News and reports

Each year on November 25th we celebrate a Carers Rights Day.

The NHS is considering making changes to cardiology services in West Kent and they need to hear your thoughts.

We'd love to hear from you!

World Diabetes Day on Nov 14th will bring together millions of people around the world to raise awareness of diabetes and help people to understand what it’s really like to live with Diabetes.

Have you been to visit the community mental health service recently? Did you get the support that you needed? What would have made your experience better?

People are being invited to share their thoughts about the need for pharmacies in their local community. Are there enough pharmacies in your area?

The Secretary of State has today agreed proposals for three new stroke units to be created for Kent & Medway.

In October, 1,801 people came to us for information, support or to tell us their experience of using a health or social service.

Last year, 77 people got in touch with us about the Covid vaccination programme. 48% of these people were people struggling to ‘grab their jab’.

We have co-signed an open letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for a recovery plan for NHS dentistry.

Today, the health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission, published their annual review of NHS and social care support. Read our response.

If you need help to attend an NHS appointment, you may have used the Non Emergency Patient Transport Service to help you get there.
This is a free transport service that is available to some, but not all, patients based on their eligibility.