Health

An ambulance in wintery conditions

St John Ambulance issues cold weather first aid advice

Marie Brown collecting her award from Premier Community's HQ.

Mansfield-based home care agency win award

Marie Curie Volunteers at Christmas

Marie Curie needs Christmas collection volunteers in Nottinghamshire

Anton Du Beke and Team Lottie.org at the launch of Nights On Lottie 2022

Callout For Nottinghamshire Carers: £1000+ gifts exclusively for carers to mark ...

Sherwood Forest Hopitals Trust had one of the best rates of early detection of prostate cancer in the country. Photo: Submitted

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust is one of the best for prosate cancer diagnosis

Coun Lee Waters says it will be 'impossible for Nottinghamshire to be smoke-free while tobacco investments continue in the pensions fund. Photo: Submitted

Councillor says smoke-free Nottinghamshire 'impossible' with tobacco investments

King's Mill Hospital.

Taking research to local communities

EMAS says it is working to resolve concerns over 'corridor care' in Nottinghamshire hospitals. Photo: Other

Ambulance service responds to concerns about ‘corridor care’ in local hospitals

A resident at Wren Hall with a child from Little Wrens Nursery

Care residents create poem to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week

King's Mill Hospital. Photo: Submitted

Sherwood Forest Hospitals gains 'Veteran Aware' accreditation

Complaints against NHS GPs and dentists have risen in Nottinghamshire

Rise in complaints against Nottinghamshire NHS GPs and dentists

Suzanne Sinclair, head of people at The Bannatyne Group

Health club helps raise more than £30,000 for Barnardo's

Suzanne Sinclair, head of people at The Bannatyne Group

Mansfield health club helps raise more than £30,000 for Barnardo's during charit...

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

People are are most at risk as being urged to get their Covid jabs. Photo: Getty Images

NHS chiefs urging those most at risk to get their Covid jabs

Nottinghamshire folk spent almost £50m of their own money on adult social care last year. Photo: Other

People spent nearly £50m of their own cash on adult social care last year

SFH colleague holding the coolsticks

Pilot to reduce carbon emissions set to begin at King’s Mill Hospital

Members of the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Trust acknowledged for commitment to patient safety

Experts are warning of shortages of treatment drugs for ADHD. Photo: Getty

Warning of ADHD treatment drugs shortage in Nottinghamshire

Jack and Sarah Hawkins felt their voices were 'being silenced' with the letter not being read out. Photo: Other

Anger at refusal to read out letter from bereaved families at hospitals meeting

Asda is now offering covid and flu vaccinations at Mansfield Asda store.

Asda is now offering covid and flu vaccinations at Mansfield supermarket

Nottinghamshire assistant chief constable Rob Griffin will lead the criminal investigation into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals. Photo: Submitted

Police investigation into hospital maternity failings not until spring 2024

Figures show Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has missed NHS A&E targets. Photo: Submitted

New figures show Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust is missing A&E targets

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust says it strongly opposes any form of bullying, harassment, or abuse towards its colleagues. Photo: Submitted

Disabled staff at hospitals trust more likely to be abused by managers

St John Ambulance is hosting a free CPR and defibrillator session in Mansfield

Learn how you can help save lives at CPR awareness event in Mansfield

Demonstrating how to deliver CPR and use a defibrillator

Free St John Ambulance Restart a Heart CPR and defibrillator demos in Mansfield

New figures reveal more than 500 miles of footpaths have disappeared in Nottinghamshire in the last century. Photo: Other

Nottinghamshire has lost more than 500 miles of footpaths in the past century

Colleagues from the theatre team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust

Services at Newark Hospital give more choice to local people

Manager Alanya Jennings (right) and owner Hayley Wood with some of the selection boxes that were donated for the Christmas appeal at the Wood's Of Westgate hair and beauty salon last year. (PHOTO: Submitted)

Mansfield salon launches Christmas appeal to help kids and elderly in hospital

Will Yates, 23, from Mansfield, had to have his leg amputated after he was diagnosed with bone cancer in April 2021

Man who lost his leg after cancer diagnosis praises support from Macmillan

Sachin Patel, Gillian Asher, Lucy Skelton and Sarah Sentence from SFH at the MRI unit

Extra NHS ‘scans on a van’ now available in Mansfield

King's Mill Hospital in Sutton, is run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust. (Photo by: Submitted)

Sherwood Forest A&E visits on the rise as 'unmet social needs' could be to blame

King's Mill Hospital

Sherwood Forest Hospital Trust announces comprehensive plan to help manage the c...

Nottinghamshire is missing targets for childhood vaccinations. Photo: Other

Concerns raised over Nottinghamshire missing childhood vaccine targets

Coun Ben Bradley MP, leader of Nottinghamshire County Council (Photo credit: Tracey Whitefoot)

MP encourages community to apply for a grant to fund life-saving defibrillator

Danielle Haddon has won an award at this year's BAME Health and Care Awards. Photo: Submitted

National award for Danielle for support of BME colleagues and patients

The stroke team at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been nominated for a national award. Photo: Google

Nottinghamshire Healthcare stroke team nominated for national award

Representatives from Sherwood Forest Hospitals outside Mansfield Community Hospital.

Hundreds of extra NHS health checks for Nottinghamshire patients

Warsop Health Hub with community partners - Warsop Wheelies, Sport4Kidz and council representatives.

Warsop multi-million pound 'health hub' takes shape with steel structure

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

Wendy Watson and Becky Measures

Ad Feature Mother Daughter, Breast of Friends: Radio star and mum's podcast to save lives

Nigel hard at work, keeping Alexandra House in good working order with everything crossed for the awards.

Alexandra House in finals of care awards

Plans for a new £15m facility to reduce emissions at the QMC have been approved. Photo: Other

Green light for new £15m facility at QMC to help cut hazardous emissions

As the cold months are approaching, charities said the aid promised by the Government is inadequate and called for "further targeted energy bill support to protect households this winter".

More elderly people in Ashfield received help to pay their heating bills

As the cold months are approaching, charities said the aid promised by the Government is inadequate and called for "further targeted energy bill support to protect households this winter".

More elderly people in Mansfield received help to pay their heating bills

NHS figures show 9,090 concerns of suspected abuse were made about adults with care and support needs in Nottinghamshire in the year to March

Almost 10,000 safeguarding concerns about vulnerable adult in Nottinghamshire