Health

Updated Hertfordshire All Age Autism Strategy is a “golden opportunity for autistic people to change Hertfordshire into an autism-friendly county”.

Herts Careline already supports more than 13,000 residents with technology that’s designed to help them live independently in their own homes.

Cllr Helen Campbell said: “Liberal Democrats will hold this Government’s feet to the fire on the promises they’ve made on the NHS.”

In the wake of the rise, a new campaign has been launched to protect workers from increasing levels of violence and aggression.

Jo Clack, who is running a free six-week course in Bishop’s Stortford for unpaid mental health carers, talks about his own experience with his mother.

When Dave Mascall first joined Leventhorpe Pool and Gym three years ago he could not swim a length – now he does 64 lengths in 45 minutes before work.

The facilities are set to shut from Monday, December 23, after central government pulled the plug on vital funding.

Premature babies are being kept warm on their way to hospital thanks to hats made by volunteer knitters.

Bandstand in Castle Park was the focus for the poignant commemoration organised by East Herts SANDS members Ellie Argent and Megan Wickens.

Eight workers jumped from 15,000ft at Chatteris Airfield in Cambridgeshire and generated £4,000, exceeding their target by £1,000.

Rethink Mental Illness and Carers in Herts offering six-week course at Bishop’s Stortford Baptist Centre every Monday from November 11 to December 16.

Residents of Archers Place, Chapel Row and Newtown Road confronted care provider Magic Life over tenants’ behaviour.

The Essex and Herts Air Ambulance charity taught CPR and defibrillator training to almost 800 passengers travelling through the airport.

The latest available data shows that just three months into the 2024-25 financial year, the authority had spent £4.6m more than had been expected.

“This decision is not only short-sighted from a moral standpoint but also perhaps from a fiscal one.”

The initiative has been introduced following feedback from patient surveys, which detailed difficulties falling and staying asleep.

Parents Simon and Harriet said: “Archie's final scans were all OK...suggesting everything inside him is stable and nothing nasty is lingering.”

Josh Dean donated a bottle of House of Commons whisky which the mayor auctioned off for the group’s running costs for the next year.

Rogue surgeon Yaser Jabbar has destroyed 16-year-old George Davison’s trust in the NHS.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust patient panel is visiting Bishop’s Stortford in November.