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A sign for Toftwood Medical Centre. There are lush green hedges behind it.

Patients transferred as GP surgery closes

Health bosses say 3,500 patients have been registered with other surgeries in Dereham.

Katy is sitting up in a hospital bed, wearing a denim blue cami top and a blue duvet over her tummy. She is holding her newborn daughter, Isla, who wears a pink knitted beanie hat and is swaddled in a lilac blanket. Father Erik is sitting to the right, with his hand over Katy's, which is holding Isla. Erik has short black hair with a short black beard and is wearing a red short sleeved, cotton T-shirt and blue denim jeans. He has some tattoos winding down his arm. Sitting on the bed to Katy's left, is her son James. He has short dark blonde hair and grins at the camera. He is wearing a white collared polo top and grey shorts. He is holding a brown teddy bear.

First baby born in new £91m maternity unit

Isla is the first baby to be born at the BEACH building at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Dr Peter Prinsley a man with grey hair looking into the camera and smiling. He is standing in a hospital waiting room with a blue wall and rows of blue chairs. He is wearing blue hospital scrubs, a blue scrub cap and a blue NHS lanyard.

Surgeon steps back to concentrate on job as MP

Dr Peter Prinsley says balancing his surgical and political roles was no longer practical.

Sid Maher Gloucestershire Local Optical Committee sat at a computer. He is looking over his shoulder into the camera while an image of someone's eye is large on his computer screen.

Eyecare scheme reducing waiting times and saving money

The scheme is allowing community optometrists to access patient's NHS eye health records.

Gloucestershire

Rosemarie Winfield looks at the camera holding her Persian cat. She is wearing a blue dress and the cat has fluffy ginger hair.

'I was too fat for NHS cancer surgery appointment'

Rosemarie Winfield from Hailsham says it was upsetting to be told her BMI was too high.

An NHS sign welcoming people to Addenbrooke's Hospital. It is blue and white and is printed with the words Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. There are bushes, pavement, a road and buildings visible.

Hundreds of NHS support jobs axed at hospital

About 500 posts in finance, communication and administration are affected, says a hospital trust.

A close-up of a pregnant woman's round belly in a blue and white striped top. The woman's one hand is rested on the 'baby bump' while the other is holding a cigarette pointed towards the camera.

Pregnant smokers get support to save babies' lives

Three maternity tobacco dependency advisers are telling women of the risks to their babies' health.

Solar panels from a bird's eye view.

Hospitals to save £360k with new solar panels

The NHS trust says the savings will mean more money for frontline care.

Two sets of hands are visible in the picture, with one person handing a white box to another person. The background make it obvious they are in a chemist.

Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England

The government hopes the move will end the "unfair postcode lottery" some women face.