Kent woman who has overcome type 2 diabetes is urging others to act
Shirley Spurgeon, from Southborough in Tunbridge Wells (pictured above), joined the NHS Healthier You Diabetes Prevention Programme run by Xyla…
LGA heaps praise on ‘One You’ health and advice shop in Ashford
Photo: Ashford Borough Council The One You Kent shop in Ashford has been highlighted as a great example of bringing…
Planned medical centre in defunct Debenhams could add value to Folkestone town says Monk
Folkestone and Hythe Council say plans to create a new medical centre with state-of-the-art facilities in Folkestone town centre are…
Crack investigation team test for chemicals in Dover and Folkestone drains
Investigators from Southern Water have prevented millions of litres of pollution reaching Kent seas and rivers over the past three…
Revolutionary cancer test trial comes to Sittingbourne and Ashford
A mobile cancer unit is due to visit Ashford and Sittingbourne as part of the world’s largest trial of a…
Lack of NHS dental appointments widens health inequalities, warns Healthwatch Kent & Medway
Library image: Pixabay – Healthwatch Kent & Healthwatch Medway are today both warning that health inequalities are widening as people…
New critical care unit opens at William Harvey Hospital – video
A brand-new critical care unit, that will benefit some of east Kent’s sickest patients, has opened at the William Harvey…
Folkestone schoolgirl reunited with nurse after being born 3 months premature
‘You were absolutely tiny – look at you now!’ Photo: EKHT A schoolgirl was reunited with the nurse who cared…
Cadets donate dozens of Easter eggs to Sittingbourne children’s hospice egg hunt
The eggs presented to Demelza Hospice Care for Children Photo: Kent Police An extra special Easter egg hunt has taken…