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3,979 of you came to us in February to share your experience of using health and social care services or to seek information.

Read how we have helped people to get the dental care that they need

Being a fisherman is a tough job. It's dangerous with long hours and in difficult conditions. They also work unsociable hours making it hard for fishermen to use public services.

Around 150,000 people in Kent are looking after someone right now. What happens when the person they care for is discharged from hospital? What support is available? How do they cope?

Read Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board's 2022/23 annual report, acknowledging the large range of work done to safeguard vulnerable people who may be at risk across Kent and Medway.

2,624 of you came to us in January to share your experience of using health and social care services or to seek information.

It's important to us that you know how we make our decisions.

In this section you will find the minutes from our steering group meetings plus an overall explanation about how we make our decisions on a daily basis.

We've been working with East Kent Hospitals for several years now helping them to make it easier for people with learning difficulties to attend a hospital appointment. Check out what's changed as a result.

2,438 of you came to us in December to share your experience of using health and social care services or to seek information.

One of our statutory responsibilities is to act as a critical friend on public consultations. Our role is to ensure people have been involved and listened to as part of any public consultation.

Many organisations in Kent are working hard to tackle the inequality caused by our increasing reliance on technology. We decided to review one of these projects to see what difference it is really making to people.

In November, 3,571 people came to us for information, support or to tell us their experience of using a health or social service.