Health

Plans have been revealed for a hospice in the county offering palliative day care.

Two health centres are planning to expand to meet the needs of people living in the hundreds of new houses in the area.

Junior doctors have been on the picket line at Peterborough City Hospital this morning as part of a national strike over proposed changes to their contracts.

Red wine’s supposed health benefits are set to be rubbished by Government experts rewriting the rule book on the nation’s alcohol consumption, according to reports.

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust could soon be working closely with Hinchingbrooke Trust in a new money saving plan.

Peterborough City Council’s Community tuck shop has raised an impressive £620 for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Peterborough City Hospital.

Patients being cared for on the John Van Geest ward at Stamford Hospital are now able to choose from a new menu thanks to the introduction of a specialist kitchen on the ward.

If you’re looking for a new way to shift the Christmas pounds, want to meet new people and fancy getting out in the fresh air this January, then look no further than Sacrewell near Wansford.

A hospital board has promised that all the money made from new parking charges will make things better for patients.

As Christmas approaches, so too do the festive celebrations and get-together for many.

Peterborough City Hospital bosses have defended car parking charges after it was revealed they made more than £1.7 million last year.

The Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust made £1.8million on car parking last year new research has found.

The introduction of parking charges at Stamford Hospital will be discussed at a board meeting next week.

A Peterborough woman has travelled thousands of miles across the world to give the gift of life this Christmas.

With less than three per cent of people aged 17-70 giving blood in the last year, NHS Blood and Transplant is asking people to make a New Year’s resolution that saves lives.

Ambulance crews are gearing up for the busiest night of the year tonight, Friday December 18, and are warning people to think about how much alcohol they drink.

A councillor who says he would have been unable to carry out his duties without a transplant has urged people to become organ donors.

A care charity plans to expand to meet the growing needs of vulnerable people, despite having to suspend a valued service due to lack of uptake.

A mother is urging parents to ensure children have regular eye examinations after a test in Oakham revealed juvenile arthritis and saved her son’s sight.

The Government is being urged to implement a nationwide programme that would relieve some of the huge pressure on A&E departments by preventing accidental injuries to under-5s.