Find the latest health news in Newcastle and the North East, including NHS updates, GP and dental access, hospital news, mental health support, public health advice, wellbeing stories, and healthcare information for local residents and families.
The traffic may appear to move on, but some of what it leaves behind remains in the air. Newcastle’s latest official monitoring results show that several busy city-centre streets continue to record ...
With England set to introduce a ban on selling high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s from April, ...
Heart disease continues to affect thousands of families across Newcastle and the wider North East, d...
From managing heart disease to treating depression and diabetes, millions of NHS prescriptions are d...
With food prices continuing to put pressure on household budgets, many families across Newcastle and...
When most people think about the dangers of extreme weather, they picture soaring daytime temperatur...
As summer temperatures continue to climb across the UK, the impact of heatwaves is being felt far be...
People across the North East receive millions of NHS prescriptions every year, but some towns consis...
For many people, dehydration is little more than an inconvenience that can be solved with a glass of...
More than 2,700 people are estimated to have died from heat-related causes during the exceptional he...
Bowel cancer has long been viewed as a disease that mainly affects older adults, but that picture is...
A Newcastle community safety officer has used naloxone training to respond during an overdose in Cruddas Park, highlighting the growing role of frontline harm reduction training.
With the UK Government encouraging households to become more resilient in the face of national emergencies, many people are asking the same question: what should actually be in a 72-hour emergency kit?
Healthcare across Newcastle and the wider North East is entering one of its biggest periods of chang...
The UK Government has unveiled plans to significantly reshape the way England's health service is ma...
Since its creation in 1948, the National Health Service has undergone decades of reform in an effort...
Access to NHS dentistry has fallen into crisis, with handed-back contracts creating dental deserts in the North East. We look at the struggle to find a dentist.
From waiting for the Metro to scrolling before bed, smartphones have become part of everyday life ac...
The four-hour A&E standard has been missed every month for a decade, with record long waits. We look at the strain on emergency and ambulance services.
