The West Essex NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), made up of 32 GP practices across Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest, has awarded a contract for a new integrated care service, which launches next month.

Local politicians say they will continue to work with South Cambridgeshire MP Heidi Allen after she revealed her departure from the Conservative party to join a new anti-brexit Independent Group.

One in five new patients in the East of England are unable to access NHS dentistry, according to the British Dental Association (BDA).

Mark Thomas's latest show about the current state of the NHS went down so well on February 12 at Cambridge Junction that the audience applauded after every riff. They didn't wait till the end.

A patient at Broomfield Hospital was left in the same clothes for five days, an inspection report into the state of the hospital has revealed.

The mother of Dunmow school boy Elliot Peters has spoken about life without her son, almost a year after his death.

Felsted School pupils have raised more than £5000 for a hospice after two years of charity events.

An NHS chief executive from Great Dunmow has become one of two new trustees of St Clare Hospice.

A cash injection has been given to the region's ambulance service as part of £1bn of funding announced by the government.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has welcomed a Government decision to allow its EU health workers to apply early for UK residency ahead of a national roll-out.

The parents of Ronnie Leys, a three-year-old from Saffron Walden who recently underwent a life-changing operation to allow him to walk, said their son's progress has been "remarkable".

Users of mental health services in Uttlesford are calling for the return of a "comprehensive" hub in Saffron Walden.

The family of Dunmow schoolboy Elliot Peters will meet with a government minister to raise awareness about the genetic disorder that caused his death.

More than £10million worth of urgent repairs need to be carried out at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in order to prevent "catastrophic" failures and risk to safety.

The Overtures, a celebrated covers band offering irresistable tunes from the 1960s and 1970s will be stars of a show called simply: Christmas at the Village Hall on Saturday, December 1 - raising money for Herts and Essex Air Ambulance.

In this week's column, Peter Sharkey looks at what impact a rising life expectancy has on your savings.