Health

Additional maternity and paternity leave has been pledged for Suffolk County Council staff following the birth of a premature baby.

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

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

A culture of learning from mistakes and hardworking staff are behind a Norfolk hospital being the only one in the county to not be rated as failing.

A former Norwich City star was among the guests sharing their stories at an event to raise awareness for men’s mental health in memory of a Lowestoft powerlifter.

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

The Beccles community have come together to raise funds for skin tumour research after a well-loved member of the community died after an 19 year battle with cancer.

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

A grandfather who “religiously” relied on a cocktail of prescribed drugs to get through the day has spoken of his relief at getting his life back.

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.

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.

A unit tipped as crucial in a Norfolk hospital’s battle to cope with added winter pressures is already making a difference.

Specially-designed ambulances giving patients a smoother journey while improving the working environment for crews are to be rolled out across the region.

Suffolk County Council’s Tory administration has launched a bid to tackle period poverty – just weeks after it failed to commit cash to the cause.

The rising tide of obesity has pushed the number of people in Norfolk and Waveney with diabetes past 50,000 for the first time - with warnings that the figure could be much higher.

Top level staff at the region’s mental health trust are moving to new positions within Norfolk’s health service.

Work on a vital new resource centre for people with life-limiting illnesses will start in the next few weeks.

The new chief nurse at the region’s mental health trust has pledged to help drive improvements to patient care.

More than 2,000 people have participated in a conversation about adult mental health services in Norfolk and Waveney

The region’s mental health trust is celebrating the achievements of its newest nursing graduates who have spent the last 18 months completing their degrees while also caring for patients.

Student nurses from East Anglia will meet members of parliament at Westminster today ahead of a debate which will discuss the future of nurse education funding.