Urology procedures carried out at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital will be much easier thanks to new equipment funded by donations.

The church of Father Michael Lambert, who was “known and loved in every congregation in Hitchin”, has paid tribute to him after his tragic death aged 79.

An eight-year-old girl has won a national competition which means her Christmas card design is now on sale in Clintons shops across the country.

A man in his 70s is in a critical condition after being involved in a collision with a car in Hitchin.

A midwife has won an award for the sensitive support she gave a grieving family after their baby died, with her nomination saying “she gave light to our darkest time”.

A trainee doctor who used a senior nurse’s computer account to sign off assessments of his work in her name has been suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months.

A plaque paying tribute to a woman who spent more than 40 years volunteering in her community, and who was one of the founding members of a credit union, has been unveiled.

A German man who was imprisoned in North Herts at the end of the Second World War and went on to work as a nurse for nearly 40 years has recounted some of his experiences of the NHS to mark the institution’s 70th anniversary.

A driver involved in a head-on car crash in Sandy at the weekend who was placed in a medically-induced coma is now in a stable condition, police have told the Comet this afternoon.

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after being involved in a crash with a van on the A602 in Stevenage this morning, police have confirmed.

Two men were seriously injured after a car crash in Sandy this weekend.

Labour party candidates for Stevenage and Welwyn Hatfield have blasted plans to axe a subsidised transport service to the new QEII and the Lister Hospital.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent after a stabbing at the Oval in Stevenage last night.

A horse rider has been injured in a crash with car in Datchworth.

After its clinical waste contractor has allowed amputated limbs, infectious liquids and other hazardous materials to pile up at its handling sites, the East and North Herts NHS Trust – which runs Stevenage’s Lister Hospital and Welwyn Garden City’s New QEII Hospital – has confirmed ‘contingency arrangements’ are in place.

Four dads whose children were all cared for at Lister Hospital’s neonatal unit in Stevenage are taking part in a 12-hour cycle challenge to raise money towards extending and improving the family room at the facility.

A dad from Arlesey is set for the Royal Parks Half Marathon this Sunday in aid of Tommy’s – the charity that helped him and his family when his daughter when she was born premature.

A transport service which patients rely on to take them to and from hospital appointments could be axed.

A Datchworth family are desperately trying to raise £20,000 to give their mum a dignified death at home.

A cyclist in her 70s was taken to hospital after a crash involving a car at a Hitchin roundabout yesterday evening.

Runners turned up in high-class attire for the second annual Offley Place Posh 5km at the weekend.

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Three people were cut free from their cars by firefighters after two separate crashes in Hitchin and Stevenage yesterday.

With an appeal launched to help raise £338,000 to expand the neonatal family room at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital, a dad whose son was born 12 weeks prematurely has spoken of the desperate need for this improved facility.

Police and paramedics were in Letchworth town centre yesterday evening amid concerns for the welfare of a man who had lost consciousness.

Health watchdog inspectors have found surgery services at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital to be inadequate when it comes to being safe and well-led.

A man who was seriously injured in a crash on the A602 near Stevenage last weekend remains in hospital, more than a week after the incident.

The daughter of a former Addenbrooke’s and Lister Hospital nurse who “always put others before herself” is to throw a fundraiser in aid of the hospice who cared for her before she died of cancer aged 58.

An appeal to raise money for private medical treatment to give seriously ill twins a fighting chance of ever walking has raised more than £15,000 so far.

Seventy years ago today the National Health Service was launched by then health minister Aneurin Bevan – delivering medical care free at point-of-need to all, regardless of wealth or status.