Pioneering patient Roisin Kelleher has become the first person in the UK to receive life-saving treatment for cystic fibrosis.

Darent Valley bosses have agreed to extend visiting hours in a move that could also ease traffic congestion fears.

It's been revealed a new Kent hospital boss will earn £294,000 - more than double the Prime Minister's salary - and will only work a four-day week.

A single mum of two boys is pleading for help after being given the heartbreaking news she has terminal cancer.

A boy who was hospitalised with kidney failure was told it was caused by taking Nurofen aimed at children as young as three months.

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An expert in dealing with crisis-hit hospitals - including Mid-Staffs - has been appointed to run a Kent trust that is mired in special measures.

A massive 2,155 tons of wet wipes and other blockers - weighing the same as 718 hippos - are wreaking havoc in Kent's sewers.

When Ross Buggins fell mysteriously ill, it led to a frightening sequence of events and an attempt to hang himself.

When Joseph Miall was diagnosed with cerebral palsy aged two his parents feared he may never walk or talk, but the youngster has defied the odds.

A woman who claims she suffered beatings during her five years at a convent has vowed to seek justice.

A son claims his mother died in unnecessary pain and anguish because of poor hospital care.

A children's charity was forced to cut short care for some of its youngsters with life-limiting illnesses due to a virus.

Plans for 60 care and recovery suites at a health centre in Dover are being promised by MP Charlie Elphicke.

Supermarket giant Asda has come under fire from twitter users after customers spotted painkillers displayed alongside sweets and bars of chocolate.

A woman has described the terrifying moment her fiance suffered a catastrophic heart attack, forcing her to perform emergency CPR to keep him alive.

A 14-year-old Kent girl is back home after life-saving proton therapy in the US - the same treatment received by Ashya King whose parents fled the UK.

Paramedics helping a man who suffered a horrific injury when he fell on notorious beach steps were also hurt as they tried to treat him.

A postman delivering a parcel has been knocked unconscious in a vicious attack.

The chairman of under-fire Medway hospital has pledged to turn the hospital around saying: "I can make a difference."