Pregnancy

There is now a website called 'Bump, Birth and Beyond' which covers the whole of Kent and Medway, provides information and advice about all aspects of pregnancy, and allows you to book yourself in if you have just found out that you're pregnant. Home :: Kent and Medway - Bump, Birth and Beyond (kentandmedwaylms.nhs.uk)

Help for carers

There is an agency called Involve which supports carers in West Kent, and can help out with form-filling and so on. Their website is at https://www.involvekent.org.uk/, or they can be contacted by telephone on 03000 810005.

Resources for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their carers

Kent County Council have now set up a website/information hub for this, which you can see at SEND information hub - Kent County Council

Dementia road map

This is a site designed for use by both healthcare professionals and families - anyone looking for information regarding a diagnosis of dementia and the journey post diagnosis. It aims to ensure that people living with dementia, their families and carers can access the right services at the right time and have all the information they need to maintain their health and independence for as long as possible.

Home | West Kent Dementia Roadmap

Exercise, diet, health and wellbeing

For general advice visit the Change4Life website, https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

For a local weight loss service, run by Kent County Council, visit One You Kent: https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/one-you-kent/healthy-weight

Kent County Council can also help you give up smoking -https://www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/one-you-kent/quit-smoking - or you can call the surgery and make an appointment with the Practice Nurse.

Involve can help out with advice about activities to improve your wellbeing, or with practical things like money difficulties. Their website is at https://www.involvekent.org.uk/, or they can be contacted by telephone on 03000 810005.

For psychological support there is an organisation called ThinkAction, www.thinkaction.org.uk , and you can refer yourself to them.

For younger people there is an organisation called Kooth, https://www.kooth.com/ and again patients can self-refer to this.

 

Information about Cervical Screening

If you've been called for cervical screening and you're not sure whether to attend or not, there's some very good information here:

What Happens During a Smear Test? | Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust (jostrust.org.uk)

 

Information about NHS Screening Programmes

There are now lots of screening programmes in the NHS - cervical screening, aortic aneurysm screening, breast screening, bowel cancer screening, etc. For a useful summary of these, please click on the link below.

NHS Population Screening Summary

 

Diabetes Resources

Patients with diabetes can find out more about the condition, and book themselves online training, by visiting https://www.diabetes-education-km.co.uk/

Non-diabetic patients who may be at greater than normal risk of developing diabetes - for example people who are overweight or who have raised blood sugar - can visit https://preventing-diabetes.co.uk/ , which has a 'Know your risk' section so you can work out if you're at risk of diabetes or not; plus a self-referral form for the 'Healthier You' diabetes prevention programme.

Cancer Care resources

Kent and Medway Prehab service
https://www.kentandmedwayprehab.org/about-us/

 

Kent Oncology Centre – MTW

https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/service/cancer-services-kent-oncology-centre/?Kent%20Oncology%20Centre

Macmillan 
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support

Cancer Research
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Macmillan Crossroads
https://www.crossroadskent.org/macmillan-service

Cancer Care map
https://www.cancercaremap.org/

Surgery Staff

Dr David Hindmarsh, GP

 

• Salaried GPs/regular locums
  • Dr Rachel Hodgkiss
  • Dr Tim Winch
  • Dr Fedir Marangoz
• Practice Nurses
  • Anne Moss
  • Debbie Humphries
• Health Care Assistants
  • Jill Holden
  • Kristina Avery
• Practice Manager
  • Julian Le Saux
• Admin Staff
  • Kristina Avery
  • Jill Holden
  • Maria Lacey
  • Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis
  • Rowanna Lawrence

 

 

Other useful Contact Numbers

Please let us know if you have any other suggestions for this page.

District Nurses	0300 123 3143
Health Visitors	01892 839456
Midwifery Liaison Office	01892 633488  01892 638158
Lloyds Pharmacy	01580 713292
Out of Hours service	111
Social Services (adults)	03000 41 61 61
Social Services (under-18s)	03000 41 11 11
Maidstone Carers Project	01622 685276
Crossroads (charity for carers)	0845 450 0350
Dementia Helpline (24-hour)	0800 500 3014
Patient Transport Services (G4S)	0800 096 0211
Voluntary Transport (local trips)	01580 713386
Voluntary Transport (hospital trips)	01580 714373
Red Cross transport	01634 821532
Cruse Bereavement Care	0844 477 9400
Age Concern Foot Care	01622 753618
Kent Community Health (parent organisation for District Nurses etc.)	0300 123 1807