Health

A grandfather who had life-saving surgery four times in 15 months has praised hospital staff who delivered him from death's door.

Pleas for a worldwide ban on testing cosmetics on animals by Bishop's Stortford shoppers have been taken to the United Nations in New York by Hertfordshire Euro MP Alex Mayer.

The number of adults in Hertfordshire who smoke cigarettes has dropped, with only 13.5% of residents - roughly one in eight - smoking in 2016, down 2% on the previous year.

A health and safety trainer is continuing his campaign to save lives in Bishop's Stortford.

Patients and carers in Bishop's Stortford are being consulted about longer opening hours at the town's GP surgeries.

A £1m regeneration project to improve services for patients from Bishop's Stortford and beyond at Harlow's Princess Alexandra Hospital is nearing completion.

Retune is the brainchild of Independent music writer Tom Ryder. The 28-year-old musician was a student at the Bishop's Stortford High School and grew up in the town. He explains how the project will work - and why it is necessary..

Runners are set to descend on Hatfield Forest in record numbers this summer as the ancient hunting ground plays host to the Stort 10 and 5-mile races for the third year in succession.

After collapsing with a bleed to her brain while training, Louisa Braddock has every reason to give up her dream to complete the London Marathon. But she is determined to take part in memory of her dead baby.

Curry and a new career were on offer at the New Year, New You event in Bishop's Stortford.

Cllr Eric Buckmaster, East Herts Council's executive member for health and wellbeing, is leading the authority's efforts to end social isolation. Here he explains the latest initiative to end loneliness.

A gym in Bishop's Stortford will host a charity day on Autism Sunday.

A new community navigator service is set to relieve some of the pressure on Bishop's Stortford's sickly health services.

A former nurse is to lead the transformation of health and social care services for the Hertfordshire and west Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP).

A life-saving programme has been rolled out in Bishop's Stortford by the town's community first responders - the volunteer arm of the NHS 999 service - and Rotary Satellite Club.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) wants to launch a fundraising community volunteer group in Bishop's Stortford for 2018.

A new health and wellbeing campus to care for patients from Bishop's Stortford and across East Herts is at the top of the district council's agenda for 2018.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) received more than 4,100 calls on New Year's Eve and 4,800 on New Year's Day - a 12% increase in demand.

A Bishop's Stortford man with autism faces losing 15% of his weekly benefits if Herts County Council increases charges for adult social care.

Bishop's Stortford town councillors were given a dose of their own medicine - with a painful injection of reality from GPs about the future of healthcare in the face of a population explosion.