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A student nurse forced to 'sofa surf' after becoming a victim of Britain's rental crisis has won a £5M house in the Omaze prize draw. Picture: Omaze/SWNS

Student nurse forced to 'sofa surf' wins £5m London townhouse

NHS staff can claim free coffee from Starbucks for one day only

Problem of discarded inhalers (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Inhaler disposal causes environmental blight

Harley. Picture: Bethany Whiting

Devastated mum’s plea as cystic fibrosis drug funding could be withdrawn

Older people are being urged to get their Covid and flu jabs as cases rise

Older people across Bedfordshire urged to get Covid and flu jabs as cases rise

People in Bedfordshire are being asked to join UK’s largest health research programme

People across Bedfordshire asked to join UK’s biggest health research programme

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month with people invited to come forward for a free cancer check

People urged to come forward for life saving NHS cancer checks

A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on May 22, 2020 in Frimley, United Kingdom. (Stock Image. Credit: Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images)

Bereaved families call for inquiry into NHS maternity services

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

Working Together - Helen Mills.

Working Together programme expands to Dunstable

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The researchers analysed data from 365 hospitals (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

167,000 people caught Covid in hospital during England's second wave

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Poor incontinence care costs NHS over half a billion pounds a year

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Woman with her head pin her hands. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Hundreds in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes living with early onset dementia

Many adults don't give their serious eye problems enough attention

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Ken Livingstone suffering from Alzheimer’s, family announces

Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Harriet Moxon with her five-year-old daughter Eve. Photo by Charlotte Ridgeon (Harriet's twin sister).

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after being hit by a car on holiday

Pedestrians walk in the midday sun past the Palace of Westminster in central London on September 6, 2023 as the late summer heatwave continues.

Saturday set to be hottest day of the year, according to Met Office

Peter Kyle (l-r), James Murray MP ( shadow financial secretary to the treasury), Alistair Strathern, and Luton South MP Rachel Hopkins. Image: Labour Party

Labour has the "best" Mid Beds candidate for upcoming by-election says senior MP

NHS England figures show 80 out of 215 new and re-referred patients did not receive a wheelchair within the target time between April and June this year. Of those, 15 were children aged under 19

Dozens of people waited over four months for an NHS wheelchair in Bedfordshire

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

The pop up clinics will be open throughout September - stock picture

Here's when you can get a free NHS health check in Luton during September

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Outside Countess of Chester Hospital

Former nursing director suspended following Lucy Letby trial

Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Increased turnover in cancer staff at Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s brother Charlie has died of cancer aged 53

Jeremy Hunt’s brother dies from cancer aged 53

The NHS GP Patient Survey found 4.8% of 11,351 respondents in Bedfordshire said they were still experiencing symptoms more than 12 weeks after first having Covid-19 – up from 4.5% reported in 2022

Tens of thousands of people may have long Covid in Bedfordshire

A child wears a 'vaccinated' badge (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Parents urged to get up to date on children's jabs this summer holiday

Talk Club

Men’s talking group endorsed by Tyson Fury opens in Barton-le-Clay

Making cycling e-asier beneficiary sits on his free one-month TIER e-cycle loan. Image submitted.

Charity helps Luton and Dunstable hospital staff make getting to work e-asy

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

A&E patient experience at Luton & Dunstable Hospital worsens

Bedford Hospital

Record number of workers resigned from their hospital posts

Dr Rima Makarem. Image supplied by BLMK ICB

Building new surgeries won't solve GP shortage problem says health boss

Ann and Front of House Manager

Retired nurse from Luton Care Home reminisces at NHS big tea

A list of 18 medical conditions that could see you banned from flying

Tibbs is holding an informtaion event - Stock picture

Tibbs Dementia Foundation set to hold information event tomorrow

The survey carried out between January and April this year reveals 62.6% of patients said they had a very good or fairly good overall experience with their GP service – down from 63.9% 2022

65% of patients say it's not easy to get through to their GP practice

Abstract hospital in blur background

The best and worst GP surgeries in the Luton area - according to patients

Susan Morrison ‘showed solidarity’ with junior doctors

Junior doctors in England start their 5 day walkout

Nearly 200 children had a fluoride wash while at the clinics (Picture: Luton Borough Council)

Hundreds of children seen at pop-up dental clinics since April

Dr Sarah Whiteman Pic: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Warning for patients as doctors get ready for seven days of strike action

Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a man with almost zero no-claims bonus, in Extraction 2 (photo: Netflix/Jasin Boland PA)

Just how do action heroes get third party insurance?