Health

The story of a gay Sheffield priest who died from AIDS is to be republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalising of homosexuality.

A group of friends are swapping cocktail dresses for space hoppers for Cancer Research UK. Catherine Scott reports.

Tish Joyce completed one of the world’s toughest races, in the desert, just weeks after ankle surgery. Catherine Scott reports.

There have been repeated calls over the years that have fallen on deaf ears but now the Government has confirmed there will be an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that claimed the lives of at least 2,400 people.

THERESA May has announced a wide-ranging inquiry into the contaminated blood “scandal” of the 1970s and 1980s which left 2,400 people dead.

A routine examination led to a life-saving discovery for 14-year-old Niamh Kane. Catherine Scott reports.

As Theresa May launches an inquiry into a scandal which saw thousands infected with Hepatitis C and HIV, Sarah Freeman speaks to those whose voices may finally be heard.

Transplant operations have saved 945 lives in South Yorkshire, according to new figures out today.

Rising numbers of people in Yorkshire are signing up to donate vital organs when they die, new health statistics reveal, as the amount of people alive nationally because of transplants has reached a “milestone” figure of 50,000.

THERE could be no starker illustration of the burdens borne by our overworked, underpaid public sector than the despairing account of a teaching assistant I met last week.

The MP for Leeds West has requested a meeting with the boss of a national safety watchdog after a boy who lived in her constituency fell through the roof of a derelict building to his death.

DEVELOPING CANCER is now more common than getting married or having a first baby, research suggests.

Thousands of routine operations have been cancelled in the region because of a shortage of beds, The Yorkshire Post can reveal, as healthcare trusts admit they are facing “unprecedented demand” nationwide.

IT is important that the number of operations cancelled by Yorkshire hospitals in the past three years due to bed shortages is placed in perspective.

The family of terminally-ill football mascot Bradley Lowery have said he is no longer responsive and explained how it is "heart breaking for us to watch" as he fights to stay alive.

ON the racecourse, there is no jockey as competitive as Richard Johnson. Off the track, no one takes their wider responsibilities to the sport as seriously as the two-time champion.

The NHS faces “serious challenges in maintaining standards of care”, with senior managers expressing worry about having the right levels of staff, according to a new report.