THE NHS fits 18,000 pacemakers a year. Here, 67-year-old Joyce Underwood, who lives with her husband in Kibworth, near Leicester, tells us about her operation, and her cardiologist explains the ...

A hospital trust has become the first in the UK to fit patients with a new leadless pacemaker. Northampton General Hospital hoped up to 28 people would benefit from the Medtronic Micra devices ...

Older cardiac patients with frailty have high rates of long-term and often unsuccessful hospital admissions, and helping them to recover at home could relieve pressure on the NHS. Cardiac monitoring ...

New commercial notice alerts potential tech suppliers of intent to implement a contract to support the delivery of a national system collating data on more than 5,000 procedures each day The NHS is pr ...

About 28 people are expected to have the new pacemaker fitted at Northampton General Hospital over the next year A hospital trust has become the first in the UK to fit patients with a new leadless ...

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve ...

A consultant from Fife has returned from a medical mission to Nigeria where he delivered essential treatments to underserved communities.

The death of Potter Heigham man John Bull, who died on the way to a Norwich City FC game, could have been avoided had the NHS not missed the ...