WATCH: Mental health facility in danger of closing down
147 Nelson road, a community centre for mental health patients in Medway could close down, because not enough people are using its services. Alexandra Falcsik reports.
Read More147 Nelson road, a community centre for mental health patients in Medway could close down, because not enough people are using its services. Alexandra Falcsik reports.
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Set up by children’s mental health charity Place2Be, this week shines a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health. This year’s theme is ‘Find your Brave’ and in Medway, charities joined forces to bring more solution to families and children in needs. It’s…
Councillors have agreed to open a Main Arterial Centre in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. The new centre will provide the best medical care to patients needing vascular treatment. First proposed in 2014, the plan has been delayed because Councillors…
A medical professional spoke out about the need for a change in sex education to help shift people’s attitudes surrounding abortion and contraception at a talk in Canterbury last week. Dr. Arianne Shahvisi from Brighton and Sussex Medical School rejected…
On Monday the government rolled out a national scheme in an attempt to tackle period poverty in schools. The new programme will allow schools to order a range of free sanitary products to avoid children missing out on their education. …
This week in the French press, we heard about Sandrine Graneau, 36, who had to have both her feet and parts of her fingers amputated after toxic shock while wearing a menstrual cup. This happened less than a week after…
A controversial policy limiting how many drinks parents can consume in Wetherspoons has sparked outrage on social media this week. The Robert Pocock of Windmill Street, Gravesend put up a poster last weekend, informing customers that if they were in…
The death toll rises and more cities restrict travel in China due to the spreading coronavirus. After the UK government’s emergency committee meeting Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “The clinical advice is that the risk to the public remains low.”…
On Monday, Malaysia made the decision to return 42 shipping containers full of illegal plastic waste to the UK. They said they are refusing to become the rubbish dump of the world. The trash that has dumped in Malaysia and…