Health

A new medical centre for Hailsham increasing GP capacity in the town by 9,000 patients has been approved.

Planned redundancies at a sub-contractor for Sussex’s patient transport service have been announced.

The Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is calling on Sussex runners to raise cash in the 2019 London Virgin Money Marathon.

The impact of alcohol-related liver disease on the health service in East Sussex has been revealed in newly released figures from Public Health England.

A new medical centre for Hailsham could be approved by Wealden planners later this week.

The next stage of Seaford’s £18 million health hub scheme has been revealed by Lewes District Council.

Two open days for visitors to Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice in Arundel have been cancelled.

Plan International UK, a charity which promotes girls’ rights, has branded an incident which saw an 11-year-old girl denied access to school toilets while she was menstruating as “appalling”.

Gatwick Airport has opened a sensory room to help calm people who feel overwhelmed in busy and unfamiliar airport surroundings.

People in Lewes are among the most unhappy in the UK, according to a new survey from the Office for National Statistics.

A furious mum has slammed a school for refusing to allow her daughter out of lessons to use the toilet during her period, leaving her sitting in blood-soaked clothing.

Tough questions asking whether to offer patients an ‘effective’ but unlicensed drug to treat sight loss have been made easier thanks to a High Court ruling.

The devastated family of Lewes pensioner Joan Blaber have urged a Brighton hospital trust ‘to learn lessons’ following her death after drinking cleaning fluid.

Seaford’s MP has welcomed plans for a new healthcare hub as part of a major redevelopment in the town.

There are fewer smokers in East Sussex, with a 6.8 per cent drop since 2011, but there are still 62,684 people sparking up across the county.

The Food Standards Agency has added more items to its food recall list after listeria and salmonella were found in a number of products.

Nearly two thirds of the population are ignoring the simplest step in reducing their risk of stroke, heart attack or heart failure by not knowing their blood pressure numbers, according to a startling new national survey.