Matthew Bunn

Just a few months into their course they helped people with life-threatening conditions, unwell patients and, on one occasion, even helped to deliver a baby.

Just a few months into their course they helped people with life-threatening conditions, unwell patients and, on one occasion, even helped to deliver a baby.

Concerns were raised last night over the effect a partnership between Ipswich and Colchester hospitals will have on the Suffolk trust.

Concerns were raised last night over the effect a partnership between Ipswich and Colchester hospitals will have on the Suffolk trust.

Ipswich Hospital bosses look set to play a major role in the running of ailing Colchester General Hospital as part of a dramatic bid to turn around the fortunes of the trust, it can be revealed today.

Ipswich Hospital bosses look set to play a major role in the running of ailing Colchester General Hospital as part of a dramatic bid to turn around the fortunes of the trust, it can be revealed today.

Suffolk’s two main hospitals racked up a combined deficit of more than £30million in the last financial year.

Suffolk’s two main hospitals racked up a combined deficit of more than £30million in the last financial year.

A drive to stop young people in Suffolk from smoking was labelled a major priority last night as new figures emerged showing one in five people in the county are currently smoking.

Patients who do not visit their GP for five years could be removed from the practice list under radical proposals being developed in the region.