How to Comfort a Sick Loved One
A temporary or chronic illness can affect a person’s physical and emotional health. When they are not dealing with unpleasant symptoms, they might experience feelings of frustration, anger, or sadness.…
Heroic police officer comes to the rescue of woman choking in her car
PCSO Sophie Lusher It was 12:45 pm on a sunny Tuesday, 27 June 2023, when PCSO Sophie Lusher was cruising along Pembury Road in her police vehicle. She noticed a…
Firefighters battled blaze that engulfed shed and fence in Folkestone
Library image A blazing inferno erupted in a Folkestone garden on Saturday evening (24 June), sending flames and smoke into the air. Firefighters rushed to the scene in Shorncliffe Road,…
Covid-19 grab a jab promo ‘with ice cream’ this weekend!
Three Covid-19 vaccination clinics will be offering ice creams and cold drinks to people grabbing a jab this weekend (24 June). With just days left to get a Covid-19 vaccine,…
NHS ‘Soup and Shake’ diet reverses type 2 diabetes for Thanet woman
Dolena from Birchington has lost four stone since-starting the NHS weight loss plan A woman who has reversed her type 2 diabetes by following the NHS ‘soup and shake’ diet…
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…