Health

Health group will have budget of £1.2bn

Lincolnshire’s Clinical Commissioning Groups will merge to create one organisation with a budget of £1.2 billion.

A health trust is asking for patients to return unused medical equipment, such as beds, to help hospitals in the coronavirus outbreak.

Lincolnshire’s public health chief has said the next seven days will be important in the fight against coronavirus.

Healthcare workers from hospitals in the area say they have been overwhelmed by the support and generosity of the community.

A school's design technology department is manufacturing face masks to help protect NHS staff from coronavirus.

From food and prescription collections to comforting phone calls, vulnerable people in Ketton are not being forgotten by their community.

For victims of domestic abuse, being in the home with their partner for days on end is a very daunting prospect.

The skill of self-management is an essential way to cope, rather than to look to food or alcohol to fill the gap.

The Prime Minister will write to every UK household to urge them to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.

This week saw a significant rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in Lincolnshire and the counties surrounding Stamford, Bourne and the Deepings.

A doctors’ surgery has won an a top award from a healthcare TripAdvisor-style website for the fifth year running.

Claire Maxted from Stamford leads a 10-minute armchair workout to keep us all a little bit happier and healthier - despite being stuck indoors.

A resident of Rutland has been confirmed to have coronavirus, Public Health England has revealed.

A hospital trust has confirmed that a patient with Covid-19 has died.

Councils in Greater Lincolnshire have been asked by the government to house all people sleeping rough by the weekend.

Dozens of people have been queuing outside supermarkets in Stamford on day four of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown.