News and reports

Nearly 100 people from Medway have talked to us about how easy (or not) it has been to get an appointment with an NHS dentist.

One of our statutory responsibilities is to act as a critical friend on public consultations. Our role is to ensure people have been involved and listened to as part of any public consultation.

One in 12 people have asthma. That means that thousands of people in Medway are dealing with the effects of asthma every day. We heard from some Medway residents about their story.

In April we published a report detailing the feedback we heard from five women and two men who had experience of living on the streets of Medway. They told us about the challenges they faced to get access to healthcare.

Last year, over 100 community pharmacists told us what life had been like for them during the first wave of the Covid pandemic. Now, we've gone back to them to see what lessons have been learned since our first report.

We're proud of what we have achieved this year! Our volunteers have worked hard to ensure your experiences are heard by the right people and changes can be made as a result.

We chatted to five women, and three men, about their experience of being homeless in Medway. They want you to hear their story.

This guide is intended to support commissioners and service providers to deliver genuine, meaningful public consultations.

During our work to scrutinise consultations; poor pre-consultation engagement was the main area vulnerable to legal challenge via judicial review.

Five people spoke to us in detail this week to tell us how Covid has changed their lives.

We want to make sure you hear about everything important that is happening around Medway – as its happening - that could affect your health and wellbeing.

Every month during the pandemic, we have been sharing with decision makers what life is really like for you right now.

In November, you talked to us about a whole range of issues. Key themes are: