15 May 2024
Get moving this Mental Health Awareness Week!
Hear from Dr Adeola Adeyemi, one our speciality registrars, as she shares why adding movement to your daily routine can improve your mental health.
13 May 2024
KMPT volunteers support Pix to Flix’s Innovations in Dementia
KMPT volunteers have been an integral part of an important new project giving people living with dementia in East Kent the chance to tell their stories on film.
18 April 2024
Oils well that ends well as we become one of the first trusts in Kent to have a sustainable fuelled on-site generator!
This month we took another big step towards our Net Zero goals, by swapping the diesel oil we use in our generator, for Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).
12 April 2024
KMPT Veterans Champions Network raise over £1,700 for The Great Tommy Sleep Out
KMPT Veterans Champions Network shines a light on homelessness among Armed Force Veterans by sleeping on the streets of Kent overnight and raising £1739 for fundraiser.
05 April 2024
KMPT’s Dr Mohan Bhat is elected Chair of the Old Age Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
We congratulate Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Bhat on his prestigious election as Chair of the Old Age Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
28 March 2024
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20 March 2024
KMPT marks continued commitment to social value with launch of impact report
The largest provider of mental health care in Kent and Medway, KMPT has launched an impact report on the purpose-led changes it has delivered, and continues to deliver, to create social value for its people, patients and communities.
15 March 2024
KMPT Health care practitioner Sarah Harper wins Health Care Support Worker award!
Sarah Harper is the winner of the Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Midwifery Officer Award (HCSW) for her exceptional contribution and support in nursing and midwifery.
08 March 2024
Meet our inspiring equality champion this International Women’s Day
As we join the world to mark International Women’s Day and #InspireInclusion, we caught up with our own inspiring equality champion, KMPT Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN) chair, Taran Spero.
Marking National Careers Week with mental health nurse's 50-year NHS vocation
To celebrate 50 years’ service with the NHS, and to mark #NationalCareersWeek, we caught up with KMPT staff nurse Dev Chetty to find out about his long and illustrious career in healthcare.
New mental health hospital ward opens for Kent and Medway residents
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) has today opened a new, standalone hospital ward for older people with mental health conditions.
04 March 2024
New mother starts new career at Rosewood Mother and Baby Unit
As we mark National Careers Week with our year-round recruitment campaigns and trust-wide training programmes, we caught up with Community Peer Support Practitioner Megan Grant, to find out about her new career with KMPT.
01 March 2024
Employee Appreciation Day 2024
Today (1 March) marks Employee Appreciation Day, a special day where we take the time to recognise and celebrate the hard work and dedication of our brilliant KMPT staff.
KMPT Celebrates Overseas NHS Workers Day
Following our recent NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for international recruitment and arrival of 47 new international KMPT nurses from India, we caught up with KMPT Head of Resourcing & Information, Naomi Corner, as we join the nation to celebrate Overseas NHS Workers Day.
23 February 2024
We are delighted to achieve Level 3 in One NHS Finance Towards Excellence Accreditation
The Level 3 in One NHS Finance Towards Excellence Accreditation recognises the effectiveness of our finance team’s processes.
21 February 2024
Celebrating Mental Health Nurses Day
This Mental Health Nurses Day, we are joining the nation to celebrate the work of this group of healthcare professionals and promote his unique, remarkable and impactful profession.
Junior doctor industrial strike action - February 2024
The British Medical Association has announced that junior doctors will take part strike action from 06:59am on Saturday 24 February 2024 until 23:59pm on Wednesday 28 February 2024.
15 February 2024
How DIALOG+ is improving care
DIALOG+ which was adopted by the Trust in November 2023, was designed to radically improve the way we communicate with service users, making our initial appointments therapeutically effective.
