There were protests in Peterborough yesterday in opposition to proposed cuts to health services. Campaigners called on the Government to start funding Peterborough and Cambridgeshire properly, as its Clinical Commission Group (CCG) ended funding for a number of projects due to funding pressures.
A Peterborough mum has told how her baby son nearly died after he caught chicken pox from his big brother - and it caused a flesh-eating disease to feed on his lungs.
There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK and this number is set to grow to over one million people by 2025. The financial cost of dementia in the UK is £23 billion each year and growing.
The latest draft proposals for cuts to NHS funded community services in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire were revealed yesterday (Thursday) – but a suggestion was made some services may not be as badly affected.
For a long time, death and funerals were only discussed when they absolutely had to be.For a long time, death and funerals were only discussed when they absolutely had to be.
Communities with the greatest health challenges across the region are set to benefit from government funding awarded to run applied research projects, which can transform the lives of millions of people managing health issues.
Stroke patients at Peterborough City Hospital now have access to a new specialist exercise bike to aid their rehabilitation, thanks to a donation by the Friends of Peterborough Hospitals.
A family from Peterborough has donated two reclining chairs worth over £2,000 to Ward A8 at Peterborough City Hospital in memory of husband and father Bruce Haworth.
Deaths due to drug and alcohol misuse in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are at their highest level since responsibility for treatment was turned over to councils, figures reveal.
Concerns have been raised for the safety of patients in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire over plans to cut an emergency team which supports pensioners in their own home.
Health chiefs in Peterborough have been warned by the Government it would be “unacceptable” for parents not to be offered “routine” fertility services, offering a potential lifeline to couples desperate to conceive.
Parental hopefuls have described their heartbreak at being deprived IVF treatment on the NHS in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire with health chiefs set to continue the cut permanently.
A new initiative which aims to make sure that people who have suffered a cardiac arrest receive life-saving help as quickly as possible has launched across the region.
A family from Peterborough has donated £600 towards the purchase of specialist reclining chairs on the Cardiac Ward at Peterborough City Hospital in memory of husband and father Alan Harbour.
