PARTNERSHIPS in Bolton can apply for funding to enable more people to access green spaces in order to boost mental health. Greater Manchester has secured £500,000 in government funding for green social prescribing - which includes activities such as walking and cycling, community gardening and food-growing projects. The Greater Manchester Mental Wellbeing Conversation Survey revealed that 4,000 residents said that green open space would boost their mental well-being. Access to the natural world will be improved through two ways. Test and learn sites across the region will pilot schemes that link people to green activities. Applications for the local funding need to be voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) led, with partners including grass roots organisations. They should focus on those communities hardest hit by the pandemic and work at a local ‘place’ level.
Get me on that bloody plane to Benidorm! Joyful optimism at new University of Bolton Stadium vaccine site Thomas Molloy Get me on that bloody plane to Benidorm! There was a glint in the eye of 76-year-old Thomas Robinson as he spoke about his post-pandemic plans this morning (January 28), having been among the first people to receive a Covid-19 jab at the University of Bolton Stadium. I have a daughter in Dubai, so I d love to be able to go visit her as well, he added. Mr Robinson received his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in a small unit next to the club shop at Bolton Wanderers ground.
A Greater Manchester Endoscopy Modular Unit based at Fairfield General Hospital has begun treating its first patients.
The twin-roomed unit will operate for six months initially from a temporary modular building set up on the Fairfield General Hospital site.
The unit has been specially commissioned by Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to support the delivery of endoscopy services following the pandemic disruption.
The unit will prioritise category one patients, which are the most urgent, waiting for an endoscopy.
Dr Roger Prudham, Consultant Gastroenterologist and a Deputy Medical Director at the Northern Care Alliance, which operates Fairfield General Hospital through its Bury Care Organisation, said: “I am overjoyed to see the first patients being treated at the new endoscopy unit.
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Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ranked 4th for most jabs given Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are ranked fourth for most Covid vaccinations given in England, figures have revealed. As many as 166,417 jabs were given in the region, according to the latest data collected through the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS) until January 19 (Tuesday), 2021. A total of 146,285 people have received these vaccines. Among them, 20,132 people received both doses of the vaccine. Only Cumbria and North East (271,536), Cheshire and Merseyside (201,220) and Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (187,947) have received more jabs than Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.