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Read the minutes from the decision making meeting on the review of urgent stroke services in Kent and Medway

Medway Council's Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on Tuesday evening (12 March 2019) to consider the decision by doctors from across Kent and Medway to establish hyper acute stroke units at Darent Valley, Maidstone and William Harvey...

The audio recordings from the decision making meeting of the Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups for the Kent and Medway Stroke Review which took place on 14 February 2019 are available below. Stroke Joint Committee meeting 14 February 2019 - Part one...

Why it is ok to live an hour from a hyper acute stroke unit Four Kent and Medway consultants share their views on the new stroke unitsAbove, left to right: Stroke consultants Dr Prasanna Aghoram, Dr David Hargroves, Dr Peter Maskell, Dr David Sulch We know that some...

Hyper acute stroke units at William Harvey Hospital, Darent Valley Hospital and Maidstone Hospital were given the go-ahead yesterday (Thursday 14 February 2019) by a unanimous decision of the Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups for the Kent and Medway...

Update - Friday 15 February: The recording of the Joint COmmittee meeting will be published here shortly. Thursday 14 February, 16:55: This meeting has reconvened and you can dial in again to listen to the proceedings. If you would like to listen to the Joint...

Papers for the stroke Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups meeting on 14 February 2019 are available below. These papers are in addition to the decision making business case that was published on 25 January 2019. Joint Committee presentation Questions and...