There are no plans to scrap NHS parking charges in Norfolk, despite it being announced fees in Wales would be axed.

As yet another health trust in Norfolk in plunged into special measures by inspectors health correspondent Geraldine Scott looks at what is going wrong in the county’s NHS.

New rules introducing tougher sentences for anyone convicted of assaulting an emergency service worker are to become law today.

The new chairman of a county’s healthcare watchdog has vowed to push for more money to be given to the NHS.

Around 40,000 fewer free dental treatments were carried out in Norfolk last year, with industry leaders saying a “hostile environment” is putting off low income patients.

A targeted project designed to encourage more men to ask for help with mental health issues has been hailed a success after playing a key role in raising awareness of the importance of safeguarding emotional wellbeing.

People who are contemplating suicide are being offered a powerful message of hope from others who have been in the same position as part of a new initiative designed to encourage them to stop, wait and talk while showing that someone cares.

The first 70 students have begun training for an new role which it is hoped will further improve the care which people in Norfolk and Waveney receive while helping increase capacity within the NHS and social care workforce.

A former Norfolk MP and hospital chairman has been given one of the health service’s top jobs.

Five people a year die in Norfolk waiting for a organ transplant, it can be revealed.

A national charity car wash event is coming to Norfolk for the first time next month.

NHS dentistry in Norfolk is “heading towards the cliff edge” it has been claimed, as figures reveal nearly two thirds of dentists are thinking of leaving the profession.

The boss of the region’s ambulance trust will leave the service.

Fewer than half the people using the NHS Stop Smoking Service in Norfolk managed to quit, according to the latest figures.

Blood donors in Norfolk are being urged to come forward ahead of new appointment slots.

More than a quarter of children with eating disorders seen by the region’s mental health trust are waiting too long to begin their treatment, with some having to wait months for care.

Patients in Norfolk and Waveney have had their say on their GP surgeries in a wide-ranging survey.

Paramedics have claimed morale is at an “all time low” after new rules put restrictions on holiday time for half the year.

Dehydration and severe sunburn are just two complaints clinicians at Norfolk’s hospitals have been confronted with during the recent heatwave.

Inspectors have told the region’s struggling mental health trust that issues last year have not been fixed quick enough.

The Ministry of Defence has announced that the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) has gained the Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award for showing outstanding support for its Armed Forces staff.

It is the only health trust in our county to be rated outstanding, as others are pushed into special measures and judged unsafe. Health correspondent Geraldine Scott visited Norfolk Community Health and Care to find out what the organisation was doing to get it so right.

The NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) for North Norfolk and South Norfolk have appointed a new chief officer.

Questions are today being asked about why the woman in charge of turning around our two largest health bodies - both of which are failing - will not speak out about the changes planned.

Norfolk’s emergency services are gearing up for a busy night as England take on Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals.

A £50,000 independent review into the region’s ambulance trust has looked at whether bosses are good enough after a winter crisis engulfed Norfolk’s health service.

More GP practices across Norfolk and Waveney will have a diabetes specialist nurse or a GP with a special interest in diabetes thanks to funding provided by the Norfolk Diabetes Trust (NDT).

New figures reveal 54 people in Norfolk and Suffolk became lifesaving deceased organ donors over the last year.

A £6.5m injection of capital funding has been handed to the region’s ambulance service to improve facilities and services for its crews.

A Norwich MP has branded two of Norfolk’s NHS organisations as “just not good enough” after both received unsatisfactory inspection reports.