Health

East Midlands Ambulance Service, or Emas, will hold free first aid sessions in Bourne and Stamford this week.

The pacemaker implantation service at Peterborough City Hospital has successfully treated its 1,000th patient.

The introduction of parking charges at Stamford Hospital will be discussed at a board meeting after a huge response to a public consultation.

One in 10 GPs feel so overworked and disillusioned that they are ready to quit their jobs within the next year, a poll on behalf of the Royal College of GPs has found.

Medical chiefs are warning Lincolnshire residents against using antibiotics unnecessarily this winter as the risk of drug resistant illnesses grows.

In Lincolnshire 82 people are on the UK’s waiting list for a transplant and 30 have been waiting longer than two years, nine more than five years.

New figures from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) show that of the 455,000 households in the East that include an adult smoker 158,000 (35%) are below the poverty line.

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.

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.