The ‘Kent and Medway Community of Practice hold the date’ post earlier this week had several people email us about presenting their developments in practice! So we’ve decided to get organised and ask for more!

If you click on the picture below, you can down load a form to share your piece of work.

Your piece of work has to be linked to the purpose of the Community of Practice, to be:-

1. be person centred;
2. provide the best quality care and support; and
3. improve equality and access.

The closing date for submissions is 15th May and you’ll be informed within two weeks as to whether you’ve been successful! Don’t forget! This conference is intended to be inclusive, so be creative with your submission!

Lastly you can now book your places by clicking here or on the Eventbrite logo on the right hand side of this page!

On 18th February the Learning Disability Community of Practice was invited to the Kent Learning Disability Partnership Board‘s Health subgroup – The Good Health Group.

We explained the purpose of the Community of Practice using the below presentation.

We worked with the group to identify:-

1) What we do really well at in Kent?

2) What we are worried about?

3) What ways could we work together to improve peoples health in Kent?

This is what people said.

There was a lot of talk about the numbers of people going for Annual Health Checks and what this entails.

One person said they would write an easy to read piece on Health checks and what to expect. We’ll publish the results on here soon!

What do you think ought to be done to improve the health of people with learning disabilities? We’d like to know!

England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals is inviting members of the public to tell his inspection panel what they think of the services provided by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

Their views and experiences will help inspectors decide what to look at when they inspect the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, and the Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, in March.

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To ensure the views of patients and the local community are properly heard, the inspectors will be holding three listening events:-

• Monday, 3 March 6:30pm – Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH

• Wednesday, 5 March 6:30pm – The Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, CT9 1HX

• Wednesday 5 March 6:30pm – Ashford International Hotel, Simone Weil Avenue, Ashford, TN24 8UX

If you would like to know more, or to book your place at an event, please click here.