An appeal to fund a new neonatal family room at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital has so far raised £300,000 – with just £38,000 now needed for the project to begin.

A hospice is reaching out to patients living with heart failure who could benefit from its services.

Medication errors, delayed hospital admissions from the emergency department, and falls resulting in fractured bones are just some of the serious incidents recorded by the East and North Herts NHS Trust during a one-month period.

The future of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s cancer centre – which has a catchment population of almost two million people – is at risk.

A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving following a head-on collision at 110mph with a grandfather near Hexton.

A university student from Hitchin has thanked paramedics, Lister Hospital staff and the public after he collapsed while out cycling last week.

A orchestral musician from Letchworth is set to hold a fundraising concert in Hitchin to raise money for Lister Hospital’s neonatal unit after staff saved the life of her newborn daughter.

A Lister Hospital psychiatrist has teamed up with charity Mind to put on sports session throughout January for people with mental health problems.

A new vascular hub at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital has been given the go-ahead as part of the government’s £1 billion investment into the NHS.

A police officer was injured during the early hours of this morning after a vehicle crashed into a stationary police car in Stevenage.

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

Bosses at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital are looking at ways to speed up the time it takes to hand over patients from ambulance staff to the Emergency Department, having plummeted from being the best performer in the east of England to having less than half of cases meet national targets.

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.