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Missing names to go onwar memorial
LEYBOURNE will honour all those who lost their lives inWorld War I after an investigation re- vealed the names of six men miss- ing from the village memorial. Leybourne Parish Council has agreed the names should be added to the current eight. It is looking to confirm their “Leybourne link” with relatives, obtain their permis- sion to include them and get a brief history. They are:William Hide Cooper,
Ship’s Corporal 1st Class, HMS Chester; Frank George Hearnden, Private 10th Battalion Royal West Kent; James Frederick Jessup, Pri- vate, 1st Battalion RoyalWest Sur- rey; Charles Edward Malpass, Captain, 11th Battalion RWK (at- tached to The Artists Rifles); Frank Lockyer, Private, 103rd Company Labour Corps and Harry Clayton Orpin, Ship’s Chief Cook, Royal Navy. The names were found on the Kentfallen website. The village hopes to produce a booklet giving a biography of all the Leybourne residents recorded by the CommonwealthWar Grave Commission as having died in WWI.
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NHS transport firm inspected
A LARKFIELD firm contracted to get NHS patients to appointments is being inspected again after itwas threatened with closure by the health watchdog the Care Quality Commission. The commission told NSL Kent,
which received an unannounced visit in November after a string of complaints from non-emergency patients left stranded, that itwould be back. The inspection follows the depar-
ture of NSL’s managing director Alastair Cooper and concern about the firm’s use of taxis for patient transport. NSL spokesman Dr Belinda
The parish council also hopes to include on the war memorial the names of any resident who died in service in any of the British con- flicts since the end ofWorldWar II. If you have any names, photo- graphs or material to produce a his- tory of the role of Leybourne during the conflict, call the Parish Clerk on 01732 873722 or email ley-
bourneparishclerk@live.co.uk.
Webb said: “Alastair Cooper de- cided to leave NSL to focus on other projects and Mark Under- wood, our chief executive, has now taken over the day-to-day running of the company’s care services until a successor is appointed. “Like other non-emergency pa-
tient transport services, NSLuses a selection of preferred local licensed taxi firms to help transport patients who don’t require specialist assis-
tance, which ensures that those re- sources can be used for the patients who need them.” She said the priority now was to
assist the current inspection team and focus on further improvement. “Mark has extensive experience
of delivering and improving UK and international public-sector services, and his priority has been to get fully involved in daily oper- ations to determine what can be im- proved for patients, and how.” She said all the main failings highlighted during last year’s in- spection had now been addressed. “However, “ she said, “our col- leagues are working hard to drive continuous service improvements and are currentlyworking with the CQC inspection team.” She said the company would be
in a position to share the results of the current inspection as soon as theCQCmakes its final report pub- lic.
NSLwas appointed by Kent com- missioners to run its non-emer- gency patient transport services in July 2012 for five years.
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