate Primary Care Centre - Bury Times 2nd June 2009
CAR parking charges at Moorgate Primary Care Centre have been reduced after feedback from patients and visitors.
Concerns about the cost of car parking have been raised since the centre opened in Derby Way, Bury, in October last year.
Schoolgirls sent cervical cancer reminder - Bury Times 29th May 2009
LETTERS are being sent out to local schoolgirls to ensure that they are fully protected against the threat of cervical cancer.
NHS Bury is issuing the reminders to the girls and their parents that the third HPV (human papillomavirus) injection is now due. Three doses of the vaccine are essential to guard against the cancer.
Bury's a town of 'couch potatoes' - Bury Times 11th March 2009
BURY has been labelled a town of “couch potatoes” after a new government report revealed that one-in-four adults did little or no exercise.
The NHS estimates the cost of Bury’s inactivity to the health service was more than £3.5 million a year — enough to pay for 700 hip replacement operations.
Drive to stem cancer deaths - Bury Times 5th March 2009
WHITEFIELD is the second worst area in the borough for deaths from cancer.
Now a campaign is being supported by a grandfather who lost both his parents to cancer to raise further awareness of the disease.
Detect cancer early is Mike’s message - Bury Times 19th February 2009
A GRANDFATHER who lost both his parents to cancer hopes to save lives by raising awareness of the disease.
Mike Harling, of Worcester Close, Bury, saw both his parents battle against different forms of cancer.
His father Jack underwent surgery for bowel cancer but died in 1982 at the age of 63. Twenty years later, his mother Mona, aged 81, died just five days after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
£10 million super health centre ready to open - Bury Times 10th February 2009
RADCLIFFE’S £10 million super health centre is due to open its doors on Monday.
Building work started in August 2007 to erect the new Radcliffe Primary Care Centre on the corner of Church Street West and Bridgefield Street.
GPs from Redbank Group Practice will be the first people to work in the new centre when they relocate there on Monday.
We have every reason to be proud of the NHS in Bury - Bury Times 5th February 2009
I AM writing to you to praise the NHS in general and Fairfield Hospital and Tottington Health Centre in particular.
Unfortunately, the NHS all too often receives negative publicity for its failings but rarely gets the praise it deserves for its achievements. From our personal experience my family are very grateful for the high standard of medical care available in our area.
NHS needs feedback on healthcare priorities - Bury Times 28th January 2009
NHS Bury is holding roadshows across the borough to ask people for their views on healthcare priorities over the next five years.
Seven key areas have been identified as requiring significant improvement.
They are: alcohol, cancer, coronary heart disease, mental health, stroke, obesity and respiratory disease.
Baddac Access - making the case for the disabled - Bury Times 15th January 2009
Bury disabled people, families, and carers, developed a unique organisation and voice for disabled people in Bury just 30 years ago.
It is a tribute to the energy and drive of the founders of Baddac Access that the organisation is still in being today and is still making the case for people with disabilities in Bury.
Three quarters take up anti-cancer vaccine - Bury Times 10th December 2008
MORE than three quarters of girls eligible to be vaccinated against a form of cancer have had the jab, figures have shown.
Earlier this year, a vaccination trial took place at Bury schools and was so successful that it was rolled out across the country.
Asylum records provide unique history lesson - Bury Times 28th November 2008
ARCHIVES from Prestwich Asylum have been used to create a unique history lesson for high school pupils.
The asylum opened in 1851 and eventually became Prestwich Hospital, before closing in 1994.
The Bury New Road centre now provides specialist mental health and substance misuse services to the wider North West.
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