Jane Kirby

Politics

Officials to face questions after students turned away from meningitis jab queue

More than 100 students who were waiting in line for the meningitis vaccine were turned away when the queue reached ‘capacity’.
20 Mar 2026
Politics

Meningitis outbreak: Students turned away for vaccines in Kent

Two students have died and others are being treated in hospital as health officials try to establish why meningitis has spread so rapidly.
19 Mar 2026
Politics

Health Secretary promises more meningitis vaccines as number of cases rise to 27

Wes Streeting said the spread of meningitis is not like Covid but he wanted more people to be protected.
19 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis cases rise to 27 in Kent outbreak

Two students have died and a number of others have been admitted to hospital in what experts say is an ‘unusual’ outbreak
19 Mar 2026
Health

Cases of meningitis expected to rise in ‘unusual outbreak’, health chief says

New figures will be released on Thursday morning which are expected to see cases push above 20.
19 Mar 2026
Health

Health Secretary to visit Kent vaccination centre after meningitis outbreak

One school pupil and one university student have died following the outbreak linked to a nightclub in Canterbury.
19 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis: Students begin receiving vaccine as alert sent to NHS in England

Two students died and 18 more cases are being investigated by the UK Health Security Agency.
18 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis: Jab rollout to 5,000 university campus students begins

Two students have died and 18 other cases of meningitis are being investigated by health officials.
18 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis: Students begin receiving vaccines following deadly outbreak

Two students died and 18 more cases are being investigated by the UKHSA after an outbreak of meningitis linked to a nightclub.
18 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis: Cases rise to 20 amid ‘explosive’ outbreak

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the number of cases could rise in the coming days.

18 Mar 2026
Health

Thousands of students offered vaccines in bid to stem ‘explosive’ meningitis

Health chiefs said they have not seen an outbreak on this scale in all of their careers.
18 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis: Health chiefs dealing with ‘explosive’ and ‘unprecedented’ outbreak

Some 15 cases of meningitis have so far been reported to the UK Health Security Agency, including two deaths.
17 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis outbreak: Students in university halls in Kent to be offered vaccine

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said most students would not already be vaccinated against meningitis B.
17 Mar 2026
Health

Meningitis B is strain behind outbreak that has left two dead

An 18-year-old A-level student called Juliette and a university student have died in the meningitis outbreak.

17 Mar 2026
Health

School pupil among two dead in meningitis outbreak

A pupil in Year 13 in Faversham has died, alongside a student at the University of Kent.

16 Mar 2026
Health

NHS waiting list for treatment continues to fall, figures show

NHS England said waiting lists were down despite the NHS seeing its busiest winter on record.
12 Mar 2026
Aleisha Rochester death
London

London mother, 33, dies after being prescribed wrong antibiotics

Aleisha Rochester, a bank cashier from Croydon, south London, died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess from her left armpit

11 Mar 2026
Health

NHS failing on key cancer target, with some patients waiting over 104 days

A new analysis of data shows just three trusts are hitting an 85% waiting times target for treatment.
25 Feb 2026
Health

First baby born in the UK after womb transplant from dead donor

Hugo’s mother Grace was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser, a rare condition resulting in an underdeveloped or missing womb.

24 Feb 2026
Health

Womb transplant doctors describe moment of joy as baby Hugo entered the world

Baby Hugo was born in December after his mother received a womb from a dead donor.
24 Feb 2026
Health

Deceased donor womb transplants give hope to couples wanting children

Womb Transplant UK is running two programmes, one involving living donors and another with organs from women who have died.
24 Feb 2026