A care firm has taken on 24 registered nurses from its Indian training centre in Kerala to work across all its homes to beat UK staff shortages.

The air ambulance was called after a man was seriously injured at a block of flats.

A seriously-ill Covid patient has reached the unenviable milestone of spending 100 days in intensive care – more than half of them in an induced coma.

A judge has told a mum that doctors will be allowed to switch-off her brain-damaged daughter's life-support machine in hospital.

A mum of two discovered she could not get her Covid jab because another patient had used her NHS number 150 miles away.

Patients are pleased to hear a doctor's surgery that was facing an uncertain future will definitely remain open.

A leading GP has issued advice for younger people worried about the risks of a Covid vaccine and stressed the importance of everyone getting a jab.

The vaccination programme in Medway received special praise from a top medic at today's Downing Street briefing after delivering 50,000 jabs.

A charity that has been supporting the older community for many years has continued doing so throughout the pandemic.

A hospitals trust found to have had a series of infection control issues during the pandemic has made "very positive" improvements, inspectors say.

A dad who has survived heart attacks, organ failure and has had his legs amputated, has made a tragic plea to his wife to let him come home to die.

A dad-of-six who nearly died during a 'terrifying' battle with Covid-19 is hoping to raise thousands for the hospital where medics saved his life.

KCC is closing a number of symptom-free Covid testing centres across the county as self-test kits become available.

A law firm needs to hear from employees at W&R Balstons paper mill, later known as Whatmans.

A care service has become the third run by the same company to be plunged into special measures in a matter of weeks.

NHS bosses have pledged to offer more support to a "fragile" GP system and could enlist help from doctors outside the county.

Surgery bosses have warned they may have to close it for good after plans for a new centre were rejected.

The chief executive of an under pressure health trust has been praised for his work as he prepares to leave the role.

A dad who raised £100k for last-chance cancer treatment not available in the UK speaks about how surgery nearly didn't happen as he returns home.

Teams based at one of the county's hospitals have been nominated for a national award recognising improving services in the past year.