News and reports

A SIMPLE haircut has turned into a year-long horror story after a seven-year-old boy contracted a fungal infection from a barber shop which left him requiring multiple courses of medication and regular blood checks.

RESIDENTS across the town are being urged to ‘love their liver’ after it was revealed that more than 400 admissions were made at Barnsley Hospital over the latest 12-month period.

Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye conditions that damage your optic nerve. Your optic nerve is important because it sends signals from your eyes to your brain so you can see. Damage to your optic nerve can cause sight loss.

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The Care Quality Commission has rated Orchard Views Residential Home as inadequate and placed the service into special measures to protect people following an inspection in November and December.

Healthwatch England Chief Executive Louise Ansari introduces our new values which were chosen by local Healthwatch staff and board members, along Healthwatch England colleagues and committee members.

As a result of requests from a number of charities, organisations and oral health improvement groups in South Yorkshire, NHS England's Dental Public Health team has collaborated with SY ICB and local partners to develop dental resources for people with additional needs.

INCREASED demand for blood from hospitals and high levels of unfilled appointments at donor centres have caused life-saving stocks to drop to unprecedentedly low levels, NHS bosses have revealed

Fibromyalgia, also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body.

THE life expectancy for both men and women in Barnsley is one of the worst in Yorkshire and The Humber, the latest figures have revealed.

Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that anyone can develop. If someone you love is struggling, take a look at how you can support them.

Today the prime minister Kier Starmer has pledged to meet the target to get 92% of NHS patients treated within 18 weeks of referral. Read our response.