Martin Brice

Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 10.00 am

The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Kent Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday, 4th December 2025, to discuss several key healthcare issues affecting the Kent and Medway area. These include an update from the Chief Executive of NHS Kent and Medway, the relocation of the Prosthetic Limb Service, and the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's response to a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report. The committee will also consider the Healthwatch Kent Annual Report 2024-25.

Planning Applications Committee - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 10.00 am

The Planning Applications Committee met to discuss the installation of electric bus infrastructure at Acacia Hall Car Park in Dartford, and to note several matters dealt with under delegated powers. The committee approved the installation of the electric bus infrastructure, and also agreed to include an informative encouraging the applicant to consider measures to prevent HGVs from entering the bus charging area.

County Council - Thursday, 6th November, 2025 10.00 am

Kent County Council (KCC) met to discuss local government reorganisation, the council's strategic direction, and pressing issues such as social care funding and NHS pressures. The council approved its strategic statement, Reforming Kent 2025-2028, and debated a motion on the NHS and social care crisis, but did not vote on KCC's strategic business case for local government reorganisation in Kent and Medway.

Environment & Transport Cabinet Committee - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 10.00 am, NEW

The Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee are scheduled to meet on Tuesday 4 November 2025 to discuss a range of environment and transport issues. These include waste management, green finance, water resources, highway maintenance, and energy efficiency.

Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 10.00 am

The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) convened to discuss several key healthcare issues affecting Kent, including structural changes to the NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB), integrated mental health services, updates from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), and the temporary pause of inpatient services at Faversham Cottage Hospital. The committee noted reports on these topics, and considered whether the Integrated All-Age Mental Health Services model constituted a substantial variation of service[^2].