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Talking about mental health can save lives

This Time to Talk Day, doctors from Kent and Medway’s Mental Health Trust are urging local people to speak up about mental health because a simple conversation can save a life.

Kent and Medway patients now seen within 2 weeks for first-episode psychosis

Patients who experience a first episode of psychosis are now being seen within 2 weeks, after Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust delivered a major boost to referral times.

Skills for life: Discover apprenticeships within the NHS

This National Apprenticeship Week, we want to promote our offer of apprenticeships within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. NHS apprenticeships build skills for life that support patients, strengthen communities and shape long-term careers.

From checklists to more personalised care

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has made a major shift in how they assess and respond to risk, putting patients’ voices and lived experience at the heart of every safety decision.

Mental health trust uses virtual reality to give patients a calming ‘virtual holiday’

Older adult patients on a mental health ward in Kent and Medway will be offered the chance to visit Venice, Santiago and New York, without ever leaving the hospital, thanks to a new virtual reality pilot designed to improve patient wellbeing.

Kent and Medway Healthwatch Recognition Award winners

Every year, the Healthwatch Recognition Awards celebrate the inspiring work happening across Kent and Medway to make health and social care better for everyone. This year, colleagues from our trust took home two awards.

Mental health trust launches preventative campaign to protect staff from abuse

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has launched a new poster campaign to combat violence, aggression and discrimination towards its staff.

Virtual reality could help spot brain diseases earlier

Virtual reality may soon help detect Alzheimer’s long before symptoms are obvious, according to new research from Professor Sukhi Shergill at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

Kent mum becomes mental health nurse in the team that once cared for her

A Kent mum who once feared she would never recover from severe mental illness during pregnancy is now a mental health nurse in the same team that helped her through it.

Trust launches new tool to make mental health information more accessible

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has introduced a new accessibility toolbar to make its online information easier to read, translate and navigate for patients, carers and families across Kent and Medway.