A doctors’ surgery is planning to merge with two others to make the practice “more efficient”.

A retired GP is encouraging people to make sure they share their organ donation wishes with their family.

A martial arts club set up by a prison officer who used his skills when there was trouble with inmates is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The parents of a severely disabled teenager have slated a hospital for the care he is receiving – saying medics refuse to listen to them.

A father-of-five’s health has been transformed after receiving an organ transplant from a woman who took her own life.

A remarkable young woman who suffered debilitating brain damage at birth has defied the odds to celebrate her 21st birthday as a princess.

A strike by both consultants and junior doctors this week is going to cause ‘unprecedented disruption’ for patients, the NHS is warning.

The family of a mum who died just a month after giving birth say she was “tormented” by comments made by hospital staff about her weight.

A hotel and golf club has been handed a one-star food hygiene rating as no handwash was found onsite and food was not correctly labelled.

A mum is urging people to join the bone marrow register after her two-year-old daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia.

A mum who “thought she was going to die” while staying in hospital called 999 after staff “silenced” her heart monitor alarm.

A theatre forced to shut earlier this month after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete – RAAC – was found is to stay closed for two months.

A swimming pool has reopened after closing unexpectedly earlier this week due to water quality levels.

Ambulance service operators have started answering 999 calls from a new £6.5 million centre for the first time.

A hospital has apologised after it accidentally sent important calls from MRI patients to a landlord for two hours.

A debt-ridden hospital trust that serves 700,000 people is on the brink of “running out of cash” prompting concerns over primary care.

Proposals to turn a now vacant bank building into a house of multiple occupancy have been submitted to the council.

A branch of the fast food giant was closed for almost a day after a rat was spotted in the restaurant.

Four years after it was found to be inadequate, a key council department has been graded as good.

A baby with a rare brain syndrome could have avoided undergoing invasive surgery if experts had recognised his condition earlier.