Monday, 30 March, 2020 | Stroke
Two requests have been made to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal against the recent Judicial Review ruling on the review of acute stroke services in Kent and Medway. In response, the NHS is asking the court to deny permission for them to be heard. The...
Friday, 21 February, 2020 | Latest News, Stroke
The High Court has today (Friday 21 February 2020) emphatically ruled in favour of the NHS in Kent and Medway over the decision to establish ‘hyper acute stroke units’ (HASUs) at Darent Valley Hospital, Maidstone Hospital and William Harvey Hospital. This will bring...
Thursday, 30 January, 2020 | Latest News, System Transformation
Wilf Williams returns to Kent to head up the newly-formed Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Ashford CCG Clinical Chair Dr Navin Kumta to take on the role of Clinical Chair for the new CCG After a rigorous selection process, the eight CCGs in Kent and...
Tuesday, 7 January, 2020 | Latest News, System Transformation
NHS cancer teams across the county are celebrating the news they have topped the national table for their 62-day cancer performance. The national standard is set to make sure patients do not wait more than two months for cancer treatment, following an urgent referral...
Monday, 21 October, 2019 | Latest News, System Transformation
The eight clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Kent and Medway have been given conditional approval to merge and form a single CCG. The decision by NHS England and NHS Improvement means that from 1 April 2020, subject to conditions being met, there will be one...
Friday, 27 September, 2019 | Latest News, System Transformation
The eight clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Kent and Medway have all agreed they want to merge to form a single CCG. This is a first step towards Kent and Medway becoming an integrated care system, with health and care organisations working together much more...
