GM Mayor sets out bold ambition to prevent homelessness across city-region Date published: 15 May 2021
Andy Burnham
A new drive to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping across Greater Manchester by tackling the root causes has been announced by Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, in an ambitious and wide-ranging acceleration of the city-region’s approach.
The draft Greater Manchester Homelessness Prevention Strategy, published yesterday (Friday) for a period of public consultation, shows how the drive to end rough sleeping and homelessness will broaden in the Mayor’s second term to address the root causes of homelessness, such as poor quality, insecure housing.
Long Covid - 200 symptoms, 1,000 referrals and the future for patients
“We were all expecting patients to get better in 14 days and be fine afterwards. Then we started realising that wasn’t true.
Updated We didn’t realise that even patients with mild illness could go on to have symptoms like that (Image: PA)
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Shortcomings in careâ found as man died after absconding from hospital amid âdeteriorating mental healthâ This is an extremely tragic death and another example of shortcomings in care of a vulnerable person in crisis
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Martin Gibbons, 52, from Ashton-On-Mersey, Sale, died after absconding from hospital whilst awaiting medical treatment. (Image: family handout)
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One in seven who need hospital treatment in Greater Manchester have spent over a year on the waiting list
The health service is described as being in an incredibly precarious state
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One in seven people who need hospital treatment have already spent more than a year on the waiting list in parts of Greater Manchester as the health service remains in an incredibly precarious state.
Unpaid family carer urges others to get their vaccine
Justine, from Trafford, cares for her father-in-law and her son
13:20, 15 APR 2021
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An unpaid carer, who looks after her father-in-law and son who has a disability, has urged others in her position to get vaccinated.