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s unched in 2 0 1 2 ,


helping to push down the number of a la


dult smokers to arecord low r –downaqua


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bit remains the biggest ths in Eng-


ble dea


nd. In Maidstone, 1 7 .1% of people smoke –higher tha a


district in Kent with the most smokers is Tha Da


cross the South Ea t 1 3 .7%. The net (2 3 .7%) a


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the borough of Malling a t is true,a


t 1 0 .2%. In nd Ton-


bridge, 1 1 .6%of people smoke. Wha


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help to people in West Malling, Maidstonea


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wa t the rea,


often following time in hospital. The service, run from Kings Hill, s being used by 1 5 0 peoplea


time of the inspection in August. Three people were visiteda a skeda


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them: “I’m a ma


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tever I need.”


bout their experiences. gency pro-


fe, responsive, per-


re to those with physical nd dementia. One told fraid of falling, so it fer to walk a


bout re therewa


for me.”Another said: “They come first thing to ma


ke sure I’m sa enough sta


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like to know someone is there for wha


The inspector noted: “Therewere ff tomeetpeople’s needs.


People were supported with their medicines, protected frominfection a


nd lessons were lea


before their service bega nd sta ha


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ff t home t of the South Ea


nd 9 6 7 ,0 1 1 smokers, six in 1 0 wa st yea


quit. Stoptober la


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4 0 0 ,0 0 0 smokers stop, cutting the number of smokers na


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1 4 .9% of thea ca


dult popula sed on resea nma


likely to quit for good. New this yea


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re five timesmore r is afree online


nd Malling a re being encoura ged to ma mpaign thismonth to improve their cha ke use of Public Health


nces of quitting for good. “PersonalQuit Pla


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ers find the best support for them, with suggestions including fa fa dvice, nicotine pa or inhalers, a


n”to help smok- ce-to-


nd e-ciga


tches, gum rettes. Visit


https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/be- healthier/quit-smoking/stoptober/  Therea ers in Engla


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women 1 3%. News from Public Health Engla  E-ciga fa


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vourite stop-smoking aid, with bout 3 .2 million a t Britain.


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 TV presenter Jeremy Kyle, who quit smoking ea 3 0 yea


this yea mpaign. Hospital still n eed s to do beer


AN inspection of Medwa itime Hospital ha


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y Ma r- s listed aca - ta


logue of failings requiring urgent a


m from the independent


re Quality Commission (CQC) skedwith checking the quality of emergency a gery, outpa ima


nd urgent ca tients a


ma gement issueswere still ca ing sa


na


ging, found sta fety concernsa


tals Ama wa


y NHS Founda fety a nd dela ys.


Deputy chief inspector of hospi- ndaSta


shown some signs of improve- ment, but its ra


Requires Improvement for the quality, sa


of its servicesa She a


Founda wa


y in the la nd lea dership.


dded: “Medwa tion Trust ha st five yea


s comealong significa rs.However, pa


y NHS there is still alot more work to be sta


ting remained a ments for consulta gent a


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nd responsiveness poor pa ca


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nford said Med- tion Trust ha


nd dia ff shorta


re, sur- gnostic gesa


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done, pa rticula culture of sa fety exists a


whole of the trust.” Issues identified included:  failure to meet na


nd emergency ca tient flow ca ys for thosea


nursesa provide sa


nd clinical support sta fe ca nd trea


re a


within surgery;  no clea


systems a r stra


good quality, sustaina dia ca


gnostic ima ncies in the depa ff to tment


tegy for delivering ble ca


ging, with key va rtmenta


re in -


rly in ensuring a cerns over sta cross the


tional require-


cialist revieworabed onawa rticula


using signifi- waiting spe- rd;


ff. There were not enough


nt cover in ur- Medwa re, with


“Ma


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said inspectorswould be returning to check on progress. Lesley Dwyer, chief executive of y Founda


report ha


rly in retaining nursing working with the CQC to ma further improvements.”


nt challenges in surgery, duced a nd we look forwa KIMS staff face 2 0 0 -mile charity ride


FOURTEEN members of KIMS Hos- pital staff, based near junction 8 of the M2 0 , have been preparing to take part in a 2 0 0 -mile cycle ride. The fund-raising teamwere due to


pedal fromthe privatemedical busi- ness to Maidstone’s twin town of Beauvais in France. The team aims to raise some


funds for theMaidstone andWeald Samaritans group. A spokesman said: “The Samari-


tans in Maidstone are an amazing charity, providing 2 4 /7 mental


health support, and I am sure that will spur us on as we pedal over the two days.”


Fromleft, Suzanne Stevens,Nick Nicholas, Simon James, Allison Bunkall,Nicola Provan and Carolyn Chapman are some of the cyclists heading for Beauvais


The KIMS team is based at the


Kent Medical Campus which is near the popularNotcutts shoppin centre.


ny of the concerns raised in the ve alrea


dressed by the trust. “An a


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tion Trust, said: dy been a s been pro-


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ffecting the flow of pa rtment; na


nd poor -


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rlier this yea fter -da


reamillion fewer smok- nd tha


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