West Kent Health and Care Partnership
The West Kent HCP covers a population of about 504,000 people. It has some of the most and least socially deprived areas (top and bottom 10 per cent) in England.
West Kent
We are working together with residents to:
- make health and care services more accessible and joined up
- improve health and well-being of residents and reducing inequalities
- ensure we get best value from the resources invested in West Kent health and care
- support broader social and economic development.
What organisations are part of West Kent HCP?
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW)
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT)
- West Kent Health
- West Kent primary care networks
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)
- Kent County Council (KCC)
- West Kent district councils: Maidstone, Sevenoaks,Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells
- Voluntary and community sector partners - Healthwatch Kent, Involve Kent and the Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) Chairs Group
- North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Our engagement
The West Kent HCP has a Stakeholder Engagement Advisory Group (SEAG) that advises the Health and Care Partnership Board.
The SEAG's membership includes key organisations concerned with local health and care, who come together to discuss the development of the HCP and to share activities.
Members include Healthwatch Kent, representatives from the community and voluntary sector as well as local authorities and the NHS.
The group has conducted stakeholder mapping and created a shared repository for engagement and local experience.
SEAG is actively seeking to identify opportunities for collaborative engagement with the public to promote better local health and wellbeing.