Latest news
Update on East Kent listening events
On 4 October, the NHS in east Kent announced a series of eight public listening events as part of wider pre-consultation engagement on potential changes to local care and hospital services. This update provides further information ahead of the public events to help...
read moreEast Kent public listening events on options for changes to hospital and local care services
You’re invited to public listening events to explore potential options for changes to hospital and local care services in east Kent. The NHS is holding eight public events to discuss potential options for changing hospital and local care services in east Kent. At...
read moreIdentification of preferred option is a step closer to improving stroke outcomes in Kent and Medway
The NHS in Kent and Medway has today published the preferred option for three new specialist ‘hyper acute stroke units’ to be introduced across the county. This is part of an ongoing review of urgent stroke services led by local doctors and other...
read moreNew Joint Health and Wellbeing Board for Kent and Medway
The separate Health and Wellbeing Boards for Kent, and for Medway, have set up a joint board, as a sub-committee, to encourage integrated working and to advise on the development of our plans for Kent and Medway. The new joint board, which will meet once a quarter,...
read moreSummer 2018 newspaper published
Read our summer update to find out what’s been happening in the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership. The online copy is available now and hard copies will be on display in NHS and council locations across Kent and Medway. The...
read moreAge UK integrated care programme helps hundreds
The old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ is proving to be true in the Age UK Integrated Care Programme (ICP) which is supporting older people in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley and Swale areas. The programme helps older people living with complex health...
read moreMaking every contact count
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an evidence-based approach to improving people’s health and wellbeing. It is an approach to behaviour change that uses the millions of day to day interactions that people delivering health and wider services have with people...
read moreReview of pathology services in Kent and Medway underway
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...
read moreJoint Health Oversight and Scrutiny Committee praise quality of stroke consultation
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...
read moreVacancies on our Patient and Public Advisory Group
Can you help us bring the voice of patients and the public to the centre of planning for health and social care? We have five vacancies on our Patient and Public Advisory Group and particularly want to encourage people from diverse or seldom-heard...
read moreFind local services
