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 health services to the high street in a national report…
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 ‘taking shape’. Cabinet members agreed to the proposed terms of…
NHS urging people to plan and avoid needless trips to A&E in Kent over Jubilee weekend
As Kent and Medway prepares to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the NHS is encouraging people to think ahead and stay healthy over the special weekend. The long weekend is…
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 years, due to household appliances wrongly plumbed in. The Misconnection…
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 revolutionary new blood test that can detect cancer early. The…
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 in the South East are struggling to pay for dental…
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 Hospital in Ashford. Funded by £14 million national NHS investment,…
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 for her when she was born three months early, after…
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 place in Sittingbourne after police cadets donated a bumper selection…
Dashcam footage wanted after man assaulted outside supermarket in Ramsgate
Witnesses are being urged to come forward after a man was assaulted outside a supermarket in Ramsgate. At around 2.55pm on Wednesday 13 April 2022, the victim was reportedly assaulted…