Covid patient numbers in Kent have almost doubled in a week - as the booster roll-out stalls in some parts of the county.

New figures show Kent hospital trusts have seen a staggering rise in the number of staff being forced off work due to Covid in recent weeks.

A dental practice has set up shop in a popular retail centre.

Kent MP Greg Clark has urged the Prime Minister to consider a fourth jab for hospital staff and carers.

A 'fit and healthy' 27-year-old father has died of Covid after spending six weeks in hospital.

A mum who travelled across Europe to get her daughter, nine, a Covid-19 vaccine, has criticised the UK government's jab roll-out scheme.

The efforts of the NHS in the pandemic has inspired record numbers of people to ask for nursing or midwifery courses, say health chiefs.

Thousands of people are discovering they've got Covid as Omicron sweeps the country - here's what you should do if you get a positive test at home.

A temporary Nightingale ward capable of holding up to 100 patients will be completed next week in readiness for increased admissions.

A coroner opened an inquest into the deaths of two mums who died of herpes, following fears they were infected by the same surgeon.

With one hospital recording a critical incident because of staff shortages, we examine the situation across Kent.

Pupils at secondary schools are to be told to wear masks in classrooms in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid.

Three cricketers have been presented with a Humane Society Award after saving the life of their club chairman

Hospital staff and teams have been recognised for their incredible efforts in another tough year for health workers.

The mum of an autistic little girl with complex medical needs is urgently trying to track down pouches of the one type of baby food her daughter eats.

A care home and plans for extra hospital beds has been approved by councillors three years after it was first submitted.

A coroner has agreed to open inquests into the deaths of two mums who died of herpes, following fears they were infected by the same surgeon.

People joining women giving birth at one Kent hospital must show evidence of a negative lateral flow test as bosses try to combat the Omicron variant.

An MP has expressed his frustration at the "gridlock" in the availability of Covid testing kits.

A brave 14-year-old cricket star is undergoing gruelling chemotherapy after being diagnosed with aggressive bone cancer.