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Patients helped with care plans


RESIDENTS are to be given help to draw up their own NHS care plans with an emphasis on smoking, drinking, diet and exer- cise.


dents with life-threatening condi- tions,


Initially the focus will be on resi- frail


elderly patients and end of life care. By 2018- 19 the proposal is that all pa- tients should have a person- alised care plan to be devel- oped and re- viewed with


the individual. Proposals involving special serv-


ices to help residents achieve plans, health trainers, walking groups, voluntary sector activities and fam- ilyweight programmes. Self-care is “what people do themselves to establish and main- tain health and prevent and deal with illness”.


Self-management is defined as “actions individuals and carers can take for themselves, children, fam- ilies and others to stay fit and main- tain physical and mental health”. The GP-ledNHSWest Kent Clin-


ical Commissioning Group (CCG) has agreed to implement recom- mendations to progress a national strategy for physical and mental health with co-operation from a range of partners. It says: “The ageing population


inWest Kent and increased preva- lence of chronic diseases require a


Cancer misses MAIDSTONE and Tunbridge Wells hospital trust has an ac- tion plan aimed at improving the standard 62-day wait for cancer patients to beyond the 85% standard target. However, demand, which


was up 22% in December com- pared with the previous year, still outstrips capacity and the trust continues to miss current target times.


Call delays THE localNHS111 call service is still seriously missing target for answering within 60 sec- onds. Latest figures show 77.9% of calls were answered within the target time, signifi- cantly below the expected 95%.


strong reorientation from reliance on acute and episodic care towards prevention, self-care, more consis- tent standards of primary care and care well co-ordinated and inte- grated across partners from all sec- tors.


“Self and community-supported


care will mean new ways of work- ing for us all, changing how serv- ices are commissioned and delivered and theway service users access care and interact with healthcare and other profession- als.”


The CCG sees extensive engage-


ment not only with local GPs but also with partners in public health, KCC, district councils, carers and the voluntary sector – with achiev- ing people’s own life goals the pri- ority. It says it must tackle barriers pre-


venting people benefiting from self-care (such as social isolation, housing, energy costs) by engaging with partners to offer advice, guid- ance and practical support. Dr Bob Bowes, chairman ofWest


Kent CCG, said: “Self-care needs to work with existing services to im- prove the population’s health by preventing illness but also in im- proving the effectiveness of med- ical interventions. The CCG will work with partners inWest Kent.” Nationally the NHSwants to see “improvements in the proportion of people who feel supported to manage their condition, care and treatment”. It says the economic prosperity of Britain now depends “on a radical upgrade in preven- tion and public health”.


Trees planted


EIGHTEEN trees have been planted this week by volunteers from the Hollingbourne Meadows Trust on the land behind Tile- fields.A further four treeswere to be planted before Easter. Matt Mordaunt, of the conserva-


tion volunteers, was present for a formal planting ceremony of one of the new trees to mark the com- pletion of the National Lottery- funded planting project.


Nursery cash


ABOUT £500was raised by a boot fair at Lenham Nursery School. Parents, children and other local people bought coffee, tea and cakes to raise money for improve- ments and additions to the nurs- ery school.


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