NHS Medway’s Annual Report 2009 / 2010
NHS Medway have published their Annual Report for 2009 / 2010, Improving Health and Healthcare in Medway, which can be downloaded from: www.medwaypct.nhs.uk/publications
The report sets out the achievements in 2009 / 2010, the challenges that are
faced and plans for the future, along with risks.
Achievements by NHS Medway in conjunction with their partners in 2009 / 2010 included:
• the launch of ‘A Better Medway', a
year-long campaign to encourage people living and working in Medway to find easy
ways to be healthier
• pilots to improve care for some of
the most vulnerable people in our communities - teenage parents, people with
dementia, people with long term conditions
• the launch of the NHS Health Check
to assess individuals' risk of developing heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, kidney
disease and stroke
• improved urgent care, with faster
treatment at A&E despite increased demand
• the lowest rate of prescribing
high-risk antibiotics (which can trigger the healthcare associated infection
Clostridium difficile) in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and one of the lowest rates
of C. difficile
• much greater involvement by the
public and by health and social care professionals in shaping services.
A summary document will be available at the Annual General Meeting, which will
be held at NHS Medway's headquarters at Fifty Pembroke Court on Monday, 27 September 2010. This summary document will be available in
different formats from the Trust on request.
NHS Medway are
not routinely printing and sending out hard copies of the Annual Report this
year, in the interests of using both NHS and environmental resources wisely.
The communications team will, however, send out hard copies if required. Please send any request to itsyournhsmedway@nhs.net
or telephone 01634 335173.
NHS Medway would be delighted to hear your comments on the Annual Report, and
any suggestions for improvement next year.
For more information contact Emma Burns, Media Manager, by email emma.burns@nhs.net, by telephone 01634 335219 / 07939 235402 or write to NHS Medway, 50 Pembroke Court, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, ME4 4EL.
