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Residents urged to use new health watchdog
30/05/2013 in Health | Tags: care, citizens advice bureau, cliffe, climate, community, environment, fitness, health, health charity, health watchdog, Higham, hoo, medway, medway ethnic minority forum, nhs, patients, peninsula, rochester, science, seap, social care, sunlight development trust, times, watchdog | Leave a comment
Residents of all ages are being urged to use a new health watchdog to get more involved in how health services are run in Medway. Healthwatch Medway, set up as part of national government NHS reforms, has been set the task of championing the views of local people using the NHS and social care services. A new website – http://www.healthwatchmedway.co.uk – set for launch this summer, will provide residents with more information on the services it provides, how to get in touch and what it is doing to represent their views. More
National spotlight for innovative care in Kent and Medway
12/12/2012 in Health | Tags: care, condition, council, health, hoo, kent, long term, medway, nhs, peninsula, social care, times | Leave a comment
Innovative care for people with serious long-term health conditions in Kent and Medway is attracting national attention and praise.
Sir John Oldham, the national NHS Lead for Long-Term Conditions, visited Kent to learn more about the proactive approach locally to improving people’s health. More
Council’s innovative pilot results in savings and a better service
18/10/2012 in News | Tags: alan jarrett, care, care services, david brake, grain, high halstow, home, hoo peninsula, medway council, procurement, provider, social care, strood, wainscott, worker | Leave a comment
A new way of working with care providers, which has seen service improvement and a £1.9 million saving, has been approved by Medway Council’s Cabinet.
The approach used to award new suppliers for the council’s homecare and extra care services for adult social care clients was a pilot of the new Category Management approach to procurement. More