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…
15,000 patient Whitfield Medical Centre given the nod
An artist’s impression of how the surgery will look. Image credit: Corstorphine & Wright architects A two-storey medical centre in Whitfield which will accommodate 15,000 patients has been approved by…
Adam steps in to run Brighton marathon for Kent toddler needing expensive drug treatment in Spain
Sidney suffers from spinal muscular atrophy Sidney Cooke from Yalding, Kent, aged 23 months, was diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder type one spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) four months after…
Awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms is devastatingly low warns Helen
By Helen Hills – Persistent bloating. Abdominal Pain. Feeling full quickly. Needing to wee more often. The level of awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms is devastatingly low, and not knowing…
Vital lifesaving equipment installed at independent living schemes in Ashford
Pictured at the unveiling of the defibrillator at Danemore is, from l-r, Ashford Borough Council Chief Executive Tracey Kerly, residents Susanne Lynch and David Marsh, and Mayor of Tenterden, Cllr…
Kent cold weather alert to last well into the coming week
Kent County Council is warning that the severe cold weather and icy conditions currently affecting the county are now forecast to last well into next week. Residents are being urged…