by JoClark | Jan 16, 2020 | Dartford News, Health, NHS
NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Governing Body has given the go ahead to create two linked Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs), one at Gravesham Community Hospital and one co-located with A&E at Darent Valley Hospital, as part...
by JoClark | Jan 13, 2020 | Dartford Council, Dartford News, Health, Local Comment, NHS, Welfare
Local health chiefs will decide on the future location of urgent care services for patients in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday 16 January 2020. This follows a 12 week long public consultation between August and November 2019...
by JoClark | Jan 8, 2020 | Dartford Business, Dartford News, Health
Slimming World Consultants Lynsey Seex, Sharon Sbrocchi, Paula Fuller, Caroline Heffer, Gillian Barker, Lauren Porter meet Chatty Man Alan Carr. A group of Slimming World Consultants from Dartford celebrated their group’s successes by meeting chat show host and...
by JoClark | Dec 25, 2019 | Dartford Charities, Dartford News, Families, Health, Welfare
Article by Mandy Garford. A few years ago now, I was helping set up the Winter Shelter. We were setting out air beds in the hall, checking the curtains closed properly and the heating worked for a comfortable night’s stay. In the other room, board games were ready...
by JoClark | Dec 16, 2019 | Dartford Charities, Dartford News, Health
A man from Greenhithe, Kent will be out running right through the Christmas break, determined to fundraise for the fiancée of his best friend who, along with several family members, is living with a muscle wasting disease. Mark Woodward, who has signed up for his...
by JoClark | Dec 9, 2019 | Children, Dartford News, Families, Health, NHS, Welfare
100 people in Kent are facing Christmas on the waiting list for an organ transplant. They join more than 6,000 people across the UK, including over 180 children, awaiting a life-saving gift. Families in Kent are being urged to share their organ donation decision this...
