This is the local news page for South Kent Coast where you will find listed local news and events to support your mental health and wellbeing in South Kent Coast. We also have information on the Mental Health Action Groups (MHAGs) which are happening in your area and how you can get involved.
Click here for Mental Health Action Group South Kent Coast information.
Peer Support and Service User Forums
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SpeakUp CIC have made a few changes to the days and times of their forums.
For Deal Peer Support click here
For Deal Service User Forum click here
For Dover Peer Support click here
For Dover Service User Forum click here
New Group at Folkestone Mind
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Tamalpa Life Art Process® is an internationally-recognized expressive arts
practice, which combines movement/dance, visual art, and creative
writing to access the innate wisdom of the body and the transformative
power of the imagination.
For more details click here
KMPT Personality Disorder Service Review
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On Monday 31st October - a day of presentations, workshops and discussion.
To find out more and to book your place click here
CQC wants your views of KMPT
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Care Quality Commission (CQC) the independent regulator of health, mental health and adult social care in England will be inspecting Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust on the week of the 16th January 2017. They would like to hear your feedback on the mental health and Community Mental Health services before the inspection.
There are a number of ways people can feedback their views (they are interested in experiences from the last 12 months only) you can e-mail [email protected] telephone 03000 616161 or visit their website and complete the ‘share your experience form’ at www.cqc.org.uk/share-your-experience-finder
Resource permitting, they would also be pleased to attend meetings which you may have coming up before the inspection.
For more information see the poster here.
SpeakUp CIC Service User Forum Relaunch
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SpeakUpCIC is a Mental Health Service Users Forum working with service users to take forward your ideas and suggestions for improving services. We are relaunching our service in Deal and Dover. We are looking for suitable venues to hold the relaunch and we would like to hear from you with your ideas going forward - where you would like the relaunch? What activities you would like to see and where you would like to come for the forum?
If you have any thoughts or on this then please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or on 01843 448 384.
Amanda Godley
South Kent Coast Mental Health Action Group Information
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Dates & Venues for all Mental Health Action Groups (MHAG) for 2016/17 - click here
The next Dover, Deal & Shepway MHAG meeting will be on 20th September, 2016 at 11am at Dover Town Council, Maison Dieu House, Biggin Street, CT16 1DW
To go to the County Mental Health Action Group page follow the link.
What are Mental Health Action Groups?
Mental Health Action Groups (MHAG’s) provide a local forum for Mental Health information, support and expertise across Kent. You can find out more about Mental Health Action Groups (MHAG’s) and how you can get involved by following the link.
The South Kent Coast Mental Health Action Group 2015 and earlier paperwork has now been archived, to view all of the paperwork and supporting documentation please follow the link.
AGENDAS
January 2016 - click here
March 2016 - click here
May 2016 - click here
July 2016 - click here
APPROVED MINUTES
January 2016 - click here
March 2016 - click here
May 2016 - click here
Draft Minutes waiting for approval - July 2016 - click here
STANDARD SERVICE INFORMATION
Kent County Council Updates:
January 2016 - click here
March 2016 - nothing new to report whilst the new Live Well Kent service beds down.
May 2016 - As above
July 2016 - click here
Strategic Partnership Announcement - click here
Update on Service User/Carer Expenses - click here
South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Update:
January 2016 - click here
March 2016 - click here
May 2016 - none
July 2016 - click here
PORCHLIGHT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP UPDATES
March 2016 - click here
Porchlight Locality Presentation May 2016 - click here
Porchlight service user expenses form - click here
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
IAPT Providers 2016 - click here
East Kent Commissioning Team Five Year Strategy Presentation - click here
KMPT Community Engagement Strategy Presentation - click here
KMPT Community Engagement Questions - click here
Abbreviations & Acronyms - click here
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