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The publication of the National Childhood Obesity Database is the largest database of its kind with the potential to allow tracking and analysis of childhood obesity. This will,...
Date Published 22/12/2006
More than fifty vehicles were recently stopped at random to test how clean their exhausts were - and they all passed the test.Rochdale Council recently tested emissions levels...
Date Published 20/12/2006
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering Lee Pickles and assaulting two other men at a party in Rochdale earlier this year.Mark Robertson, born...
Hundreds of Council employees will be busy over the Christmas and New Year holidays keeping vital services going for local people.They will be caring for older and vulnerable...
Date Published 19/12/2006
Saturday 16 December saw the grand finale of the Junior Chef course at Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale, where local school pupils aged between 11 and 15 have been busy learning...
Schools in the Rochdale Borough will benefit from a £150,000,000 investment, after it was announced that the Building Schools for the Future Bid has been successful. The...
Date Published 14/12/2006
Primary Care Trust (PCT) Director of Public Health for Rochdale Borough, Sheila Will, has praised the Regional Alcohol Summit for issuing a stark warning to local people about the...
Rochdale Council are repeating the hugely successful Christmas Tree recycling scheme that last year saw over 1700 trees diverted from going into landfill.To encourage...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has questioned the cancelling of a vital meeting where it was expected that Health Bosses were going to confirm a provisional decision to shut Accident and...
Date Published 13/12/2006
Due to an unforeseen delay in the production of relevant papers for the Healthy Futures Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts, the meeting scheduled for 14 December at 4pm at the...
Jim Dobbin MP says: "It's time for better local bus services in Heywood, Middleton, Castleton, Norden and Bamford.“Buses are a lifeline to many people in my constituency but...
Date Published 12/12/2006
The final outcome of the Healthy Futures public consultation on changes to adult healthcare in the north east of Greater Manchester is due to be decided this Thursday (14...
I had to be in the House of Commons on Monday 27 November to chair a press conference about my presentation Bill on Palliative Care. Representatives from the National Council for...
Date Published 11/12/2006
Four of Rochdale Council's early years providers and schools, named as outstanding by the Government, were invited to celebrate their achievement at the The Lowry in Salford on...
John Pierce has been appointed as Chairman of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust.John said: "I am delighted to be taking up this role at such a crucial time in...
A dedicated health channel will broadcast important public health messages in the waiting rooms of clinics and GP surgeries across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.Flat screen...
Heywood Councillor Colin Lambert reacting to the news that maternity services are to go from Fairfield Hospital as well as Rochdale Infirmary said he is "gutted".He added that...
Date Published 08/12/2006
Small businesses were encouraged to take up business opportunities with Rochdale Council and other public sector organisations at a Buy Local Spend Local event held at Rochdale...
Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesman Chris Huhne MP will be in Heywood on Saturday, 16 December to join in the Christmas celebrations with pensioners at Roeacre Court. He will...
Date Published 05/12/2006
The Stoma Care Service provided by Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT treat, support and advises patients across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.Users of stoma products along...
Date Published 01/12/2006
The parents of a 21-year-old woman who died following a road traffic collision in Rochdale on Monday 27 November 2006, have paid tribute to their daughter.The victim, who has...
Date Published 29/11/2006
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old woman died following a traffic collision in Rochdale on the night of Monday 27 November.Shortly before 11.15pm police...
Date Published 28/11/2006
“My Lords and Members of the House of Commons.”These are the words the Queen uses at the state Opening of Parliament to introduce the government’s plans for the new...
With the decision already taken to recommend the downgrading of the Infirmary to a 'Locality Hospital' an estimated 200 concerned residents, including some from Walsden and...
Date Published 24/11/2006
John and Debbie Carey will be looking to the sky on Tuesday 28 November as a 60 foot crane lowers an extension to their home into the back garden.The couple of Lymington...
Date Published 23/11/2006
Two thousand patients are expected to access NHS dental treatment each year at the new PCT Dental Clinic in Castlemere.Paul Rowen MP and Mr Junejo, Consul General of Pakistan...
Date Published 21/11/2006
More than 8,500 people - many living in the Borough’s most deprived areas - have benefited from a three-year debt and consumer project, now nearing completion.However, much of...
Heywood based artist Chris Foster's photographic tour of Asia has found a rather unusual home – at four Greater Manchester hospitals, including Rochdale Infirmary.'Worlds...
Springhill Hospice Christmas Fair took place at the Hospice on Sunday 19 November. The Fair was attended by the Mayor, Councillor Jean Hornby and her consort, and husband, Barry,...
Date Published 20/11/2006
Taxi drivers are being urged to clean up their act after four vehicles failed basic emissions tests during a Council-led sweep of the Borough.The operation was one of a series...
Date Published 18/11/2006
