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Mental health notice to stay
A WARNING notice issued to Maidstone’s Community Mental Health Team(MCMHT), demand- ing that it looks at the way it han- dles adult caseloads,will remainin place. The Care Quality Commission
(CQC) returned to check on progress after issuing the notice in February, but has said itwill not be lifted and the team must act on its recommendations for improve- ments byAugust 16. Inspectors said systems put in
TRAVELLERS have moved back onto a popular park in Larkfield for the second time in six months. The families - in five caravans -
place to ensure that caseloads were formally handed over and moni- tored needed to be followed by all teams, andassessments of the risk to patients’ health and safety must be completed and reviewed regularly for every individual and updated in light of an incident. TheCQCreport saidtheMCMHT
had made improvements in moni- toring the needs ofpatients awaiting allocation of a care co-ordinator, but a consistent approach was needed across all teams.
pulled on to Gighill Green in Lunsford Lane on Sunday October ,, releasing dogs on the popular public open space and setting up washing lines within hours. It is un- derstood the fami- lies in- volv ed have been offering tree felling services to residents in the area. Parish council chairman David Thornewell says more has to be done to stop the travelling com- munity running circles around the police and local councils. He says the job ofmoving on trav-
ellers for a second time will run into thousands of pounds The last inci- dent, in early summer, costing the parish council £1,200, with the trav-
Anotherincursion at Larkfield park
“Our priority is patient safety, and we aspire to provide consistently safe and high quality care. “The trust fully accepted the
CQC’sWarningNotice andrequired actions issued in February this year, in relation to our CommunityMen- talHealth Teams for adults. “Our focus on patient safety un-
derpins our improvement plans for the teams and we aremaking good progress. “Our focus now is on ensuring
that improvements areproperly em- bedded in all teams and that our quality of care is consistently high.” She continued: “As we expected,
ellers simply moving on to take up temporary residence elsewhere in the area. He said: “They just seem to be
A spokesman for MCMHT said:
theCQCreturned inMay and spent two days with us. They confirmed that progress had been made, but agreed with our assessment that there ismore to do. “We are confident that our pro-
gramme of improvement will de- liver and sustain the required improvements leading to the notice being lifted later this summer.”
doing the rounds. These incidents have affectedWest Malling, forcing the closure of the village hall, and Leybourne, and now they are back in Larkfield. The police told resi- dents that this was a civil trespass when they reported it and that they couldn’t do anything and obviously the council offices were closed be- cause it was the weekend. These travellers know and play the sys- tem.” The council’s legal team served an eviction notice but it took aweek to enforce. Cllr Thornewell held talks with Laddingford Engineering in an effort to increase security further on the public land, near the M20. Valdemar Kalinin (pictured), of
the National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council said recently that local councils must provide designated traveller sites or “tolerated zone” which gypsy convoys can move onto. He said: “It comes down to racial prejudice against this com- munity.”
Probation chief appointed
vestment and training drive to turn the re- gion’s lowandmediumrisk offenders away fromcrime for good, says KSS CRC. Manjinder will lead further change to in-
crease data-led and evidence-based best practice. She qualified as a probation officer in
1996, holdingvarious operationaland train- ingrolesbeforebecomingchief executiveof- ficer for Warwickshire and West Mercia community rehabilitation company. She takes up her post onNovember 1. KSS CRC chief executive officer, Suki Bin-
‘Spooktacular’ at the farm community orders in 2015, as part of theGovernment’s probation reforms.
MAKE the most of the October half-term holiday at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park’s Halloween Spooktacular in Maidstone. Brave kids are invited to the vintage village to knock on doors and
After Dark, This event includes a spine-chilling tour suitable for under-eights from
AMAN is due before magis- trates over allegations he abused shop staff inWeek Street,Maid- stone. Officers were called to a
5-6pm and, for older visitors, from 7-8pm. If you would like to know more about any of the above, call 01622 763936.
premises at 8.25am on August 2 after a disturbance.
discover who – or what – is lurking behind them from October 21-31. The award-winning attraction at Sandling, near Maidstone, has a few
other tricks up its sleeve to turn its usual exhibits into frightening farmhouses and horrifying homes. Youngsters can try pumpkin carving, dressing up and the Ugly Bug Ball. On October 25, there will be more spooky goings-on with Kent Life
Arrested over shop ‘threats’ Homeless Luke Eherhard (24)
was charged with using threat- ening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour. He was released by Kent Po-
lice to appear before the courts at a later date.
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ning, said: “Manjinderhasanexcellent track recordandIamthrilledthat she has chosen to return towork in probation in our region.” KSS CRC took responsibility for supervising prison inmates and those on
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MAIDSTONE’S probation service has appointed a chief probation officer. Manjinder Purewalwill oversee the day-to-day running of the Kent, Surrey
and SussexCommunity RehabilitationCompany (KSSCRC),which operates out of Galleon House in King Street. The appointment comes as part of an in-
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