Kent Community Health Foundation Trust 'disappointed' at decision to award £126 million hospital contract to Richard Branson's Virgin Care.

Thousands now suffer from the disease as borough becomes the second highest for diabetes in South East.

A depressed woman killed herself by jumping from a bridge after leaving her home in the middle of the night, an inquest heard.

A 69-year-old man has been injured in a two-car crash that closed a road this evening.

A reception centre for housing unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK has closed, and the building will now be demolished.

A seven year contract to run community hospitals covering Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Swale has been awarded to Virgin Care.

In what is set to be the coldest week of the winter so far, a gran- of-72 is having to live in a small, unheated caravan.

Flames flickered in the wreckage of Peter Langdown’s mangled car as the 19-year-old lay with a five-foot fence post sticking out of his chest.

A 'vulnerable' 62-year-old woman who went missing from her home has been found safe and well.

Plans are in place at Medway Maritime Hospital today as junior doctors go on strike in a row over weekend working.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has rescheduled surgical procedures in preparation for the planned junior doctors' strike.

An 18-year-old girl who went missing from her home has been found safe.

Friends of Lilly are fundraising to help the four-year-old with spina bifida get a safe bed so her heavy legs don't keep causing her to fall.

A little boy suffering from an inoperable brain tumour which can make him vomit 15 times a DAY is hoping to raise £150k for lifesaving treatment.

Appointments have been rescheduled and extra staff are being brought in to help East Kent's hospitals cope during the planned junior doctors’ strike.

Two brothers have lost an incredible 17 stone in a year, for very different reasons. Here's how they did it.

Did you get smellies for Christmas again? Send it to someone who'll really appreciate it, like Artur, the Amur leopard.

The group which commissions healthcare in Shepway and Dover will meet to answer patients' questions during a public meeting next week.

A hospital trust dubbed inadequate for two-and-half years is still failing, inspectors have revealed - as hospital bosses vow to turn it around.

A puppy thrown over the fence of a kennel has inspired hundreds of people to call offering to adopt her.