Hi all,
Please see attached for an exciting event being staged by RCN South East.
Cathy Bernal
Kent Good Health Group says let’s us improve access to Healthchecks!
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!
Care Quality Commission want to find out what people think about East Kent Hospitals
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.
East Kent Outpatients Consultation – Easy Read
East Kent Hospitals and Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group have just begun a consultation on the future of Outpatients services in East Kent.
The consultation is eager to hear the opinions of people with learning disabilities, and as such an easy to read document and survey are available, and there are consultation events set up for people to find out more and have their opinion heard.
The easy to read consultation document is available by clicking on the below picture.
The easy to read survey is available by clicking on the below page.
Make sure you have your say and share this information with others who might be interested!
Kent and Medway Learning Disability Community of Practice Purpose
After an extended period of consultation reflection and some changes, we are pleased to share the final versions of the Purpose of this Community of Practice.
To download these please click on the picture below.
The first four actions identified as priorities by the group that met in May 2013 are:-
1) Help people with learning disabilities to know what to expect
2) Raise awareness with front line staff
3) Think about how we will know the Community is working well
4) Influencing people, organisations and governments.
So far we are pleased to have 91 people or organisations following this blog, many of whom are supporting and caring for people on a daily basis. We are also pleased to have been sharing opportunities for people with learning disabilities and frontline staff to get involved with.
We have been approached by care staff and family carers to help them identify how to know what to expect, and what is expected of them when they are admitted to hospital. We are going to be looking for people to help with a project like this. Do you know anyone that might want to help?
Please let us know by leaving a comment below or sending me an email to daniel.marsden@nhs.net.
