Find out how healthy you are – at the supermarket?
Want to know how healthy you are? You can find out at the supermarket, thanks to the NHS. The health and wellbeing bus and One You Health Improvement Team are…
Urgent action needed for Teagan’s ‘cannabis’ medicine, says Dover MP
Dover & Deal MP Natalie Elphicke has called on the Government and the NHS to provide medical cannabis for her young constituent Teagan Appleby, who suffers from severe epilepsy. Teagan…
‘Fantastic foursome’ of students spreading smiles to Kent and Canterbury Hospital patients
Habeeba Waleed and Aisharya Suganthi chatting to a patient A fantastic foursome of teenagers are giving up their Saturday mornings to help spread smiles to patients on the stroke ward…
Step aboard for FREE health checks as Wellbeing Bus visits Medway!
The NHS health and wellbeing bus is on its way to Medway to encourage residents to have a health MOT. More than 3,000 people have stepped on board for a…
Folkestone mum takes on ‘wing walk’ for hospital staff who helped save son’s life – Update
Library image A grateful Folkestone mum is hoping to raise £1,000 with a sponsored wing walk to thank hospital staff who helped save her son’s life. Louise Linden decided to…
Don’t let people struggle on the side-lines – Be Deaf Aware!
It is Deaf Awareness Week (1-7 May 2023) and RNID, the charity supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus are calling on everyone to be deaf aware!…
Shining a light on cancer clinical nurse specialists in Kent and Medway
To mark national Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Day (Wednesday, 26 April), NHS Kent and Medway are shining a light on the role. There are more than 74,000 people in…
Kent County Council’s Chief Executive to retire after ongoing Covid health issues
The Chief Executive Officer of Kent County Council (KCC), David Cockburn, is to retire from his post this summer. David, who has been the Council’s most senior officer since December…
Covid-19 spring booster campaign begins today
Are you eligible? More than a million people will be eligible for a spring Covid-19 jab in the south east, as the NHS begins to roll out the next phase…
Most vulnerable urged to get COVID spring booster jab
The NHS is offering a further COVID-19 vaccination this spring to those at greatest risk of severe illness from the virus – and everyone eligible is urged to take the…