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Gym to be turned into children’s centre and community kitchen
20 November 2024A gym is to close next month and be turned into a children’s centre, offering maternity and antenatal classes, and a community kitchen.
Home care service suspended for ‘completely unacceptable’ standards
20 November 2024A home care service has been placed in special measures after watchdogs rated it “inadequate”.
‘I carried on playing guitar during eight-hour brain surgery’
19 November 2024A musician who played his acoustic guitar during an eight-hour operation to remove a brain tumour says it was a “fascinating” experience.
Care home opens following £5.5 million redevelopment
19 November 2024A dementia care home has officially opened following the first phase of redevelopment.
'I was always healthy and never smoked - now I have terminal lung cancer'
18 November 2024A woman who has never smoked says she was shocked to be told she had terminal lung cancer despite being “fit and healthy”.
Hole in ceiling and cooked duck in cardboard boxes at Chinese takeaway
17 November 2024Bosses of a village takeaway issued a hygiene improvement notice by a council insist they have now cleaned up their act.
‘My baby’s been crying for 13 weeks straight because doctors missed her obvious condition’
16 November 2024A heartbroken mum says her newborn has endured unnecessary suffering for months after doctors missed a “blatantly obvious” condition.
Family’s concerns over ambulance and hospital care on night son died
15 November 2024A pre-inquest review has heard a family is concerned about the care given to their son by the ambulance service and a Kent hospital.
Care home where patients given medicine ‘as and when’ rated ‘inadequate’
15 November 2024The health watchdog has found shortfalls at a 40-year-old care home where patients were given anti-psychotic and constipation medicine “as and when”.
Nuclear test veteran hopes BBC film ‘could be as big as Mr Bates Vs the Post Office’
14 November 2024Three Kent veterans from Britain’s nuclear test programme of the 1950s have taken part in a documentary exposing the “scandal” of their treatment.
Care company’s service rated ‘inadequate’
14 November 2024A company that looks after people in supported living accommodation has been placed in special measures and ordered to make urgent improvements.
‘Lazy’ paramedic who put toddler’s life at risk struck off
13 November 2024A paramedic who put a toddler’s life at risk and tried to cover it up has been stripped of his licence.
New medical building to slash NHS waiting times approved
12 November 2024Plans to build a new, permanent community diagnostic centre at a hospital have been approved in a bid to cut down waiting times.
Casualty taken to hospital after emergency services called to woodland
11 November 2024A man in his 50s was taken to hospital after several emergency vehicles were called to a woodland.
Celebs support TikTok trend for girl, 6, given months to live
11 November 2024Social media stars are Dancing for Joules after her family revealed they don’t have much time left with their “princess”.
Girl's rare cancer missed by GPs for a year
05 November 2024A young girl has been hailed a “miracle” after beating a rare cancer misdiagnosed by GPs for a year
Fox that acts like puppy to undergo £13k op to stop seizures
01 November 2024A young orphaned fox with an oversized head is set to undergo surgery after it was found she had fluid on her brain.
Grandad lies on hospital floor in 12-hour wait for a bed
01 November 2024A 75-year-old who has MS resorted to lying on the floor during a 51-hour visit to a busy A&E department.
Three-day waiting times reported at two Kent hospitals incorrect, say NHS chiefs
30 October 2024NHS chiefs say three-day delays being reported at two Kent hospitals on an app which provides live waiting times are incorrect.
MP calls for more investment in dementia ahead of tomorrow’s budget
29 October 2024A Kent MP says an urgent call for action is needed to combat the £42 billion cost of the country’s leading cause of death.
