Health

Patients, staff and dignitaries in the new garden at Rutland Memorial Hospital

A keen runner is hoping to set up a Parkrun event at Rutland Water and is holding an event next month to recruit volunteers.

The next board meeting for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) will take place on Tuesday, May 26.

Grantham Hospital is to get an upgrade as part of a £25 million contract to modernise hospitals in Lincolnshire.

Babies across Leicestershire are to be given a free dental health kit at their four-month health visitor contact.

Sight loss charity Vista has launched a brand new Mobile Support Service for older people at risk of developing sight loss in the county.

A health watchdog has shared the progress of a scheme to collect people’s experiences of dementia.

A group aiming to transform health services in the area will meet this week.

A Grantham man who was left fighting for his life after a freak accident in 2010 is launching a support group for those affected by brain injury.

The family of a little girl from a village near Sleaford are supporting the launch of a charity’s poster campaign to use moblie phones to detect childhood eye cancer.

A review has been launched over the drug and alcohol treatment service provided by Lincolnshire County Council.

An out-of-hours GP clinic serving Rutland and Melton has been placed in special measures after an inspection.

Pregnant women and new mums with serious mental health difficulties can now benefit from a new service offered by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Two local heroes were welcomed as guests of honour at a naming ceremony for a new care home.

Belvoir Castle was the venue for a 15-mile horse ride on Sunday which raised over £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

A man has thanked the optician who spotted a potentially sight-threatening condition during a routine eye test.

Grantham pupil Kayti Spargo has had the best possible boost ahead of her GCSEs next week – she’s just been told she is cured of cancer.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust will be supporting this year’s Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week.

Jane Lewington, the United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust’s chief executive, announced on Friday that she will step down in July.

A woman hopes to warn fellow dog owners about the dangers of lungworm after her own pet nearly died from the parasite.