Royal Bolton-Hospital: Last News

The family of a teenager found dead near the hospital she was receiving treatment has told an inquest of 'systemic failures' in the days leading up to her death.

A person has been rushed to hospital following a collision between three vehicles in Oldham this evening.

A 'beautiful' mum's death remains a mystery after she died suddenly at home, four months after a fall and multiple hospital visits.

Royal Bolton Hospital received their first Covid-19 samples for testing. In that time, they have gone from being able to test one or two people a day to hundreds.In fact, over the last 12 months they have tested more than 50,000 patients and other members of staff, stopping potential outbreaks and saving lives.But, as has been the case across the NHS during the pandemic, their work has come at a personal cost.Alison, 38, began her job in January 2020, one month before the first coronavirus tests came in, and has not spent any time with her family since the scale of the virus became clear.

The Royal Bolton Hospital will more than double its COVID testing capacity thanks to a new machine dubbed 'the panther'.Bosses say the new technology will help speed up on-site coronavirus screening of staff and patients across the hospital.The machine, called the Hologic Panther, has boosted testing from nose and throat swabs to 500 a day.The hospital's existing technology was able to screen up to 200 samples a day, a capacity which was put to the test during the first wave of the pandemic.Testing capacity was put under more pressure when pre-op patients were screened prior to attending the hospital.Lab bosses say the arrival of the Panther will help the hospital cope with a second wave of coronavirus.It will also process all the of the

Three more people have died from coronavirus at Royal Bolton Hospital, it has been revealed.

A coronavirus recovery trial has recruited its first patient to help find treatments for the disease.