Did you know that every Care Home has a GP assigned to care for the residents?
The GP is meant to visit the home every week, get to know the residents and help avoid any unnecessary hospital admissions.
Before Covid, we visited 24 Care Homes in Medway to see for ourselves how this new GP service was working and what the benefits were.
60% of care homes had a GP who visited regularly
Five homes didn’t have regular GP visits
60% of staff spoke positively about the improvements for residents since the enhanced GP service started
52% of homes didn’t have a dentist who visited residents regularly
Do you have a friend or relative living in a care home?
We want to hear from you too.
If you have a friend, or a family member, in a Care Home in Medway, we need to hear from you. Can you tell us what it's been like?
We want to hear the many positive stories as well as what could be improved.
Get in touch on 0800 136 656 or email enquiries@healthwatchmedway.com
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You can read more about what Care Homes told us in our report.
