Health

People have been warned to book a test if they have coronavirus symptoms ahead of what is expected to be a busy weekend by the coast, after a slight rise in cases in the Great Yarmouth borough.

More than 1,000 patients living with life-limiting illnesses have received free specialist palliative care across coastal communities in the first year of a community health partnership.

Four people at a nursery have tested positive for coronavirus - in the same coastal town that saw a pub worker suffer the same fate.

Emergency services are 
urging the public to behave responsibly as Norfolk and Waveney prepares to sizzle in sweltering weather.

Parts of Norfolk have seen a rise in the coronavirus infection rate in the past week, while others have seen the number of cases fall - but numbers remain low compared to the country’s hot spots

A Norfolk hospital is investigating after staff discovered damaged vials containing an opiate drug 50 times stronger than heroin.

Eight staff members have been sent home to self-isolate after a worker at a Wetherspoons pub tested positive for coronavirus.

A staff member has tested positive for coronavirus at a Wetherspoon’s pub in Norfolk.

A new coronavirus test which aims to deliver results within 90 minutes is set to be available in hospitals, care homes and laboratories.

Parts of Norfolk saw a small rise in the coronavirus infection rate last week, while others saw infection rates fall - but overall numbers remain low.

Boris Johnson has ordered officials to work-up a plan for avoiding a second national lockdown, according to reports.

A local lockdown would be a “last resort” to combat a fresh rise in cases of coronavirus in Norfolk, a public health director has said.

A social care watchdog has said it has “continued concerns” about Norfolk county council and that the authority has a “wider issue”.

The number of antidepressants prescribed across the East of England was 11pc higher at the beginning of lockdown than the previous year, figures have shown.

Councillors have been criticised for taking credit for Norfolk’s low rate of coronavirus infections and failing to learn the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Play barn bosses say there is a serious risk of closure without financial support or permission to reopen.

Patients at a Covid-free Norfolk hospital can have one visitor for one hour a day as restrictions are eased.

Abortion services have seen an increased demand during lockdown as more than 200 women across Norfolk have struggled to access contraceptive care.

Reopening dates have been revealed for more of the Norfolk libraries which have been shut since coronavirus lockdown began in March.

A man died in a Norfolk village despite the best efforts of emergency services.

A councillor has urged Norfolk not to “let a good crisis go to waste” during a discussion on the county’s response to coronavirus.

People have been told to call a dentist “only when in agony” as a huge backlog builds and Norfolk surgeries’ books are closed to new NHS patients in the wake of coronavirus.

How patients rate their GP surgery has been revealed, after a survey of every practice in Norfolk and Waveney.

Lockdown has eased, our high streets are starting to bustle again and now we are being urged to shop locally to support our towns and cities.

Mobile coronavirus testing stations are continuing to visit towns across Norfolk and Waveney next week.

Smoking should be banned outside pubs, cafes and bars to make them more family friendly and help high streets recover from lockdown, councils have said.

“Robust” plans are being put in place across Norfolk’s health services in preparation for a second wave of coronavirus on top of winter pressures.

The mother of a teenage girl who attempted suicide after being left without mental health support during lockdown has criticised the trust for lapses in her care.

An extra £7.6m of a government pot to ease pressures councils face due to coronavirus has been earmarked for Norfolk.