Stroke services consultation
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation on urgent stroke services. The consultation closed on Friday 20 April 2018 and two reports from the consultation were published on Friday 29 June 2018 which are available below.
The NHS in Kent and Medway, Bexley in south east London and the High Weald area of East Sussex, held a public consultation on the future of urgent stroke services in Kent and Medway from Friday 2 February 2018 until Friday 20 April 2018 (extended from 13 April 2018). The NHS was asking for people’s views on proposals to establish new 24/7 hyper acute stroke units in Kent and Medway.
See the consultation reports
Take a look at the consultation response report and activity report.
Read the consultation document
Read the full, summary or easy-read consultation document
Review the supporting information
See a wealth of background information on how the proposals were developed
Meetings and events
These took place 20 Feb – 10 Apr 2018
Frequently asked questions
Some frequently asked questions and challenges raised during the consultation.
Watch our videos and animation
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Latest stroke consultation news
Identification 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...
Joint 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...
Reports on the stroke consultation response and activity published
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....
Stroke consultation closes
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation on urgent stroke services. The consultation closed on Friday 20 April and all feedback is now being analysed. Patricia Davies, senior responsible officer for the stroke review, said: “During the consultation...
Our response to SONIK challenge to the Joint Committee
On 23 March 2018 Save Our NHS In Kent (SONIK) presented a letter to the Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups for the Kent and Medway Review of Urgent Stroke Services. The response to that letter, from Dr Mike Gill, Chair of the Joint Committee, is below....
Questions from the stroke listening events
Here are the responses to written questions submitted at stroke listening events that were not answered during the meeting Listening event question cards vf 20 04...