Health

There is no exact figure for deaths from anorexia nervosa in the UK each year despite it having the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric disorders, an inquest into the death of a young woman with the condition has heard.

Peterborough and Cambridgeshire has the biggest shortfall of GPs in the country, according to the Trades Union Congress.

A train finishing in Peterborough had two windows smashed after ‘striking building material debris’.

Gulab Singh from Peterborough has won the Best Dental Hygienist award at the Oral Health Awards 2019 at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington.

The walk-in centre in Thorpe Road is seeing 95 per cent of patients within four hours, meeting the national target.

As politicians argue over who to trust on the NHS, in Peterborough the problems are stark.

A weekly pain clinic has returned in Stamford.

Delayed, failed or wrong diagnosis errors cost the trust which runs Peterborough City Hospital nearly £8 million in the past 12 months.

Patients at two GP practices have been offered appointments at either site.

The Diabetes Team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised in the national Quality in Care Diabetes awards programme, winning the Insulin Safety Week 2019 Excellence Award.

Members of the Muslim community across the city have called for an alternative to the flu vaccine, as it contains porcine gelatine.

The A&E performance at the trust which runs Peterborough City Hospital has plummeted over the past 12 months while patients are also said to be waiting for up to six hours on ambulances before being admitted.

A GP surgery in Peterborough will be closed tomorrow due to "unsafe conditions in the car park".

The Breast Screening team at Peterborough City Hospital is celebrating 30 years since the service was first launched in Peterborough with new cancer screening equipment.

A problem with phones and IT systems at Peterborough City Hospital have been largely fixed.

All telephones and IT systems are currently down at Peterborough City Hospital.

A new report on adult carers in Peterborough has revealed that many are working more than 100 hours a week.

A mum from Peterborough was left horrified after discovering that a ‘harmless’ spot on the end of her nose was actually skin cancer and was eating away at her flesh.

Schools in Peterborough are being urged to join the fight against cancer by adding Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Schools to the timetable.