Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Thursday September 29, 2022.
Keep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here.Today I bring you some good news. There have been ‘modest improvements’ in life expectancy in Greater Manchester. Apparently, it’s down to devolution. We’ll be discussing that in today’s newsletter, but we’ll also be examining it in greater detail in the coming days.
Life expectancy rose faster in Greater Manchester compared to a comparable English area between 2014/16 and 2017/19 according to the study - which is published in The Lancet. The increase in life expectancy in our region was more than the average change in the same period. The devolution deal granted Greater Manchester increased control over a range of public services, including health and social care. The region was given £450m - its share of national transformation funding - up front by NHS England. Leaders used that money for initiatives such as help with stopping smoking, young people's mental health and supporting the long-term unemployed into work. It also funded the formation of integrated neighbourhood teams.
Sir Richard Leese - who chairs the board - was a signatory to the region’s health devolution deal with the government back in 2015. He says it is ‘expected’ that progress will be made at different rates across the region, but leaders are encouraged that an integrated approach is having a positive impact.
Co-author Professor Matt Sutton says many more people die younger in our region and many others suffer more from serious diseases. “This study has shown that devolution in Greater Manchester could improve things for the better,” he says. Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Prime Minister had 'finally broken her long painful silence with a series of short painful silences’.
The footage was taken by an undercover reporter from Panorama at the secure unit on the grounds of the former Prestwich Hospital in Bury. Greater Manchester Police has begun a criminal investigation. The footage has been condemned by NHS England as 'shocking'.
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