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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
News
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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
Blog
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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
Report
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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
News
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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
News
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Tips to de-stress at work and home
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!
12 November 2019
Advice and Information
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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
News
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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
News
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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
News
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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
News
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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
News
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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
News