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D/deaf patients are now being offered a free card that clearly indicates that they need a British Sign Language interpreter when they have an appointment at East Kent hospitals. Get in touch if you want yours.

Just like us, many of you have been juggling work and home school for the past nine weeks. Home-schooling in the winter has been much harder than the initial lockdown.

Acting on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the four UK chief medical officers announced in December, that the second doses of covid vaccines should now be given at 12 weeks rather than initial 3-4 weeks.

People who look after someone at home are now entitled to the Covid vaccine. Penny looks after her husband who has Parkinson's. Both of them have recently been vaccinated for Covid. We spoke to Penny about her experience.

Thanks to you, we've been able to help other parents to get the help they need to change the prescriptions for their child's mental health.

This week we spoke to 21-year-old Sebastian who has recently had his vaccine.

We've been hearing peoples' vaccine stories and questions and sharing them directly with decision makers. Tell us your story.

A Thanet call centre will be transformed into a life-saving vaccination centre serving vulnerable people in Thanet and those within a 45-minute drive.

You spoke and we have listened. Read on to find out what you told us in the second two weeks of January.

This week we spoke to Libby who has recently had her first COVID-19 vaccine.

All adults with learning difficulties are to be offered the Covid vaccine as part of the priority groups.

We hear from working parents about how lockdown is affecting them.

If you are over 70 years old and have not yet had your Coronavirus vaccine, you are being asked to contact the NHS to get booked in.