North Lincolnshire residents will have the chance to hear about developments in the NHS next week.

The health trust which looks after mental healthcare for the Isle holds its next meeting this month.

Massive changes in the social care system have helped a Doncaster firm embark on a recruitment drive that will more than double its workforce.

A Doncaster health trust is encouraging staff to speak out about concerns over patient safety,

A Doncaster hospital trust is recruiting more nurses, building a new ward and increasing the number of beds as part of a £7m investment plan.

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is in the process of implementing the changes that will include a new 19 bed ward at Doncaster Royal Infirmary - expected to be completed in the next three months.

A recruiting process is underway for 36 nursing posts across the trust with more expected to follow.

Meanwhile 16 more beds will be opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, in addition to the new ward, 10 at Mexborough Montagu and 11 at Bassetlaw Hospital.

See next week’s Free Press for more details.

A grateful Doncaster couple have told how doctors saved their boy after he was born with part of his stomach missing.

Police and health officials are probing the death of a four-year-old boy in Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

Doncaster’s main hospitals trust has been handed a £600,000 fine for failing to meet its targets on a potential deadly hospital superbug.

A manager who made sexually explicit comments and jokes to patients and staff at a mental hospital in Doncaster has been found guilty of misconduct.

Barnsley East MP Michael Dugher has criticised the government for cutting nurses and putting patients’ lives at risk as new figures show that the Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust A&E unit has consistently missed its waiting time targets over the last six months.

Residents in Doncaster will be given advice on how to avoid skin cancer at a series of information and advice sessions.

A doctor believes a series of health checks run in Doncaster town centre this month could have saved several lives.

Doncaster’s GPs are reminding people who take regular medication to check their supplies and order repeat prescriptions ahead of the Bank Holiday on Monday.

Staff at the trust which runs Scunthorpe and Goole & District hospitals are to be given training to spot deteriorating patients following concerns about mortality rates.

An 87-year-old woman suffering from a devastating combination of health problems was forced to wait on a trolley in A&E for ten hours before a bed was found for her.

Doncaster folk are being urged to enjoy the sun sensibly, whether at home or away.

A Doncaster woman has died from Legionnaire’s disease and a man is currently recovering from the condition, health officials have confirmed.

A mother is on a mission to raise £70,000 to send her sick daughter to America for surgery that could help her walk for the first time.

Young people with health queries can now find out the answers via their mobile phones.

Doncaster youngsters are getting extra help with toilet training - thanks to new a new device.