Health

The father of a Cromer teenager who took his own life last year said he felt as if his son was with him during a marathon which helped him raise almost £4,000 for a mental health charity.

A bereavement group founded by two women who lost loved ones to suicide is to offer support sessions in a north Norfolk town affected by a spate of tragic deaths.

Children in the east of England have the least money spent on their mental health care in the country, as some were having to threaten suicide to fight their way into treatment.

A Sheringham father thought he would have to give up running after a twisted pelvis caused him too much pain.

Almost half of Norfolk’s dental surgeries are closed to NHS patients as a lack of dentists in the county impacts on care.

A charity evening of dance, music and entertainment is being planned for Cromer, prompted by the recent suicides of several young men.

As the nation was recovering from the pain and carnage of the First World War 100 years ago, the idea for a new Norfolk hospital was born.

Plans for a new £4.15m cancer centre for north Norfolk have been revealed, which could stop those suffering with the dreadful disease having to travel miles for treatment.

More than 200 NHS staff, service users and members of the community have been reminded of the importance of showing empathy and compassion to others during Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s (NSFT) second equality, diversity and inclusion conference.

Norfolk Family Carers is offering help for families navigating the NHS Continuing Healthcare system, which pays for care for those with long-term significant health conditions.

More and more people in Norfolk are surviving cancer when they are diagnosed with the devastating disease.

A man who was paralysed from the waist down after suffering a horrific accident as a teen is backing a national campaign to get people swimming.

Patients across Norfolk are being asked to nominate the health professional or hospital team who has gone the extra mile in providing their care.

A north Norfolk woman has spoken out about the painful decision for her husband to undergo life-changing surgery after suffering a severe stroke which left him unable to speak.

Norfolk’s three hospitals look set to end another year in deficit, as NHS cash comes under the spotlight.

Scores of mental health patients in “acute distress” were sent out of Norfolk and Suffolk for care - despite five years of promises that the practice would end.

The new boss of the region’s failing mental health has a difficult task in front of him - to turn around a trust first branded as inadequate four years ago and twice again since.

“In five years I have had three suicide attempts, a hip full of scars and 27 months on a waiting list.”

A brand new music festival is set to raise the roof in north Norfolk this summer in a bid to promote awareness of cervical and testicular cancer.

Concerns have been raised over where mental health nurses to be placed in doctors’ surgeries are going to come from amid a shortage in the profession.

A Cromer care home which was forced to close last month has seen the results of its latest damning inspection published.

A suicide bereavement group set up by those who have lost loved ones to the tragedy has become a community group.

Patients and carers are being invited to help shape the future of mental health care delivered by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT).

Rickets, scurvy, malnutrition and other Dickensian-era diseases were all treated at Norfolk hospitals last year.

People living in a north Norfolk town wait longer for an ambulance than anywhere else in Britain, new figures show.

A mental health campaign group have launched a new charity to support people in north Norfolk after a number of suicides among young men in Cromer.

Patients will have a greater say and involvement in their care following their treatment for breast cancer, under new guidance published by the East of England Cancer Alliance.

A stock car driver is on the mend after being taken ill ahead of a fight night event two weeks ago.

Norfolk and Waveney’s NHS has been snubbed in every single bid for big ticket money - bar one - made to the government over the last two years, with £417m of funding it asked for denied.