A seven-year-old girl has been bitten by what her mother believes was a false widow spider - Britain's most venomous and on the increase.

Lorraine Gilling, who once tipped the scales at 21 stone, is now half the woman she was after suffering the humiliation of getting stuck in turnstiles

Patients are being turned away from a hospital today after a flood took down its phones and computers.

A father's warned others after a 12-year-old schoolgirl ended up in hospital after being given a pill by a friend.

This last seven days have seen people up and down the country mark National Eczema Day.

A terminally ill mum is to renew her wedding vows as an everlasting gift to her husband.

The family of a young woman who died after a decade trying to get the "perfect" body believe her battle with anorexia and bulimia weakened her heart.

The family of a cyclist killed in an accident with a van have revealed their decision to donate his organs - and his heart has already saved a life.

Medway Hospital is one of 11 in the country to be 'buddied' up with top health teams... after a catalogue of failings was highlighted.

A new chaos-hit NHS phone number officially takes over from an out-of-hours health hotline today... around six months late.

A huge merger of Medway and Darent Valley hospital trusts has been called off.

Members of staff at Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital say they are considering leaving their jobs over huge increases in the cost of parking at work.

A 94-year-old stroke victim spent two hours in the back of an ambulance for what should have been a nine-mile trip – because the crew got lost.

People who suffer a heart attack in Dover town centre may have a better chance of survival now that vital equipment has been installed.

Two Kent hospitals have been given a multi-million pounds cash lifeline amid fears they would struggle to cope with winter emergencies.

The government has handed £6m to Medway Maritime Hospital after its chief executive warned A&E would be under pressure this winter.

A guest had to be saved by staff when he collapsed with a heart attack while performing a Meat Loaf song at a couple's wedding.

A sex toy and pleasure beads are among strange objects that have been removed from patients in procedures at a Kent hospital.

Darent Valley Hospital has been handed £4 million to cope with the rush on its strained A&E unit this winter.

Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Sittingbourne and Sheppey has called for urgent action to tackle health inequalities in Swale