Health

Hundreds of under-75s have died from stroke and heart disease in Northamptonshire in recent years as progress in reducing death rates for the conditions slows, new figures show.

The chief executive of the county’s mental health trust is taking on an additional leadership role at a Leicestershire NHS Trust.

A Daventry super-slimmer has shed nearly ten stone to achieve her weight loss dream and become a fit and healthy mother to her two boys.

Daventry District Council (DDC) is offering mums and dads an incentive to try reusable nappies as Real Nappy Week gets under way.

A damning survey of NHS staff working for the body responsible for Northamptonshire’s health services has said that senior managers don’t communicate properly or act on staff feedback.

Officials making Brexit preparations for Northamptonshire have been looking at the possible impact on public disorder, workforce shortages, food and medicine supply and transport issues.

A Northamptonshire teenager desperately needs a specialist seat to save him from the agony of his spine curving and relieve his painfully stiff muscles.

A ‘diabetes van’ will visit three county towns this week to help residents find out more about the condition.

Northamptonshire’s community services for people in mental health crisis have been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

More than 120 people attended the annual Northamptonshire Jane Roebuck Carers Awards which brought together carers from across Northamptonshire to acknowledge and celebrate the fantastic contribution that they make to the county.