Health and medical advice

You can use the NHS Direct website to search for doctors, dentists, hospitals and pharmacies in your local area. The website includes maps and directions of how to find each service by road or by public transport. Maidstone has one accident and emergency department, based at Maidstone Hospital on Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9QQ.

West Kent Primary Care Trust

West Kent Primary Care Trust has the overall responsibility for ensuring that the people of Maidstone have access to the health care they need.  

You can access details of all the following services from the West Kent PCT website:

• Care at home
• Health advice
• Healthy living  
• Occupational Therapy
• Seasonal health advice
• Vaccinations

Domestic Abuse

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse then this pack may be of use.
The directory has information about what you can about domestic abuse, where to get help, advice and support. 

Mental Health

Liveitwell is a website designed to help you maintain your wellbeing and link you in to what is available to support you locally. It contains information for people who use mental health services, carers and mental health professionals.
BigWhiteWall has two online services for improving public mental wellbeing including links and a support network.                    Mental Health Matters telephone helpline 0800 107 0160

For information on what you can do about substance misuse, and where to get help, advice and support, or if you or anyone you know is experiencing substance misuse  then this directory, may be of use. 

Weight Management

Maidstone Borough Council offers a range of preventative health programmes with a focus on obtaining a healthy weight. If you would like further information on how to self refer on to one of these schemes, please visit the health promotion page and refer today.

Pages in this section:

• Domestic Abuse
• Health Advice
• Healthy Living
• Substance Misuse

Useful links

Change 4 Life is a wide scale national campaign by the Department of Health to get everyone 'eating well, moving more, and living longer'.

Healthy Passport is a great fun way to track how you are doing on your quest to eat well and move more. The Passport is an interactive tool to help you set your goals and keep track of your progress.

West Kent Primary Care Trust (PCT) is designed to tell you about our work and the services we provide to improve health and well-being in the area.

CRY CRY is a charity that was established to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to the sudden cardiac death of young people, visit and get tested now. 

Maidstone's Health Profile, which gives a picture of health in this area. It is designed to help local government and health services improve peoples health and reduce health inequalities.

NHS Choices has been developed to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services when you need them.

NHS Direct is the official website of the NHS 24-hour telephone helpline. This website contains information on health problems and offers advice and help with many health problems.

SmokeFree is the NHS website to help give advice to help you stop smoking.

The Department of Health provides strategic leadership for public health, the NHS and social care in England.

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment this guidance, which complements the statutory guidance Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities, provides tools for local partners undertaking JSNA.