Useful links to health and social care organisations

• health care
• social care
• NHS in Kent and Medway
• NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts
• Major hospitals in Kent
• Other NHS Organisations

 

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Useful health care links

	NHS Choices
	Department of Health
	Department of Communities and Local Government
	Direct.Gov – Public Services all in one place
	Care Quality Commission     Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS)
	NHS Direct
	NHS The National Centre for Involvement
	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
	Local Government Ombudsman
	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
	Parliament

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Useful social care links

	Care Quality Commission
	Department for Work and Pensions
	Kent County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee Bulletins: Issue 34 - 20 08 2010 Issue 33 - 13 08 2010 Issue 32 - 06 08 2010 Issue 31 - 30 07 2010 Issue 30 - 23 07 2010 Issue 29 - 16 07 2010 Issue 28 - 09 07 2010 Issue 27 - 02 07 2010 Issue 26 - 25 06 2010 Issue 25 - 18 06 2010 Issue 24 - 11 06 2010 Issue 23 - 04 06 2010 Issue 22 - 28 05 2010 Issue 21 - 21 05 2010 Issue 20 - 14 05 2010 Issue 19 - 07 05 2010 Issue 18 - 30 04 2010 Issue 17 - 24 04 2010 Issue 16 - 16 04 2010 Issue 15 - 09 04 2010 Issue 14 - 06 04 2010 Issue 13 - 26 03 2010 Issue 12 - 22 03 2010 Issue 11 - 13 03 2010 Issue 10 - 05 03 2010 Issue 9 - 26 02 2010 Issue 8 - 19 02 2010 Issue 7 - 12 02 2010 Issue 6 - 05 02 2010 Issue 5 - 29 01 2010 Issue 4 - 22 01 2010 Issue 3 - 15 01 2010 Issue 2 - 08 01 2010 Issue 1 - 01 01 2010 Issue 52 - 24 12 2009 Issue 51 - 18 12 2009 Issue 50 - 11 12 2009 Issue 49 - 04 12 2009 Issue 48 - 27 11 2009 Issue 46 - 13 11 2009 Issue 45 - 06 11 2009 Issue 44 - 30 10 2009 Issue 43 - 23 10 2009 Issue 42 - 16 10 2009 Issue 41 - 09 10 2009  Issue 40 - 02 10 2009 Issue 39 - 25 09 2009 Issue 38 - 18 09 2009 Issue 37 - 11 09 2009 Issue 36 - 04 09 2009 Issue 35 - 28 08 2009 Issue 34 - 24 08 2009
	Ofsted

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Useful voluntary sector links

	Canterbury District Voluntary Action and Support
	Independence Through the Voluntary Action of Kent's Elders (INVOKE)

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NHS in Kent and Medway

 

Primary care trusts

• NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent (formally Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust)
• NHS Medway (formally Medway Primary Care Trust)
• NHS West Kent (formally West Kent Primary Care Trust)

 

Acute trusts (hospitals)

• Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust
• Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Medway NHS Foundation Trust

 

Specialist services

• Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

 

Ambulance service

• South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts in Kent

• Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust
• Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Medway NHS Foundation Trust
• Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
• South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Major hospitals in Kent

Not all of these hospitals have full 24/7 A&E services - please check their website before travelling.

• Conquest Hospital (Hastings)
• Darent Valley Hospital (Dartford)
• Kent and Canterbury Hospital
• Kent and Sussex Hospital (Tunbridge Wells)
• Maidstone Hospital
• Medway Maritime Hospital (Gillingham)
• Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (Margate)
• Royal Sussex County Hospital (Brighton)
• William Harvey (Ashford)

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Other NHS Organisations

• South East Coast Strategic Health Authority

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