Health

Leading first aid charity St John Ambulance is urging everyone to learn some basic first aid skills ahead of the Bonfire Night celebrations.

Eighteen-year-old Holly Newton successfully tried scuba diving on Saturday as part of a quest to try 52 sports in 52 weeks.

A new, faster, more spacious air ambulance is expected to be responding to medical emergencies in Lincolnshire from next year.

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Trust is holding a cancer wellbeing day.

The parents of a teenage girl who has died from a rare liver cancer hope their daughter’s illness will lead to increased awareness of the disease.

A slimmer who transformed her life by losing two stone is using her success to shape a whole new career helping other people change their lives for the better too.

A children’s community liaison nurse who works in schools in Rutland and Melton has been recognised for her work in the National Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards.

A new head of midwifery has been appointed at Peterborough City Hospital.

The doctors, nurses and health workers who go the extra mile were recognised at the annual Outstanding Achievement Awards this week.

A dental practice in Oakham is offering free oral cancer health checks to everyone in Rutland during November.

Stamford Hospital bosses have launched a consultation on parking charges.

A team of archaeologists from Cambridge University Archaeological Unit will be conducting a dig at Stamford Hospital.

The news that traces of asbestos have been found in children’s crayons in Australia and Canada should be treated seriously says the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA).

Dedication, commitment and service above and beyond the call of duty were honoured at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) annual Celebrating Success Awards.

At least 2,400 cancer patients die needlessly every year because their GP does not refer them to a specialist quickly enough, research has suggested.

A hospice provider has expanded its offering by launching a new Hospice at Home service.

NHS trusts in England have racked up a deficit approaching £1 billion in the first three months of the financial year - the “worst” financial position “in a generation”, regulators have said.

A family have been raising awareness of the rare condition which claimed the life of their two-year-old son.

An annual meeting of the trust which runs Grantham Hospital was told there are no plans for the hospital to have a full A&E department.

Anglian Water is throwing open the gates of its Saltersford Water Treatment Centre near Grantham to the public.