Residents in Breckland are being encouraged to make an appointment to donate blood.

Of all those taking part in this year’s London Marathon, Simon Kindleysides has arguably one of the toughest challenges ahead of him.

People living in Great Yarmouth are the least active in England, with more than a third failing to manage 30 minutes of exercise a week, new figures reveal.

Norfolk’s women are more likely to be admitted to hospital with an alcohol-related condition now than they were five years ago, data reveals.

A mental health boss has hit out and branded it ‘utterly indefensible’ that a bid for more than £5m which would be used to address safety concerns was snubbed by the government.

A nurse and charity volunteer from Fakenham has been named this year’s Miss Norfolk.

More than 170 people turned up at Norfolk’s emergency departments last year because of a sore throat, new data has revealed.

Obesity-related hospital admissions in Norfolk have increased by thousands over the last three years, the latest figures show.

A bid for more than £5m worth of funding to help solve safety issues at the region’s mental health has been rejected by the Department for Health, it can be revealed.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has been awarded a second gold star in recognition of its commitment to ensuring carers are fully supported and involved in decisions about care.

A green marrow “the length of [an] arm but much thicker and very heavy”, a first edition of Gone with the Wind, and a commemorative plate of Prince William and his young family.

Being overweight could overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer, according to a new study.

Only around 1 in 20 people in the east of England think the government is making the necessary preparations for the increasing number of people who will be diagnosed with cancer in the future.

Teenage pregnancy rates in the east of England are at the lowest they have been since records began, new figures have revealed.

This week marks a decade of older and disabled people being eligible for free bus travel across England.

The full extent of winter NHS crisis has been revealed as figures showed Norfolk hospitals hit ‘safe’ occupancy levels just three times.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust (NCHC) was recognised for their work on creating compassionate workplaces at NHS England’s conference.

Nearly 100,000 staff in the east of England’s NHS are set for a wage rise after health unions recommended a pay offer worth up to 29pc over three years.

A man who feared he would lose his leg after he was crushed between two forklift trucks has praised the swift response of emergency services.

The NHS has issued a call for blood donors after poor weather conditions led to a significant decline in blood stocks.

The county’s busiest hospital recorded the worst A&E performance in the country last month, as a leading emergency medicine organisation urged patients to write to their MPs demanding action over the NHS.

The appointment of a new mental health boss has been branded “disastrous” by campaigners due to the new chief’s background in NHS funding.

More than 500 calls were made to the region’s ambulance trust by just one caller last year - but the patient was only taken to hospital 20 times.

The important role which apprentices play at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is being highlighted during a national awareness week designed to encourage more people to think about earning while they learn.

More staff in the county’s NHS felt they could contribute towards improvements, but others saw their satisfaction at the quality of care they could give dip.

The new chief executive of the region’s beleaguered mental health trust will be named later this week, it can be revealed.

The worst seems to be over as a long thaw sets in.

Staff at the county’s community healthcare trust have spoken out over the hard work of those staff who struggled into work through the snow.

It forced many to abandon their cars or stay tucked up at home, but the Beast from the East could not prevent the region’s dedicated public servants from getting to those who needed them.

Appointments for some patients at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) have been cancelled after staff struggled to get to work in heavy snow.