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Sharing culture and stories county-wide this Black History Month

4 November 2024

We are #KCHFTProud of our colleagues from across the county who marked Black History Month with a series of gatherings, online learning sessions and site celebrations.

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Roman is ready for school thanks to streamlined speech and language service

4 November 2024

When three-year-old Roman’s mum, Sadie Salih, 32, from Peacehaven, heard his nursery playmates talking in sentences, she became concerned about her son’s speech. Sadie said: “Roman was, and is, a very happy child, with a warm and sunny nature, but had never put words together and people outside of our tri-lingual family struggled to understand what he was saying.

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Could you join us as a public governor?

3 November 2024

If you feel passionately about your local NHS and want to be part of shaping our future, a public governor role could be for you.

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Free county-wide mouth health checks this Mouth Cancer Action Month

1 November 2024

Our Oral Health and One YOU Smokefree teams are offering free screening across the county this Mouth Cancer Action Month.

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Sevenoaks Hospital – keeping services safe

29 October 2024

Since the decision to pause fire safety works on the Sevenoaks Hospital inpatient building, work has been continuing to move the remaining services to other buildings on the Sevenoaks site.

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BBC helps us fight tooth decay and champion supervised teeth brushing for school children

26 October 2024

School children across Kent are helping fight tooth decay, thanks to an initiative set up by our Oral Health Team and Kent County Council – and we are thrilled the BBC has made a short film about it.

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From hospital kitchen garden to our patients’ plates

23 October 2024

Come rain or shine, our Head Chef at Hawkhurst Community Hospital, Sarah Agyemang, makes the most of every homegrown ingredient, and culinary opportunity, in the rehabilitation unit’s very own kitchen garden.

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Dad’s the spirit: How a UK-first paramedic father inspired Helen’s 25-year service

23 October 2024

Helen's 25 year service was part of a total of total of 3,400 years of combined NHS service which was celebrated on Friday, 18 October, at the Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) long service awards.

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Saying thank you to our AHPs

20 October 2024

Our Chief Executive Mairead McCormick has thanked our allied health professionals (AHPs) for their 'tremendous drive to go the extra mile' to help patients on their recovery journey from hospital to home.

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Specialist care in our community: Meet the SAS doctors

14 October 2024

SAS doctor contracts were launched in 2021 to provide a pathway for experienced doctors who want to work in specific areas, like surgery or medicine. They are different to a consultant but still play an important role in the care we provide. Amy Heskett, an SAS doctor in Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, explains: “Many SAS doctors are in based in community teams, providing care closer to patients' homes and needs. I feel very lucky to be with a trust that has used the new SAS doctor contracts to allow this group to develop their careers and take up leadership roles.” Here, to mark SAS Week (14 to 18 October 2024), we caught up with some KCHFT SAS doctors, to find out more.

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Sharing culture and stories county-wide this Black History Month

Roman is ready for school thanks to streamlined speech and language service

Could you join us as a public governor?

Free county-wide mouth health checks this Mouth Cancer Action Month

Sevenoaks Hospital – keeping services safe

BBC helps us fight tooth decay and champion supervised teeth brushing for school children

From hospital kitchen garden to our patients’ plates

Dad’s the spirit: How a UK-first paramedic father inspired Helen’s 25-year service

Saying thank you to our AHPs

Specialist care in our community: Meet the SAS doctors

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