A thyroid drug which has been hailed as life-changing and has been at the centre of a fierce campaign for access will finally be available more easily in Norfolk and Waveney.

A crowdfunding appeal to help a three-year-old girl gain access to costly treatment abroad is over half way towards its £50,000 target.

NHS bosses have admitted there is no “definitive timeline” for when changes will be made to the region’s failing mental health services.

The family of a three-year-old girl are raising £50,000 for trial treatment abroad to save their daughter could have just months to live.

A “bright and joyful” sign that had brought trade to an out-of-the-way angling shop has been vandalised for the second time.

Parts of rural Norfolk have been rated as among the worst places for young people in the country to live, a survey has claimed.

A series of short videos are being released to put the issue of sexual consent in every day contexts as reported rape and sexual assaults continue to rise.

A hospital has once again warned patients not to use its A&E department unless there is a genuine emergency.

A hospital has urged patients not to use its A&E department unless there is a genuine emergency.

“You have to wait for someone to recover or to die to get help.”

Health bosses have admitted a plan to overhaul services published in 2016 was “over optimistic” as it was revealed the budget for Norfolk and Waveney was £96m behind where it should be.

Questions have been raised over the number of GPs available out of hours in Norfolk, Waveney, and Wisbech.

A former housing association chief executive is “looking forward” to his next challenge – after joining the board of directors at the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A cross-party group of MPs have demanded the “chaos and confusion must end” over the region’s failing mental health care provision.

County Hall faces the threat of cyber attack tens of thousands of times every day, with around a dozen posing serious risks, officers have revealed.

Six more GPs could come to Great Yarmouth as part of a national scheme to fill doctor vacancies in hard-to-recruit areas.

The uptake of young woman attending a potentially life-saving routine test is at an all time low after new research has revealed many feel too embarrassed, scared or vulnerable to go.

A health and wellbeing information event being held next month is aiming to raise awareness of the support available for those with bowel and bladder conditions.

Pharmacists in Norfolk are “at their wits’ end” as they struggle to get hold of many common medicines, including painkillers and anti-depressants.

I had to be fit for work, now it’s not so easy, says ex-city footballer Darren Eadie

A “cruel and desperately unfair” postcode lottery which locks some Norfolk families out of accessing fertility treatment on the NHS could come to an end after announcements made as part of a long term plan for the health service.

Up to 500,000 lives could be saved under plans for the NHS in England over the next decade, health chiefs claim. But what does the announcement mean for Norfolk and Suffolk? Health correspondent Geraldine Scott explains.

A link up between the Ipswich-based St Elizabeth Hospice and East Coast Community Healthcare to help improve adult community services and specialist palliative care across Great Yarmouth and Waveney has been developed.

A senior manager at the region’s mental health trust’s troubled crisis service was previously dismissed from another NHS organisation for gross misconduct, it can be revealed.

Mental health services for those with more serious issues at a Norfolk prison have been taken back into NHS hands from private firm Virgin Care.

More women have come forward to describe the risky ways they are having to obtain medication not available on the NHS for thyroid issues.

Norfolk’s community healthcare is applauding the fact that over 1,500 members of staff have been vaccinated against the flu, after its most successful vaccination drive to date.

Nearly 4,000 people over the age of 65 in Norfolk are living with undiagnosed dementia, according to the NHS.

A “total failing” of the region’s mental health trust contributed to the death of a 41-year-old woman, according to her brother.

Doctors in Norfolk and Waveney have no real way of knowing how long people are waiting to be seen by a GP.