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New jab campaign as measles cases rise
Thousands of children in the Anglia region are to be targeted for jabs to help stop the spread of measles.
Huge rise in foodbank users
The East has seen its biggest ever increase in foodbank users. Over the last year there's been a 230% rise in numbers asking for help.
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Make a Splash campaign to help children learn to swim
A poll commissioned for ITV's Daybreak has found that 1 in 3 children are unable to swim by the time they leave primary school.
Read the full storyAmbulance concerns to be raised by MP
Concerns about the ability of the East of England Ambulance Trust to meet emergency response times will be raised by North Norfolk MP and Health Minister Norman Lamb later today.
Earlier this week the Trust started putting an extra 15 vehicles on the road each day to improve services. It then emerged that there aren't enough staff to crew them.
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New ambulances 'not ready'
It had promised 15 new ambulances to improve response times in our rural areas but today (Tuesday) the East of England Ambulance Trust admitted it's struggling to get them up and running.
And the problem is people. With no new recruits for at least another month there simply aren't enough of them to staff the extra vehicles.
Extra ambulances introduced
The East of England Ambulance Service, which has been criticised in the past over response times, is introducing 15 extra ambulances from today.
The service says it's also recruiting 75 new paramedics and 124 care assistants to cope with demand.
Extra ambulance cover from today
The East of England Ambulance Service, which has been criticised in the past over response times, is introducing 15 extra ambulances from today. It says it's also recruiting 75 new paramedics and 124 care assistants to cope with demand.
The price of farmland in the East at record high
The price of farmland in the East of England has reached record levels according to a new survey out today.
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says the average price of an acre of arable land is now more than £7,000.
The report's authors say demand for farmland continues to rise and they suspect prices will continue to climb in 2013.
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Health minister welcomes more ambulances
The Health minister and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb has welcomed news that the East of England is to get more ambulances and paramedics.
Mr Lamb said: "“I have persistently highlighted the problem of unacceptably slow response times, taking up concerns from the public and from ambulance staff themselves. The key thing now is that these steps bring improvements in the service for patients."
The East of England Ambuance Trust has announced it is putting 15 more full-time ambulances on the roads from Monday. It follows months of criticism over poor response times and cuts to services.
There will also be a recruitment drive for 200 more frontline staff.
More ambulances and paramedics announced
The East of England Ambuance Trust has announced it is putting 15 more full-time ambulances on the roads from Monday. It follows months of criticism over poor response times and cuts to services.
There will also be a recruitment drive for 200 more frontline staff.
The dramatic announcement - which affects ambulance stations in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk - came just hours after the latest protest over planned cuts in North Norfolk.
More ambulances and paramedics for region
The East of England Ambulance Service is to put 15 extra ambulances on the road and recruit 200 new staff.
Read the full storyCampaigners welcome extra ambulances
Campaigners calling for a better ambulance response times have welcomed news that more vehicles will be taking to the roads.
North Norfolk Labour Party, which created the Act on Ambulances campaign, have welcomed an announcement today that the East of England Ambulance Service Trust is to return a number of ambulances to the region that were initially earmarked to be cut.
– Denise Burke, North Norfolk Labour Party"We have constantly argued that the move to replace ambulances with Rapid Response Vehicles - as a result of government cuts in funding - would not bring the improvements that health officials wanted."
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