Whether it’s moving more, or eating healthier food, there are lots of simple ways to kickstart your health in 2023 with support from One You Kent’s healthy weight support service. Around 3 in 5 adults in the county, 63% of the adult population, live with an increased risk of developing serious diseases such as common…
Doctors in Kent and Medway continue to urge parents and guardians to make sure their children have a flu vaccine. This year, two and three-year-olds – and all primary school children – are being offered the flu vaccination on the NHS. For most children, the vaccine is a quick nasal spray, which is easy, quick,…
With the current severe cold weather now forecast to carry on through the weekend, Kent residents are urged to continue following simple steps to help vulnerable friends, families and neighbours keep safe. A Level Three cold weather warning for the South East remains in force to Sunday evening (11:59pm, 18 December). An additional yellow warning…
Kent County Council (KCC) is working with the NHS to raise awareness of the symptoms of Scarlet Fever, following a national alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about an increase in serious cases in the UK. Scarlet fever is a common childhood infection that is not usually serious. However, it should be treated…
The Leader of Kent County Council (KCC) and the Chief Nurse of the NHS in Kent and Medway have issued a heartfelt apology after a critical report into how the local area – KCC, NHS Kent and Medway and local schools and other settings – provide support for children with special educational needs and disabilities…
Kent’s first ever red weather warning for wind has now been lifted as Storm Eunice powers away eastwards to northern Europe. The highest level of Met Office warning for wind, meaning ‘danger to life’ and never before issued for the South East of England, was in force from 7am to 3pm 18 February signally significant…
With Storm Eunice’s extremely strong winds set to bring significant disruption to the southern half of the UK on Friday, Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) leaders are urging local residents and people needing to travel in or through Kent tomorrow to be prepared. An amber wind warning is now in force for large parts of the…
Kent County Council and the local NHS are launching a consultation on a new strategy to improve the outcomes, experiences and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. At the heart of the strategy is the ambition to make sure that all children and young people…
Kent County Council is working in close partnership with all organisations to ensure health and social care systems are prepared for further increases in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Public Health England has today (10th March) confirmed a fifth case of Coronavirus in Kent and there are two confirmed cases in Medway. Click here…
Kent is supporting calls by England’s top medics for people at risk of suffering from or spreading flu to ensure they get their free NHS vaccination this winter. The health service in England has prepared for its largest ever flu protection drive to help keep people well and ease pressure on urgent care services over…
The NHS and local councils want to transform health and care services for children and young people and are calling on local people to get involved and help. A recent Healthwatch survey showed children and young people in Kent and Medway want their voice to be heard when local services are designed, and the NHS…
The Leader of Kent County Council Paul Carter has led calls for a new hospital to be built in Canterbury with consultant-led A&E and specialist services, alongside continuing accident and emergency services at William Harvey and QEQM. The NHS in east Kent has been working with KCC, health professionals and the public on how to…