Health

More than 1,500 people were admitted to hospital in Nottinghamshire for self-harm injuries last year, new figures show.

Budgets for addiction treatment services have been slashed in Nottinghamshire, despite soaring hospital admissions for alcohol abuse in recent years.

Missed GP appointments in Mansfield and Ashfield cost the NHS thousands of pounds a day, new figures reveal.

Frankie, a five-year-old Wheaton terrier, was thought to have contracted the life threatening canine disease after she suddenly became poorly following a walk in Sherwood Forest.

A diabetes charity has raised concerns that Brexit may impact on the availability of life-saving insulin supplies.

The government has asked the NHS, suppliers and pharmaceutical companies to order six additional weeks worth of medicines in case supplies are disrupted by a no deal Brexit.

Naturally,as a therapist I have always been a proponent of people disclosing and feeling comfortable enough to speak out about their emotional anguish, writes Jason Hanson, a Mansfield counsellor.

Wherever Kate Mason goes, she is never without insect repellent.

Several schools across Nottinghamshire are taking part in a new plan to help improve children's mental health.

The old adage “coughs and sneezes spread diseases” dates back to a 1940s public health campaign and still holds true today, writes John Sargeant.

A Nottinghamshire mum developed liver damage which turned her skin YELLOW after going on the contraceptive pill.

Close to 50 per cent of young children in Nottinghamshire were not vaccinated when flu season hit, according to Public Health England.

Mental health charity Mind has received funding to help people across Nottinghamshire try new sports and activities, in a bid to improve their mental and physical health.

A Selston widow has described how her dying husband was left “in agony” from a stroke after she was told it would take “up to an hour” to get an ambulance.

As winter temperatures set in, public health officials in Nottinghamshire are reminding people of all ages that it’s not too late to get the annual flu vaccination, writes Coun Stewart Wallace, chairman of the adult social care and public health committee at Nottinghamshire County Council.