The costs of employing agency workers to staff wards and theatres at hospitals in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells have risen to £9 million.

Beggars who pestered thousands of tourists and shoppers in the historic part of Rochester during the summer have returned.

We want to hear which doctor, nurse, volunteer or ward you think deserves our Hospital Heroes award.

An midwife has teamed up with a 'pregnant' singer to create a parody of an Amy Winehouse hit - and it's going viral.

Overcrowding at Medway Maritime has resulted in a disused ward at Sheppey Community Hospital being opened.

A dad who died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage has saved five lives by donating his organs.

A midwife has been banned after saying she was "too busy" with paperwork to come to help a high-risk patient whose unborn baby was in danger of dying.

Kent's teenage pregnancy rate is continuing to fall, despite previously being one of the worst locations in the country

More than a quarter of suspected cancer sufferers had to wait longer than two weeks to be seen by specialists after being urgently referred.

Dover patients in need of emergency care from 7.30pm tonight will need to go to Deal or Folkestone after Buckland announces maintenance closure.

A former policeman has said nothing in his career compares to the situations which doctors and nurses at Medway's A&E have to deal with.

More than 100 patients in a Kent hospital no longer need to be there, and the backlog is having a knock-on effect in the already struggling A&E.

Who got a giant snail pregnant? How does Bubbles the blind pony find his way around? Take the Friday news quiz.

Retired police officer Richard Oliver was fitted with a S-ICD after he suffered a massive heart attack which he put down to indigestion.

The 15-year-old pledged to support a Kent hospital's cancer fund in a charity cycle after staff cared for his dad before his death in January.

A father suffered organ failure and died after hospital staff missed chances to treat internal bleeding over a 15-hour period, an inquest heard.

IKEA is recalling its Patrull nightlights after a child received an electric shock, resulting in burns.

A council has taken action after a six-year-old girl suffered a deep wound to her hand when she crashed her bike into a damaged street sign.

Samantha Tregunno's bone condition is so rare she's the third person in the world to have it - help her raise cash for life changing treatment

A councillor wants to tackle the chronic shortage of Marsh GPs by offering them free housing.