Health

Pollution could be worsening the condition of those suffering with asthma if they are not doing enough to manage their illness.

One of the county’s worst performing healthcare trusts could merge with Norfolk’s best in a bid to bring together care in the community.

Hundreds of thousands of women and their families were left terrified over a breast cancer screening scandal which never existed, a review has found.

Hospital admissions of young people with asthma are rising in Norfolk, according to the latest data from Public Health England.

Ambulances have been head butted, kicked, and had blue lights ripped off in shocking acts of vandalism on the emergency vehicles - sometimes while crews have been trying to treat patients.

A Norfolk MP has called for urgent action after claiming people with mental health issues are still being unlawfully detained and transported in police vehicles.

More private ambulances on the road, nearly 2,000 extra doctors’ appointments, and measures to get patients out of hospital quicker.

Mental health campaigners will head to London to demand better mental health care in the region.

Norfolk residents are being urged to help prevent the spread of Norovirus as several cases of the virus have been seen in the county.

A cash injection has been given to the region’s ambulance service as part of £1bn of funding announced by the government.

Around one in three children in Norfolk are doing fewer than 30 minutes of exercise a day, with even lower numbers doing the governmental guideline of one hour of activity a day.

Volunteers whose hard work makes north Norfolk a better place have been celebrated at an awards night.

A Norfolk MP has been left “angry and upset” by a conference call with inspectors overseeing the region’s mental health trust.

The number of additional deaths during winter almost doubled last year compared to the previous year across the UK, as the colder months took their toll on the elderly and infirm.

East Anglian researchers are seeking volunteers to take part in vital dementia research studies through the Join Dementia Research initiative.

A 12-year-old girl was recognised for her work with a first responder team at north Norfolk’s Big Society Awards 2018.

More than 135,000 children in Norfolk and Suffolk have not seen an NHS dentist in the last year, according to newly released figures.

MPs will demand answers over the future of the region’s mental health trust at a meeting with regulators.

Applications to become a nurse in Norfolk have dropped by a fifth in just a year, new figures show.

Tens of thousands more people in Norfolk are opting to order their prescriptions online than two years ago, according to NHS data.

A dementia hub that offers a warm, inviting environment for people looking to socialise and make friends has won a community project award.

A Norfolk council has launched a new fund to support projects improving residents’ health and wellbeing which has been welcomed by one of the area’s district councillors.

The top inspector of England’s hospitals has not ruled out asking the government to take over the region’s failing mental health trust.

The boss of the region’s failing mental health trust has admitted the organisation is on its “last chance” to get things right.

The region’s mental health trust is today in special measures for the third time, after an inspection uncovered a litany of failings branded “deeply disturbing” by MPs.

Mental health services have been in crisis for at least five years.

A number of people using mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk have praised the care they receive despite a damning report from inspectors released today.

The latest report’s into the region’s mental health trust - which brands it unsafe and poorly led - is the worst it has received, campaigners have claimed.

Norwich South MP, Labour’s Clive Lewis, has led calls for the region’s mental health trust to be put into special administration - a classification kept strictly for the very worst of health organisations.