A dad left devastated after his 13-year-old son was blinded in an attack by a bully has spoken of his pride as his "brilliant" son wins a scout award.

A care home which replaced its manager after a damning report has had its rating reduced further less than a year after being told it must improve.

A school held a charity dance-a-thon earlier today with a special guest who helped them out.

A beleaguered health centre has begun to show signs of improvement two months after it was placed in special measures.

A new training scheme for GPs will see them offered £20,000 to take up posts in "hard to recruit areas", health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

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A care company is in special measures after inspectors found that staff were scheduled to be in two places at once.

Residents at a Kent care home suffered unexplained bruising and tears to their skin and were unable to complain to untrained staff.

A new defibrillator has been installed outside the Five Bells in Ringwould for use of residents and motorists on the busy A258 Dover to Deal road

A beleaguered Kent health trust has a new chief executive - but bosses have only put her in the role until early next year.

A firm is poised to take over a contract - worth nearly a million pounds - to provide support for GP-led health groups in the county.

A pensioner who went into anaphylactic shock after being stung by a bee says he's lucky to be alive after his 999 call went unanswered for 10 minutes.

An 11-year-old who embraced life as an adrenaline junkie has been remembered after she lost her two-year battle with cancer.

A woman has launched a petition calling for vulnerable people to be allowed to keep their pets when they are given housing.

A clinical commissioning group in Kent says it could end up £6.6 million in the red unless "very difficult decisions" are taken.

Concerns raised by staff were ignored as a deadly outbreak 10 years ago became one of Britain’s most notorious health scandals.

A supermarket has warned Kent parents to look out for this children's food as some packets have had plastic in them.

Patients who light up within the grounds of a hospital risk being barred from treatment under tough new rules.

One of the country's top comedians had a serious message as she opened a new psychology unit at a Kent university.

The Medway Messenger has teamed up with Medway Maritime Hospital to launch a campaign to get more women checking for breast cancer.