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Health |News Changes facing our health care
MANY significant health and social care services in Maidstone and across ofKentare facingmajor changes. Most are linked to the Government’s transformation
plan which is now being progressed across Kent and Medway, supportedmainly byKentandMedway’s eight GP-led, budget-holdingClinicalCommissioningGroups, care organisations, Kent County Counciland localau- thorities. Key aims are to improve effectiveness of health and care services for the population and staff, and to make them
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emerge locally in reports fromtheNHSWestKentClini- calCommissioningGroup. DownsMailhas been looking atsome key proposals…
KENT aStaffing crisis GP surgeries shake-up
MAIDSTONE is likely to see new or improved GP surgeries asWest Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) reviews its estates plan tomeetthe needs of a rapidly rising population. The CCG is working with Maid- stoneCouncil to refreshma
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