Health

A world first ‘Swap to Stop’ scheme aims to encourage Lincolnshire's smokers to swap cigarettes for vapes. An ONS report revealed that Lincolnshire had the third highest smoking rate in the England at 24.8%, comparing to the national average of 13.9%. The new scheme will invite one in five of...

Since it started in 2019, the Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project (LRDP) has seen over 60 doctors from countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine, sign up for its holistic training programme. With one of the highest recruitment needs in the country according to the Quality Care Commission, programme members will...

The success of the Lincoln City Foundation’s Fighting Fit Programme, which helps cancer patients improve their physical fitness, will see it spread across the county. The weekly circuit-based workouts, which are aimed at improving the fitness of people recovering from cancer, will now take place in Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, and...

The NHS hospital waiting list is almost 200 times higher than pre-pandemic with one in ten people in England waiting for treatment.   The current waiting list stands at 6.1 million people and 2.3 million people have been on there since May 2020   In February 2022, 300,000 people were...

UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador and Love Island star, Dr Alex George, offered his top mental well-being tips on Lincoln Live Lounge. The live YouTube event took place during Mental Health Awareness Week (May 9-15th) with a focus on this year’s theme which is loneliness. Dr Alex spoke about some...

County GPs are under enormous pressure to deliver services with some having thousands of patients per doctor. Data released by the NHS shows how many full-time doctors are available alongside the number of registered patients at GP surgeries throughout the country. Amongst the busiest in the county are Cleveland Surgery...

Lincoln City’s LNER Stadium played host to the third instalment of the Peter Burr Memorial Cup, a charity football match raising money for the British Heart Foundation. It was the first time the game had been played at the stadium. British Heart Foundation FC was set up in 2017 by...

Emma Snedden, communications officer at the Co-operative Lincolnshire said: "We have been absolutely delighted with the level of donations we’ve received from local communities" "We’ve been astounded by the generosity of the people of this area and their donations are really making a difference." Lincolnshire Co-op have been receiving donations...

Ambulance wait times across Lincolnshire for the most serious conditions can be more than double the national average. Category 1 incidents are the most severe and most life-threatening incidents that the NHS 999 call line receives. In the best areas, mostly closer to Lincoln, the wait times are as low...

When it comes to coeliac disease the first challenge is being taken seriously, according to recently diagnosed student Leah Amy. For her, this struggle started long before she was even aware of what was making her ill. “I was unwell for weeks with stomach cramps and the doctor would tell...

As Lockdown rules become less restrictive across the UK, many martial arts clubs breathe a sigh of relief as they open up their doors for full contact training for the first time in over a year. Fighters up and down the UK are back hitting pads and sparring with their...