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NHS boss caught up in law degree controversy quits

Mason Fitzgerald has been appointed new chief executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

Tom Bristow​

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An NHS boss who claimed to have a law degree from a university he never graduated from has withdrawn his application to take over the region’s mental health trust. Mason Fitzgerald was due to become chief executive of the Norfolk and Suffolk...
Mason Fitzgerald has been appointed new chief executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

Health watchdog to meet over NHS boss' law degree claim

Tom Bristow​

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St John's House, a private hospital in Palgrave, near Diss

Investigations

Staff caught sleeping on job and pushing patients at private hospital

Emily Townsend

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Coronavirus signs in The Buttermarket in Ipswich. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Further fall in coronavirus infection rates in all districts

Katy Sandalls

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Practise Nurse April Pearson administering the pfizer vaccination to Teresa Talbot at the Hadleigh G

Coronavirus

Revealed: How many people have had the Covid vaccine in your area?

Emily Townsend

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Routine blood tests have been cancelled at Ipswich Hospital, Colchester Hospital and West Suffolk Hospital as a result of the...

Ipswich Hospital

Continued drop in number of coronavirus patients at region's hospitals

Katy Sandalls

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Nick Hulme, chief executive of ESNEFT, said preparations for the winter began in March Picture: SARA

Ipswich Hospital

Hospitals looking to the future as Covid numbers drop

Katy Sandalls

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Ezra Hewing, head of education at Suffolk Mind, who is behind the book appeal

Mental Health

Mental health charity looks to give free books to thousands of children

Oliver Sullivan

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Mydentist in Leiston is set to close leaving the town without a dental practice

Lack of dentists leads to practice closure

Katy Sandalls

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Covid-19 rapid testing centres targeting people who unwittingly have the virus are to open in Haverhill and Lowestoft

Coronavirus

School Covid-19 testing: What you need to know

Jason Noble Local Democracy Reporter

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Coronavirus adverts have been placed in bus stops around Ipswich. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Rise in Ipswich coronavirus cases 'a wake up call'

Katy Sandalls

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Nurse Nichola Cooper administers a vaccine to Julie Candon

Coronavirus

Volunteers hailed after surgery rolls out nearly 1,000 Covid jabs in a day

Matthew Earth

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a PCP Covid-19 test kit during a visit to SureScreen Diagnostics

Coronavirus

One year on: Essex marks anniversary of first coronavirus case

Oliver Sullivan

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Lucas enjoys his music therapy 

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich Hospital music therapy sessions go online

Katy Sandalls

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Jo Thorne has been helping vets relax

Vets being taught yoga to support them during lockdown

Katy Sandalls

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Picture of people working in an agricultural field in Nepal

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How Norwich research is helping to feed the world

Sophie Stainthorpe

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Leiston Surgery

Patients can give thanks to Leiston Surgery for Covid response

Paul Geater

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susan kirkham harleston jab

Coronavirus

First patients receive Covid jab at new mass vaccination centre

Jasper King

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Inclusion manager Debbie Richards and headteacher Joanna Kidby with wellbeing champions from St Margaret's CEVA Primary School

Mental Health

Primary school becomes first in Suffolk to win award for mental health work

Holly Hume

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Mydentist in Leiston is set to close leaving the town without a dental practice

Frustration as town set to lose last dental practice

Katy Sandalls

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Ten more deaths have been reported across Suffolk Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Ipswich Hospital

Coronavirus admission numbers show encouraging drop at region's hospitals

Katy Sandalls

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Coronavirus adverts have been placed in bus stops around Ipswich. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Coronavirus

The neighbourhoods with the highest and lowest Covid vaccination rates

Emily Townsend

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Ipswich town centre on a busy day Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Covid alert level lowered as cases and infection rates continue to fall

Matthew Earth

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Oaklands Care Home in Scole, near Diss, has been rated as 'good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

'Good' rating for care home which had been plunged into special measures

Thomas Chapman

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Suffolk covid cases: Nick Hulme, who runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, has warned people not to

Ipswich Hospital

Covid patient admissions drop at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals

Katy Sandalls

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Coronavirus adverts have been placed in bus stops around Ipswich.

Coronavirus

What are the latest Covid infection rates in Suffolk and Essex?

Sophie Barnett

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Coronavirus adverts have been placed in bus stops around Ipswich. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Coronavirus

Survey data shows up to 1 in 140 people in Suffolk have the coronavirus

Katy Sandalls

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Jonathan Warren, chief executive at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). Photo: NSFT

Mental health boss delays his exit after successor's law degree scandal

Tom Bristow​

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An advert thanking the NHS in a bus shelter in Tacket Street. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Coronavirus

Encouraging signs continue as Covid case rates drop across Suffolk and...

Michael Steward

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Business leaders have reacted to the government's plans to relax the third coronavirus lockdown. 

Coronavirus

How and when will Covid-19 lockdown restrictions be eased?

Michael Steward

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