Health

The chairman of Sussex’s ambulance service is to step down just a year into the job due to health reasons.

There is a ‘high’ pollen warning for Sussex this week, according to Met Office forecasts.

The Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has been revealed as one of the few public sector organisations in England to have a gender pay gap in favour of women.

Staff vacancies at doctors’ surgeries in East Sussex are not just down to Brexit, according to health chiefs.

Help is now at hand for new mums across Sussex who are experiencing mental health problems.

A GP practice which went from ‘good’ to being placed in special measures in two years is facing the same pressures of surgeries across the county – and has let us go behind the scenes to explain how they are trying to improve.

The family of a man who died after drinking 15 cans of energy drink a day say he was ‘let down’ by mental health services.

Exactly three months from today, our National Health Service turns 70.

The rate of pregnancies among under 18s in Sussex is at its lowest since records began, new figures show.

Being overweight could overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer, according to a new study.

The mother of a 20-year-old student who died suddenly after putting off treatment because she couldn’t afford it has spoken about her tragic death as a warning to others.

People across Sussex are being reminded to stock up on their medicines before the Easter bank holidays.

Specialist asbestos lawyers secured a payment of £12,000 on behalf of an Eastbourne hospice as part of the settlement for the family of a former PE teacher who died of cancer.

A mum is planning on suing the hospital that fitted her with a surgical mesh - because it left her unable to work and suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

A trust which provides community services to thousands of people across Sussex has been praised for its green credentials.

A young couple got married last week at St Peter & St James Hospice in a ‘magical’ full-scale wedding that had been organised in just ten days.

The Sussex ambulance service has thanked the public for its ongoing support as demand for NHS services remains high.

Sussex mums of children diagnosed with epilepsy are at greater risk of significant mental health issues, a new study suggests.

Two new ‘centres of excellence’ are planned to serve mental health patients across Sussex.