Health

Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, is when Muslims devote themselves to their faith and fast from sunrise to sunset.

There’s been lots in the news this week about mental health awareness and how we can all help people who might be suffering in silence, writes leader of Peterborough City Council Cllr John Holdich.

Healthwatch Peterborough has reported its best ever figures, consulting more people than ever before in its role as the ‘independent national champion’ for those who use health and social care services.

The decision by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to delay announcing whether or not it will reinstate free IVF treatment has led to angry outbursts on social media.

Efforts are being made to help improve mental health for people in Peterborough.

The number of family doctors in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has increased in recent years and the areas have more than average GPs per head.

A young mother was told she may face an anxious six week wait for an urgent cancer referral at Peterborough City Hospital – four weeks longer than the NHS target.

So at long last we have a by-election and Peterborough voters will be able to choose a new MP, writes SDP by-election candidate Patrick O’Flynn.

A woman has spoken of her horror after having maggots living under her scalp for nearly two years.

Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice is on the look-out for dedicated registered nurses with a passion for delivering expert and compassionate palliative care with experience of working in a hospital or a community setting.

An urgent warning has been issued by leading supermarkets due to fears a number of products may contain potentially fatal E.Coli.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which oversees Peterborough City Hospital, is planning to recruit six new public governors to sit on the Executive Board.

A new urine test for cervical cancer could be “game-changing” for the almost 20,000 women in Peterborough who missed their last smear test.

Therapy dog Zorro has visited Peterborough City Hospital for his first familiarisation visit, and the staff and patients who met him have fallen in love.

Peterborough City Hospital will gain an extra 42 beds over the next few months, according to an announcement from the governing NHS trust.

Friends and family of a young woman who died after suffering an asthma attack are ensuring her memory will live on by raising thousands for charity in her honour.

The deficit at the trust which runs Peterborough City Hospital rose above £60m last year - a £15 million overspend on its target.

Thousands of children in Peterborough have been left unprotected from measles over the last decade, figures show.

Fewer Peterborough under 18s are becoming pregnant, new data reveals.