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Have you say on Kent County Councils draft 5 year plan

Kent County Council have just launched a new consultation on their 5 year plan 'Your Future, Our Priority' and want to know your thoughts.

14 January 2020

First page of the patient experience report

Focus on Patient Experience

NHS Trusts all over Kent come to Healthwatch regularly seeking guidance on how to involve patients, carers and families more constructively in their services. In this report, we discuss patient experience.

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Have you used adult social care recently?

Can you share your experience to help improve it for others? What could be improved? What worked well? Did you get the response you expected?

5 December 2019

The report cover. The text on the image says, "If you used a communication aid, how easy would it be to attend a hospital appointment?. August 2019"

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

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

15 November 2019

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Nominate your ambulance service hero!

South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) want you to nominate an ambulance service or NHS 111 hero in a new award to be presented at SECAmb’s annual staff awards.

14 November 2019

Healthwatch Kent's stall packed with goodies for World Mental Health Day 2019

The value of World Mental Health Day at Canterbury

For world mental health day, we joined in the fun at Canterbury Christ Church University and spread the Healthwatch word.

11 October 2019

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Press Statement : East Kent maternity

Healthwatch Kent comments on the Maternity services in East Kent.

23 January 2020

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My life as a carer – one of seven million stories

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.

20 November 2019

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Talking about End of Life services

We recently had the opportunity to chat with a group of Carers about End of Life services in North Kent.

14 November 2019

Latest reports and publications

First page of the patient experience report

Focus on Patient Experience

NHS Trusts all over Kent come to Healthwatch regularly seeking...

Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report

Read Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board's 2018/19 annual...

The report cover. The text on the image says, "If you used a communication aid, how easy would it be to attend a hospital appointment?. August 2019"

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

15 November 2019

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

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Improvements to hospital discharge in North Kent

24 September 2019

Thanks to you, we have been able to improve people's experience...