Some 18 cases of meningitis have been confirmed, alongside a further 11 ‘probable cases’ – all with links to Kent.

More than 4,500 young people have been vaccinated and over 10,000 treated with antibiotics in a huge drive to tackle a deadly ...

Editorial: This frightening outbreak is not yet over, and serves as a reminder of why plans to manage infectious diseases exist ...

Baroness Hallett said the Welsh NHS came "close to collapse" on a number of occasions and only coped thanks to the almost ...

Both the CSP and Long Covid Physio network submitted evidence to the enquiry. Baroness Hallett found that ‘collapse was only narrowly avoided because of the extraordinary efforts of all those working ...

Kent County Council's director of public health Dr Anjan Ghosh told a briefing in Canterbury today that three scenarios are ...

Meanwhile, scientists believe the vaccine is effective against the strain of Meningitis B seen in Kent, but say more research ...

Two people have died and more have been admitted to hospital as health leaders deal with an ‘unprecedented’ outbreak of the deadly bug.

Lee Cain, Boris Johnson's former director of communications, defends pandemic public health message after criticism ...

We cannot expect healthcare workers to be ‘superhuman’ again. UNISON will take every action necessary to end the staffing ...

The UK’s healthcare systems were “ill‑prepared”, “overwhelmed” and “came close to collapse” during the Covid‑19 pandemic, ...

This third UK Covid-19 Inquiry report concerns the impact of the pandemic on the UK's healthcare systems. I can summarise that impact as: we coped, but only just. Baroness Hallett warned that failure ...