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Can you help? VOLUNTEERS are invited to join the organising team for this year’s school and village event in Head- corn. Last year’s event raised more


clude stalls, tombola, children’s races, a bar, BBQ,music and rides. The organising team also wants


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Hallmeeting VILLAGERS are invited to attend the general meeting of the village hall management committee in Chart Sutton. The annual meeting, in the hall, is at 7.15pmonMonday,March 19.


Quiz funds APUB quiz at Chart Sutton village hall raised £200 for the PoppyAp- peal. Mike FitzGerald thanked all


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STAPLEHURSTHealthCentre has been placed in specialmeasures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following “a deterioration in the quality of its services”. The GP practice in Offens Drive


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had previously been rated as “re- quiring improvement” after an in- spection inNovember 2016. A year later, a specialist CQC


teamfound that therewas a signifi- cant decline in standards. The centre nowhas sixmonths to


fix the problems or risk losing its registration, effectively shutting it down. A CQC statement said: “Staple-


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hurst Health Centre is rated as in- adequate for being safe and well led, requires improvement for being effective and responsive to people’s needs and good for caring.” There have been some improve-


ment since the November 2016 in- spection – including dealing with safety alerts – but the CQC found other issues that needed to be ad- dressed. The statement added: “The prac-


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“Disappointed”: CQC’s Ruth Rankine


In specialmeasures: Staplehurst Health Centre


ticewas not always able tomaintain a decent standard of hygiene and cleanliness. “Whilemost patients’ needswere


fully assessed, including their clini- cal needs and their mental and physical well-being, care plans for patientswith dementiawere not al- ways complete or personalised.” Ruth Rankine, deputy chief in-


spector of general practice, said: “While I find it encouraging that Staplehurst Health Centre has worked hard to ensure improve- ments have taken place, I amdisap- pointed that at this inspection


further significant concerns have been identified by our inspectors. “We will continue to monitor


progress and we will inspect again within sixmonths to checkwhether sufficient improvements have been made. Ifwe find that the service re- mains inadequate,wewill consider taking further enforcement action even if that leads to cancelling its registration.” Aspokesman for the practice said


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