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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

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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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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

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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

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Special Educational Needs : a new pathway

We've been helping decision makers to develop a new pathway for children and young people who have special educational needs.

11 November 2019

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Stroke patients being heard loud and clear

Together with the Stroke Association and Healthwatch Medway, we have set up the Stroke Co-Design Group to ensure the voice of patients and carers is clearly heard during the design of our new stroke services in Kent & Medway.

7 November 2019

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Share your thoughts on KCC's consultation for Older People's services

Kent County Council have launched a public consultation to seek your thoughts on their services for older people which includes support for adults living with Dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments.

1 November 2019

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Last chance to have your say about Urgent Care in North Kent

Time is running out if you want to get your voice heard about changes to Urgent Care services in North Kent.

31 October 2019

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

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).

29 October 2019

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Let's talk money

Kent County Council, which plans and delivers social care and public health services for us all, has launched a public consultation about what they should spend their money on.

22 October 2019

State of the Nation by the Care Quality Commission

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.

15 October 2019

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Last chance to have your say

Last month we shared a survey from Kent County Council. They commission Healthwatch Kent and they are keen to hear what you think.

14 October 2019

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