1. Your vote determines our priorities

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    All this week we are asking people to get involved in our campaign #YourChoiceOurPriority where we give you the power to choose our priorities for the year.
    Over the 7 days we will be asking you to vote for what you think we should prioritise.

  2. Do you use a wheelchair?

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    We've heard from lots of people about wheelchair services in Kent. Do you have a story to share with us?

  3. Healthwatch Kent scruitinises the North Kent Urgent Care Review

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    Urgent Care services in Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley are being reviewed with a view to making changes.

    Healthwatch has a statutory responsibility to scruitinise the process of change to ensure the voice of residents has been heard.

  4. Patient feedback drives improvements for partially sighted patients in Maidstone

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    Partially sighted patients will now find it easier to attend an appointment at Maidstone Hospital thanks to feedback from patients.

  5. Healthwatch Kent comments on the CQC rating of South East Coast Ambulance Service

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    The Care Quality Commission has announced today that the ambulance service, which serves Kent, has been rated as ‘Good’ and the Trust will now exit Special Measures.

  6. Healthwatch Kent shortlisted for national award

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    We've been nominated for a national award in recognition of the work we've done to ensure the challenges that people with additional communication needs face when attending a hospital appointment is heard and understood by decision makers.

  7. Feedback from people with Asthma

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    Today we chatted with people about what it is like to have Asthma and how things could be improved

  8. We take pride at Pride

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    Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat to us at Dover Pride today!

  9. Working with PPG groups

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    This week, we took part in a conference to bring together all the Patient Participation Groups across Kent.

  10. Tips to keep your little ones healthy (and at school)

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    With the schools opening up again for the new academic years the NHS have released a toolkit for parents to help keep your little snappers healthy, and in school.

  11. You Said, We Did April 2019 - March 2020

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    What have we done with your voice between April 2019 and March 2020?

  12. M20 closures!.... There’s no stopping us

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    There was no chance our Helpline team weren't getting to the busy Boughton Monchelsea’s village Community Coffee Morning last Saturday.

  13. Working with HOSC

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    We attend HOSC every month. HOSC stands for the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee and is a meeting of KCC Elected Members who scrutinise health services.

  14. Kent County Council Peoples' Panel

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    A new Peoples' Panel met for the first time today. Its purpose is to bring a range of people together to input their ideas and thoughts at an early stage in discussions about social care services.

  15. State of the Nation by the Care Quality Commission

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    Today the Care Quality Commission have published their State of the Nation report which is their annual assessment of health and social care services across the country.

  16. Have you heard that the Clinical Commissioning Groups are going to merge?

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    Currently in Kent & Medway, we have eight Clinical Commissioning Groups who are responsible for commissioning our health services.
    From April 1st 2020, GPs have voted for all the CCGs to merge into one single Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

  17. How easy is it to attend a hospital appointment if you use a communication aid?

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    That's the question we asked ourselves when we visited Tunbridge Wells Hospital recently.

  18. My life as a carer – one of seven million stories

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    Three in five of us will become an unpaid carer at some point in our lives. Kate* tells us about what it was like becoming a carer for her husband and the difficulties they faced.