23 April 2021
KMPT COVID-19 Roadmap
To help provide everyone with a guide as to how we will continue to support you over the forthcoming weeks up until 21 June.
19 April 2021
The Mental Health of Learning Disability (MHLD) Service will launch two new brand new teams
Find out about the changes
06 April 2021
New Maternal Mental Health Services supporting hundreds of expectant, new or bereaved mothers to get mental health support
Birth trauma is very real, often overlooked, and has long term consequences on so many areas of life.
01 April 2021
Focusing on improving Learning Disability and Autism services across the system
In January 2020, the Trust made the decision to focus on how they could improve its own services and the support they offered to people with a learning disability or autistic people by recruiting a lead person for learning disability and autism.
24 March 2021
NCEPOD patient and carer surveys
09 March 2021
From personal trainer to social worker
John Beckley is a former personal trainer who personalised fitness programmes for his clients; motivating and guiding them to achieve their fitness goals. Now the 37-year-old from London works in our Sevenoaks community mental health service for older people.
08 March 2021
Meet Celia our new Principal lead social worker
Celia Dunn has been a practicing social worker for over 27 years specialising in mental health and during this time has had a varied, interesting and hugely rich career.
03 March 2021
Reach out and find support this University Mental Health Day
Experiencing mental health difficulties at university can feel overwhelming and with the continuing coronavirus pandemic and students learning remotely, it’s more important than ever that we all reach out to our university friends, family or colleagues.
26 February 2021
Mental health service user voice project now open to Medway residents
Medway Engagement Group and Network (MEGAN) are looking for people who are happy to share their experience about the local mental health services they have accessed and the impact they have had on their mental health.
25 February 2021
Time and Place poetry project for people living with dementia
In 2016, when Jess Shaw started at The University of Kent, she wanted to immerse herself in her new local community; so when her university sent round a list of volunteering opportunities, she jumped at the chance to get involved in one. There was one particular project that stood out to her, and that was the Dreams and Visions project – a set of workshops designed to aid those living with Dementia to write short film scripts.
18 February 2021
Ross’ campaign to raise awareness of Encephalitis
Six years ago, Ross Buggins, Software Development Manager, was badly affected by Encephalitis. Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, which affects 500,000 people globally each year.
11 February 2021
Community Mental Health Survey 2021
26 January 2021
New domestic abuse codeword scheme launched in pharmacies
The Home Office has launched a domestic abuse ANI codeword scheme in thousands of pharmacies across the UK to help those at risk or suffering domestic abuse to discreetly signal to pharmacy staff that they need help accessing support.
15 January 2021
Dr Jackie Craissati appointed as Chair of KMPT
Dr Jackie Craissati has been appointed as substantive Chair of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), confirms NHS Improvement.
12 January 2021
More symptom-free testing sites opening in Kent
Kent County Council (KCC) has announced that a further five rapid-result coronavirus (COVID-19) testing sites for people who don’t have symptoms are opening in Kent, in addition to 14 centres already in operation.
08 January 2021
Improving dementia care in Kent and Medway
The NHS across Kent and Medway wants to improve the care for people with dementia and complex care needs. The views of people living with dementia and their carers are needed to feed into this process at an early stage.
Take part in the COVID-19 vaccine intentions survey
To help the Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to understand the public perception of the COVID-19 vaccine, they are looking to collect feedback from people who are considering not having the vaccine.
31 December 2020
New Year Honours recognise mental health Occupational therapist Justine Norris MBE
Justine Norris, an Occupational therapist from Deal, has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list with an MBE for her contribution to mental health services, in particular during COVID-19.
