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Bosses at NUH say a number of significant improvements have been made since the survey took place Photo: Submitted

Disabled staff at hospitals trust almost twice as likely to experience bullying

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

St George's Medical Practice of Musters Road, West Bridgford, hit the top spot. Of the 107 people who responded to the GP survey, 95.2% described their overall experience of St Georges Medical Practice as "good" or "very good". Some 73.2% said the practice was very good, while 22% said it was good. A further 1.5% said it was poor, while no one described the service as very poor.

The top 10 GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

Pharmacies across Nottinghamshire have signed up to the new extended care service scheme. Photo: Submitted

More services now available at local pharmacies across Nottinghamshire

Toothbrushing packs will be given to vulnerable people and families in Nottinghamshire

Toothbrushing packs will be given out to support vulnerable people and families

More than 35,000 incidents of sexual misconduct or sexual violence were recorded in NHS England in the five years between 2017 and 2022.

35,000+ incidents of sexual violence recorded in NHS England 2017-2022

Across England 10.7 million fit notes were issued last year – up from 10.5m the year before, and 10.2m in 2019.

Hundreds of thousands of GP sick notes given out in Nottinghamshire in 2022

Data shows wide disparities in health across England and Wales, with some areas having over three times more people in bad health than others.

More than one in 20 Ashfield residents in poor health

Currently, orlistat is the primary weight loss drug prescribed by the NHS and has been approved for use since 2010.

More people in Worksop and Retford prescribed anti-obesity drug

Currently, orlistat is the primary weight loss drug prescribed by the NHS and has been approved for use since 2010.

Thousands of people in Nottinghamshire prescribed anti-obesity drug
Thousands of people in Nottinghamshire were prescribed the anti-obesity drug orlistat last year, new figures show.

Clive Clarke is joining the leadership team at NUH Trust as director of inclusion

New director Clive joining leadership team at NHS Trust

New data from NHS Digital shows 1,771 complaints were made about GPs and dentists in the former NHS Nottinghamshire CCG area in the year to March.

Rise in GP and dentist complaints across Nottinghamshire

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust says it needs an extra £27m to meet rising energy costs at hospitals like the QMC and Nottingham City

Nottinghamshire hospital trusts need £32m extra to meet increased energy bills

Thousands of breast screenings have been missed by Nottinghamshire women in the last year

Thousands of Notts women have missed vital breast cancer screenings in last year

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

Sajid Javid is urging people to ‘play their part’ and get their Covid-19 booster jab (Photo: Getty Images)

‘About 10’ people in hospital with Omicron as Sajid Javid makes booster plea

Caroline Nicolls receives an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by nurse Amy Nash, at the Madejski Stadium, Reading (Getty Images)

This is who is eligible for their booster as millions able to book jab from Mond...

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

The NHS booking service for booster jabs should be updated by 13 December (Photo: Getty Images)

Bookings for booster jabs to open for all ‘no later than December 13’

The JCVI has not yet advised on whether second jabs will be made available to healthy teenagers (image: Shutterstock)

Children younger than 12 could be given Covid jabs next year

'Record breaking' number of Covid-19 booster jabs given in a week by NHS England...

E-cigarettes could be given to smokers for free on the NHS as part of new plans to help people quit (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images))

Smokers could be given e-cigarettes for free on the NHS

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Booster jab invites will be sent out to more than a million people in England from next week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jab invites to be sent out to more than a million people in Englan...

Sodium chloride is measured to be added to a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine concentrate ready for administration at Guy’s Hospital in central London

The new anti-cholesterol drug being offered on the NHS to prevent heart attacks ...

Festival-goers will be able to get a vaccine as easily as a burger or a beer (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid jabs on line-up as ‘vaccine tent’ opens at Reading and Leeds festivals

Life-saving blood test for pregnant women to be available across NHS in England ...

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

The Health Secretary urged all those eligible to take up the jab (Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to offer 35m people free jabs in biggest ever roll out - how to book yours

The Government has announced a raft of new measures to help tackle obesity, including a ban on junk food adverts online and calories on menus for meals.. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

More people admitted to hospital due to obesity in Nottinghamshire

According to new guidance, patients should be encouraged to go online when they phone the surgery (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Doctors told to 'discourage face-to-face appointments' and screen patients onlin...

The Covid alert level in the UK has been downgraded to 'level 3' (Photo: Getty Images)

What Covid alert ‘level 3’ means as UK is downgraded ahead of next lockdown phas...

Thousands more people in Nottinghamshire can book their Covid-19 vaccine from today. (Photo by Andy Stenning - Pool/Getty Images)

These are the people in Notts who can book their Covid-19 jab from TODAY

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

Tens of thousands of domestic abuse victims at high risk identified by NHS bodie...

King's Mill Hospital in Sutton

Mansfield and Ashfield hospitals taking infection control 'extremely seriously' ...

The treatment takes only five minutes to administer (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Life-changer’ five minute breast cancer jab being rolled out to patients in Eng...

Moderna vaccine to be available in the UK from April - what you need to know abo...

Bosses have warned that paying for Covid costs out of regular budgets could cripple the health service (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS England says it may have to start cutting care without additional funding

More than 18 million people have now been given a first dose in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine rolling out to 56 to 59 age group in England - how to book your ap...

More than 20 million people in the UK have now received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

This is how the UK's Covid vaccine rollout is going - the data so far by nation ...

Test and Trace hospitality check-in data was ‘barely’ used - and thousands weren’t warned of Covid infection risk (Photo: Shutterstock)

Test and Trace hospitality check-in data was ‘barely’ used - and thousands weren...

The proposed pay rise has been described as "pitiful" (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Proposed 1% pay rise for NHS England branded ‘pitiful’ by nurses union and Labou...

The alert level has been lowered based on new data (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK's Covid alert level has been lowered from 5 to 4 - here's what that means

People with HIV can now get a Covid vaccine without worrying about stigma - here’s how (Photo: Shutterstock)

People with HIV can now get a Covid vaccine without worrying about stigma - here...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

The leaked plans suggests an overhaul for NHS England (Photo: Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

A leaked document suggests an overhaul for NHS England - here’s what it says

NHS England patients are being told to pay thousands for private dental treatment or wait up to two years (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

NHS England patients are being told to pay thousands for private dental treatmen...

The UK is on track to reach the government target of 15 million first-dose vaccinations by mid-February (Photo: Getty Images)

All UK adults might get both Covid vaccine doses by end of summer - according to...

Vaccine roll-out to protect people against Covid-19. Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/Getty Images.

Latest figures for Covid jabs in Nottinghamshire

Some areas of England have administered large numbers of full Covid vaccines (two doses), while others have only given one jab (Photo: Lewis Whyld- WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Some areas of England have given thousands more second Covid jabs than others - ...

Covid vaccination

This is how many people in Nottinghamshire have had the Covid vaccine so far