Health

Middle-aged people need to stay physically active if they are to enjoy a fit and healthy retirement, according to a new report from the University of East Anglia.

The number of cases of the life-threatening infection sepsis in Norfolk hospitals has risen by more than 70pc in the last three years.

Three mental health teams are set to be created which will go into schools and offer mental health support, thanks to a £2million cash boost.

More than 25,000 abused and neglected children in Norfolk and Waveney could be sidelined by mental health services.

Health services across Norfolk and Suffolk will benefit from a £135m funding boost as part of the prime minister's £1.8bn cash injection for the NHS.

The region's mental health trust has moved to reassure over care as it was revealed patients were sent to a hospital with "unacceptable" standards.

A couple whose lives have been ruined by Lyme disease are unable to get married because of the devastating impact on their day-to-day lives.

The region's ambulance service still does not have enough staff to keep patients safe, as bosses were slammed in its latest inspection report.

Norfolk County Council is to crackdown on poor care social care given by private providers.

A bid to overhaul the region's air ambulance bases and ensure the service can run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, has been boosted by a government grant.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds is owed to Norfolk's NHS by foreign patients not entitled to free healthcare.

Staff on the frontline of community mental health services are reporting much longer waiting lists than those recorded by bosses.

A six-year-old boy raised money for West Suffolk Hospital to say thank you for the care his younger brother received from staff.

Urgent mental health-related incidents attended by police officers have almost doubled in four years as pressures on the 999 service grow.

Another director has resigned from the region's ambulance trust as a major overhaul of its top management team continues.

Healthcare trusts spent nearly half a million pounds on equipment specifically for obese patients, it can be revealed.

More than one in every ten pregnant women in Norfolk smoke during their pregnancy, new figures have revealed.

A person who called for an ambulance 1,136 times in the last 12 months is among dozens of notorious nuisances who are costing the service a fortune, it can be revealed.

The region's ambulance trust received calls from people suffering with sunburn as the service almost reached capacity over the weekend.

A Norfolk university is set to host a conference aimed at improving the support delivered to the bereaved across the county.

Staff working in children and young people's mental health were forced to make their own waiting lists as official data was so inaccurate and cases "slipped through the net".

Lessons have been learnt over a council owned company which failed to be self-sustaining, council bosses have said after agreeing its closure.

A new initiative which aims to make sure that people who have suffered a cardiac arrest receive lifesaving help as quickly as possible has launched across the region.

People experiencing a mental health crisis will no longer be held in police cells, Theresa May has announced.

Teenage pregnancy rates in Norfolk have risen amid a warning from experts that public health cuts could worsen progress.

Health chiefs have said that there is not a threat to services for deaf and blind people in the county, after it emerged the council's specialist care company is to be wound up.

The region's ambulance trust plans to appeal a court decision in which staff won a landmark victory over holiday pay.

A brand new centre to support those in Norfolk battling cancer is set to open in Norwich - if £500,000 can be raised for the appeal.

Only a complete overhaul of children's mental health services would have a shot at stopping long waiting times and youngsters being "bounced between" services.