Thursday, 12 July, 2018 | East Kent, Latest News, Medway, North Kent, Pathology review, West Kent
A review of pathology services delivered across Kent and Medway is underway. The review, undertaken by provider NHS trusts across the county, is driven by a desire to deliver an improved, sustainable service, as well as national requirements to develop a pathology...
Thursday, 12 July, 2018 | East Kent, Latest News, Medway, North Kent, Stroke, West Kent
The Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC), established to scrutinise the Kent and Medway review of urgent stroke services, met on Thursday 5 July 2018 to receive and consider the recently published reports on the stroke consultation and to receive an...
Friday, 29 June, 2018 | East Kent, Latest News, Medway, North Kent, Stroke, West Kent
The NHS in Kent and Medway have today published two reports arising from the recent consultation on changes to urgent stroke services, describing the consultation activity that was delivered and summarising the key themes from the responses received. Urgent stroke...
Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 | Get involved, Latest News, Medway
Medway CCG has been running a small grants scheme – to encourage local people to lead action in their communities to improve health and wellbeing – a key ambition for the STP’s prevention and mental health workstreams. Grants of up to £1,500 are awarded to local...
Thursday, 26 April, 2018 | Latest News, Medway, Prevention
The early results of a pilot project to offer stop smoking support from specialist advisors to pregnant women in their own homes is proving a runaway success. One of the big targets for the STP is to reduce the number of smokers in the population as a whole and,...
Thursday, 26 April, 2018 | Get involved, Latest News, Medway, Prevention
Medway is gearing up for the launch in June of a 12-month drive to make Medway sugar smart as part of the national campaign, launched by Jamie Oliver. The national campaign encourages local authorities, organisations, workplaces, and individuals to reduce the...
