News and reports

All of us are now being encouraged to take a Covid test regularly even if we don't have any symptoms.

Lockdown has affected children who may have additional needs in so many ways. We chat to Nicola Carey-Shine who supports many Medway families about the ups and downs of lockdown.

This is your opportunity to have your say about how the Talking Therapy service in Medway currently works and how it could be improved for the future.

April marks Stress Awareness Month, a national awareness month that has been held every year since 1992 to raise recognition of something we all struggle with from time to time.

Letters asking us to complete the Census have been dropping through everyone's doors in recent weeks. If you're struggling to fill in the form online, there is help available to you.

There are slots available this week for the Covid vaccine. Have you had yours? Book it today

Every day we’re taking calls from people with questions about the Covid vaccine. If we don’t know the answer, we don’t rest until we find it. Here are a few of the questions we’ve heard this week. We hope the answers may help you too.

It’s all about stopping plaque and tartar build up on our teeth.

This week, a national report has been published documenting the struggles that thousands of people have faced trying to get a GP appointment during the pandemic. The report features our work on the lack of support available on GP websites in Medway.

Have you, or someone you know, had Covid and are still feeling the effects four weeks later?

The UK government has published their four-step roadmap of a route back to a more normal way of living. In England, the easing of restrictions on our current covid lockdown began on March 8th with the return of schools.

Back in November, we published a report detailing feedback from 53 Medway organisations about how they had coped during the first Coronavirus wave. Last week we returned to the Health & Scrutiny Committee to update Councillors on our progress.