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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

 

Government, NHS and Regulating Bodies

From here you can access a wealth of information about the Dartford area, pay your council bills, and see what the council is doing for you.

 

Choose and Book is a national service that will, for the first time, combine electronic booking and a choice of time, date and place for first outpatient appointment. 

 

Protecting your NHS - call an end to NHS Fraud on the NHS's freephone Fraud and Corruption Reporting Line: 0800 028 40 60

 

Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications  

 

The Department of Health ministers are led by the Secretary of State who is a cabinet minister. Their ministerial responsibilities and biographies are in this section.

 

Health information and leaflets that are easy to read and understand.

 

The Expert Patients Programme has been developed to help counter feelings of isolation and help individuals who have similar problems to share their experiences, take control of their health and learn how to self manage their condition on a daily basis.

 

Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain.

 

We carry out independent investigations into complaints about UK government departments and their agencies, and the NHS in England – and help improve public services as a result.

  

A group of cancer patients and carers in Kent and Medway have shared their personal experience to help develop a new local cancer information website, which will be launched this week.

 

Dementia Web, is an all-age dementia information resource for Kent and Medway. 

 

NICE is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.

 

Adding your name to the NHS Organ Donor Register is an important step and means that one day you may be able to save lives.  

 

Healthcare information for you, the patient.

 

Other useful links

Local bus services. 

 

Information on health.

  

Improving the quality of life means helping people live healthier, safer lives, enriched with opportunity and choice. It means travelling, working and relaxing in greater comfort and security. Creating innovative human environments while protecting our natural environment and making sure that the actions we take today, make tomorrow a better place.

 

This website is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling covered, fees and contact details. This service is free, confidential and easy to use.

  

For 18-30 year olds - you are not alone!  We are two young people with Type 1 diabetes who have recently been trained through Diabetes UK to provide support to other young people with diabetes in our area:

 

The Ellenor Foundation is a registered charity that was set up in 1985 to provide care for patients of all ages living with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses, together with support for their families and friends. The majority of the Ellenor’s work takes place in patients’ own homes.

  

EllenorLions Hospices is an established, registered charity providing all encompassing hospice care to whoever needs it, in their place of choice, whether is be home, care home, hospital or hospice.

 

Formerly Patient Line - committed to providing innovative services that provide patients with their own TV, radio and telephone - all at the bedside.

 

Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (Jo’s Trust) is the only UK charity dedicated to women and their families affected by cervical cancer and cervical abnormalities.

 

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society provides support and information for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, their families, friends and carers, and health professionals with an interest in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

 

Offering information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers.

 

A network of 8,000 volunteers “hold hands” with owners to provide vital loving care for their pets. We keep them together - for example, we’ll walk a dog every day for a housebound owner, we’ll foster pets when owners need hospital care, we’ll fetch the cat food, or even clean out the bird cage, etc.