Care Quality Commission to publish report on Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Published: 22 February 2019 Page last updated: 22 February 2019
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A Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection report on Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is due to be published tomorrow (Friday), rating the trust as Good overall.

CQC carried out the inspection between 9 October and 29 November 2018. As a result, the trust is rated as Good overall. It is also rated as Outstanding for whether its services are caring, and Good for whether its services are safe, effective, responsive and well led.

The report from the inspection will be available to download when it is published on our website.

Kent and Medway NHS Partnership is a large mental health trust that provides mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and specialist to approximately 1.8 million people across Kent and Medway. The trust works in partnership with Kent County Council and works closely with the local unitary authority in Medway.

About the Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.