The news to build housing on Capstone Valley, hailed as Medway's green lung would have a detrimental impact on the surrounding environment. Medway Liberal Democrats see the need to preserve and protect our open spaces around our towns and Capstone Valley is essential as a green space and for air quality.
Paul Chaplin resigned his party membership on Thursday, 6th December.
On Thursday 12th July, Medway Liberal Democrat campaigners went to Westminster to hand in a petition to the Department of Health.
As mental health week comes to a close, we would like to draw your attention to the shortfall in acute mental health care provision for the Medway and North Kent area. We will be holding public meetings to raise further awareness and discuss possible options with local people, the police and health care professionals. The closure of the Mental Health Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital in December 2013 has seen the dispersal of acute mental health treatment services to other hospitals such as Darent Valley and QEQM in Margate. In an urban area of over 270,000 people, it is clearly unacceptable that Medway should be lacking a dedicated mental health facility. It is estimated that around a third of police time is spent responding to incidents, where intervention from mental health professionals would be more appropriate and effective. Lacking a local specialist centre simply shifts the initial response to the police and other public services. Many local people have been treated outside of the county. At a time whe
Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Groups are urged to retain critical NHS stroke care in the Medway Towns and Mid Kent.
Medway Liberal Democrats are pleased to announce Martin Rose has been selected for the by-election on 8th March. Martin has lived in the area all his life, including four years in Rochester, with a strong desire to improve the quality of services in Medway.
