A pensioner has defied the odds to become one of the few people worldwide to recover from a deadly disease.

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A 24-year-old fitness fanatic is hoping her video blogs will help inspire others living with a potentially deadly disease.

A care home placed in special measures by a watchdog is to close this month.

Nearly 12,000 patients in the region were left waiting outside hospital A&E units for more than an hour, new figures reveal.

Medical chiefs today have warned the GP crisis is deepening, with a surgery in Folkestone with 4,500 patients forced to close its doors this week.

A mother faces a race against time to save the life of her two-year-old daughter, who has already endured 58 rounds of chemotherapy.

Ten food outlets across the county are in need of "urgent improvements", according to health inspectors.

All patients who have applied for a new GP have been allocated but 1,300 still remain unregistered as NHS bosses urge them to sign up with new doctor.

Two women, aged 21 and 23, are planning to have their breasts and ovaries removed in the hope of avoiding the same cancer that killed their gran.

A grieving mum has called for dealers to be charged with manslaughter as figures show growing numbers of people are dying of drug-related deaths.

A woman was released from her car following a two-vehicle crash on a roundabout close to a hospital.

The CQC has published a damning report after inspections revealed a mental health hospital ignored guidance on same-sex accommodation.

Fifty Kent pharmacies are at risk as a high street giant prepares to axe stores across England.

A hospital trust may bring in a mobile morgue to cope with an expected rise in the number of deaths this winter.

An option for a new hospital in east Kent "has to be on the table" when future healthcare proposals are presented next year, NHS bosses are told.

A Kent woman explains in her own words what life has been like living with bipolar affective disorder for more than two decades.

A doctor closed the case of a man who rang the NHS helpline complaining of severe chest pains after he could not reach him on his mobile.

A proposal to pay homeowners to look after hospital patients recovering from operations has been described as 'ill-thought through and ill-timed'.

Doctors claim vulnerable patients have been cut from a priority list they made saying they needed to be registered with new doctor urgently.