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Professor Karol Sikora is an expert in oncology and the former medical director of Rutherford Health. (Photo by Karol Sikora)

Response to petition for cancer centre to reopen

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

490 people went to A&E in Northumberland due to a dental issue last year. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Dentist access issues cause A&E admissions, Labour says

Professor Karol Sikora is an expert in oncology and the former medical director of Rutherford Health. (Photo by Karol Sikora)

Government must reply to prof's petition

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

The proportion of people seen by NHS dentists in Northumberland remains below pre-pandemic levels.

New figures reveal the proportion of people seen by NHS dentists

Tooth extractions on children in Northumberland have increased. Picture: PA Radar

Hundreds of admissions for tooth extractions on children

More than a quarter of people rated their experience of booking an appointment as poor nationwide. (Photo by National World)

Best GP practices for experience booking an appointment according to patients

Child dental care fears.

One in six Northumberland kids have dental problems

Lung illness figures.

Action call over lung illnesses in Northumberland

Drug deaths increase.

More die while being treated for drug addictions
The number of people in Northumberland who died while being treated for a drug addiction has risen, new figures show.

Cold homes health fears.

Health fears as thousands struggle to heat homes

Adult care worker shortage.

'One in 10' care worker jobs in Northumberland vacant

Excess death figures rise.

Pandemic drove up Northumberland 'excess death' figures

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

Life expectancy data.

Life expectancy figures show wealth divide

One in 12 snub virus jab.

'One in 12' have snubbed virus vaccine

Cancer survival rates rise.

Cancer survival rates improve in Northumberland

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

Huge drop in dentist visits

Action call over missed dental treatment

21,000 vulnerable to Covid rule changes

Over 20,000 'vulnerable' after Covid rule changes

Pregnant women getting Covid-19 vaccine

New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

Drug deaths increase

'Get help' call as Northumberland drug deaths rise

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Caroline Abrahams of Age UK

Nearly a third miss out on NHS care scheme
Nearly a third of people in Northumberland with ongoing health needs were denied help from a free NHS care scheme over the summer, new figures show.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

Jobs threat to care home workers

Virus jab jobs threat to Northumberland care home staff

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Public health spending cut

Northumberland public health spending falls by over a fifth

Northumbria Healthcare Trust's Specialist Emergency Care Hospital at Cramlington

How coronavirus hit Northumberland hospital appointments

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

GP patient numbers concerns

Family doctor call as patient numbers rise

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

Covid test should be capped at £40 to save aviation sector, claims Conservative ...

Three-quarters of adults in the UK have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Three-quarters of adults have received both doses of Covid vaccine - how to book...

A Government source said that Spain "won't be going on the Amber watchlist" (Photo: JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

'It's not going to happen': Spain avoids being placed on UK Red travel list as B...

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Fully jabbed frontline NHS staff in England will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” (Getty Images)

Fully jabbed NHS staff could be spared from isolation rules to avoid ‘pingdemic’

The Health Secretary urged all those eligible to take up the jab (Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to offer 35m people free jabs in biggest ever roll out - how to book yours

22,000 still isolating

22,000 in Northumberland will miss 'Freedom Day'

Abortion figures debate

Over 600 women in Northumberland have abortions

No “variants of concern” were reported among any passengers returning from amber countries (Photo: Getty Images)

Just 1 in every 200 travellers from amber list countries testing positive for Co...

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines set to be made a requirement for care home staff in England

About one million people aged 30 and 31 will get a text message in coming days (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Indian variant hotspots told ‘there are no local lockdowns’ as new guidance issu...

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' decisions during pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Human rights of 500 people may have been breached over 'do not resuscitate' deci...

This is how rapid Covid testing of pupils will work - and the risk of infection ...

The tests will be available to families and children from 1 March (Photo: Getty Images)

Families with children in school or college to get free Covid tests under reopen...

The COVID jab

2,000 urged to check COVID vaccine priority

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...