News and reports

The current Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic may cause you to feel worried, anxious, or scared. Read our seven steps to looking after your wellbeing while staying informed.

Watching the Panorama programme this week has reminded everyone about the importance of health services working together to support vulnerable patients like Callie Lewis who used community mental health services, services for Autism and Asperger's.

Recently we have revisited six Community Mental Health clinics to see what changes have been made since our first reports.

We spoke to 128 patients and 25 carers.

For Stress Awareness Week, we created a space in our office for team members to share their de-stressing tips they use at work. At the end of the week this is what we got!

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.

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

When talking about mental health, one of the biggest obstacles is opening the conversation. So here are some tips you can use when a friend, family member or colleague might be struggling with their mental health.

We hear about the difficulties families face when accessing support for their children who may be autistic. We wanted to explore the issues in more detail and gather more feedback about services for children and young people who have autism.

A new report details the challenges that families face when trying to get support for a child with autism.

Children and young people from across Kent & Medway have talked to us about their experience of using health and social care services.

Over 7,800 saw our vote and hundreds of you voted, so thank you!

We recently met with Carers whose loved ones were being cared for at the Frank Lloyd Unit in Sittingbourne.

This report details al that they told us.

We have shared the feedback with the mental health trust.