Health and medical advice
West Kent Primary Care Trust has the
overall responsibility for ensuring that the people of Maidstone
have access to the health care they need.
At Maidstone Borough Council we work to
keep people healthy. We help to ensure people are living in
healthy environments and offer advice and information on health,
wellbeing and activities that you can be involved in.
The council works closely with the NHS to deliver activities to
help you get, or stay, healthy.
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
If you need a service
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.
Activities in Maidstone
Maidstone Healthy Walks
The walks are short, usually
last between half an hour and an hour, take place in Maidstone and
are designed to follow easily accessible routes without steep hills
or tricky terrains. Depending on your ability, you can choose
whether to set off at a brisk pace to work the muscles or amble
along more slowly admiring the views. With a walk leader at
the front and at the back nobody gets left behind.
Contact Paula Hubbens, Health Walk Co-ordinator on 07740
899559.
Fusion - Park Wood Healthy Living Centre
Visit the Fusion, Healthy
Living Centre in Park Wood. There is lots of activities for all
ages and you can enjoy food and refreshments in the
café.
Call 01622 691177 to find out
what’s on.
Weight For It
Outreach programme delivered across the
Maidstone Borough
Free 10 week weight loss programme for adults, fun &
friendly weekly weigh- in with diet and nutritional
advice.
Community Development Team, Maidstone Borough Counil 01622
602222
Healthy.Living@Maidstone.Gov.Uk
Zeroth
Go For It
Free family and children's weight management, healthy lifestyle
programme 5- 17 years.
Weight for Life
Adult weight managmenet, healthy lifestyle programme.
Sessions are just £1 per visit 10 week holistic lifestyle
prgraomme. This programme includes a low cost exercise regime.
Jill Maynard, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, at Zeroth on 01622
749564
Zeroth Active Zone, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent. ME15 9QL
Adult Weight Managment Programme
Gym, swimming and class sessions are £1 per visit, weekly diet
and nutiriton seminars (plus a weigh - in) are free.
Low cost 12 week programme, which includes a low cost exericise
regime.
Sam Kleinschmidt, Weight Management Co-ordinator 08451
552277
Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7RN
If you would like to refer yourself onto any of the above
schemes please download a referal
form.
Useful links
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.
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.
Wellbeing South
East
Change 4
Life is a wide scale national campaign by the Department of
Health to get everyone 'eating well, moving more, and living
longer'.
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.
Visit the Community
Development department to see what you can be involved in. See
what Hotfoot and Uprockin can do for your children.
You'll be amazed what Parks and
Open spaces can offer you. Pick up one of our
walk packs or have a go on the trim trail to find
out.
Maidstone's
Health Profile, which gives a picture of health in this
area. It is designed to help local government and health services
improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities.
The Local Government and Public Involvement in
Health Act 2007 requires PCTs and local authorities to produce a
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) of the health and wellbeing
of their local community.
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.
Local Involvement Networks (LINks) are made up of individuals
and community groups, such as faith groups and residents'
associations, working together to improve health and social care
services.