{"id":1209,"date":"2016-05-22T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2016-06-13T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:33:35","slug":"michael-reassured-by-visit-to-sevenoaks-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1209","title":{"rendered":"Michael Reassured by Visit to Sevenoaks Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" style=\"width: 3456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks.jpg\" alt=\"Michael with representatives from the hospital and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks.jpg 3456w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-visit-to-Sevenoaks-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael with representatives from the hospital and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael has announced that he is \u2018reassured\u2019 after a recent visit to Sevenoaks Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>His\u00a0visit came following recent changes to the outpatient services offered by Sevenoaks Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Following significant local concern, Michael secured assurances from West Kent CCG and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, that Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust would take over the clinics previously offered by King\u2019s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was met at the hospital by David Griffiths, Chairman of Kent Community Health, Paul Bentley, Chief Executive, matron Rachel Nicholls and other representatives.\u00a0 They showed him\u00a0the hospital\u2019s wards and the Minor Injuries Unit, before accompanying him to Darent House, the former site of the Knole Centre.\u00a0 Mr Griffiths and Mr Bentley then briefed Michael on the latest developments at the hospital.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6.jpg\" alt=\"Michael meeting patients at Sevenoaks Hospital.\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6.jpg 3456w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Michael-Fallon-Visit-to-Sevenoaks-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 85vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael meeting patients at Sevenoaks Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael said: &#8220;There has been some concern in Sevenoaks about the future of our hospital.\u00a0 Having visited, I am reassured that it will retain its vital role in our local NHS, taking pressure off acute hospitals like Pembury and Darent Valley.\u00a0 We need more local NHS care, not less, and I will continue to press for even more services to deliver the healthcare we need at Sevenoaks Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has announced that he is \u2018reassured\u2019 after a recent visit to Sevenoaks Hospital. His\u00a0visit came following recent changes to the outpatient services offered by Sevenoaks Hospital. Following significant local concern, Michael secured assurances from West Kent CCG and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, that Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Reassured by Visit to Sevenoaks Hospital&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[446,11,479,435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}