Health

Thousands of women in Nottinghamshire did not attend their last smear test, NHS figures show.

Quick-thinking staff at a leisure centre saved an Eastwood man’s life after he collapsed while playing walking cricket.

Hospital rooms at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were within their safe capacity between July and September, according to NHS England.

All patients in Mansfield and Ashfield had some access to out of hours appointments with a doctor at the end of September, according to NHS figures.

An inspirational woman from Eastwood who battled years of domestic violence is now helping other victims recover from traumatic abuse.

An Eastwood mum whose holiday in Tenerife was spoiled when she fell seriously ill has instructed specialist lawyers to investigate.

New figures released by the NHS show it is spending £469,000 more on diabetes prescriptions in Mansfield and Ashfield than it did three years ago as the number of people with the condition continues to rise.

A Nottinghamshire woman whose week-long stay at a holiday resort in Tenerife earlier this year was ruined when she developed serious gastric illness problems has called on specialist lawyers for advice on what she can do now.

According to a recent survey, most people over the age of 55 don’t consider themselves to be at risk from deadly meningitis, despite the risk increasing in older adults. Fiona Evans looks at a new national campaign to improve adults’ awareness of the disease’s signs and symptoms.

Firefighters attended false alarms, on average, almost every fortnight at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An ageing population in Derbyshire is increasing the strain on a stretched adult social care system which receives tens of thousands of requests for help every year.

The Royal College of Midwives has called on maternity wards to ‘make every possible effort for all babies to have skin-to-skin contact with their mothers within one hour of birth’.

The coming winter is likely to be even more difficult than the last for NHS trusts, staff and patients, a new report has warned.

Alarming new figures have revealed that one in five cancer patients in Mansfield and Ashfield are only diagnosed after an emergency admission to hospital.

Families and friends of those we have lost over the last year are being invited to attend a series of special memorial services to remember their friends and loved ones.

Nottinghamshire’s emergency services are taking part in CPR training to mark the annual National Restart a Heart Day.

King's Mill Hospital is lit up in pink and blue to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week - an initiative offering support to parents, families and friends who have experienced baby loss.

Public health groups have expressed alarm after new figures show that more than one in five children finishing primary school in Nottinghamshire are obese.