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 News, Dartford Council, 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 | 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...
by JoClark | Sep 27, 2019 | Dartford News, Dartford Council, Health, NHS, Welfare
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group is inviting local residents to come forward with their views on the future site of a new Urgent Treatment Centre. A series of three public consultation events are being held across the CCG area to give...
by JoClark | Sep 20, 2019 | Dartford News, Health, NHS
The focus will be on the CCG’s performance and achievements over the financial year 2018-19, which included coming out of NHS England’s ‘special measures.’ There will also be a look ahead at the coming year as we move towards transformational changes to the...
by JoClark | Aug 30, 2019 | Dartford News, Health, NHS, Welfare
During Organ Donation Week, September 2 to 8, NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant. Last year, 123 people in Kent had...
