Health

The deaths of two vulnerable people living in the same Norfolk care home, including an elderly woman who died after she was attacked by another resident, have raised serious concerns.

A mother-of-two whose life was saved by a kidney transplant has praised organ donation as the best thing anyone can do.

Faeces under fingernails, weeks without baths and calls to emergency services for support - these are some of the damning observations made at our region's failing care homes.

A shortage of doctors has left individual GPs in our region responsible for as many as 4,000 patients, figures have revealed.

Scientists studying dementia are appealing for volunteers to help them investigate how feasible it is for people to take up and stick to a Mediterranean-style diet.

A formerly 32-stone councillor who once ate a sausage roll, steak slice and four chocolate bars for breakfast has halved his body weight in just 12 months.

The family of an 81-year-old who was sent more than 250 miles away for mental health treatment and then died on the roadside have faced further heartache after being unable to plan her funeral.

Almost 200 businesses across Norfolk and Waveney have been told they must clean up their act over food hygiene.

The family of an 81-year-old have told of their anger that she faced the indignity of dying on a roadside on the M11 - because she had been sent hundreds of miles from home for mental health treatment.