Cllr Stuart Jeffery

Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 2.00 pm

The Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee of Kent County Council met on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. Key discussions included the Adult Social Care and Health Complaints Report for 2024/2025, the Adult Social Care Performance Dashboard for Quarter 2 of 2025/2026, and the Accommodation Market Position Statement for 2025-2035. A significant decision was made to recommission Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) services in primary care for a period of six years and four months, with an estimated cost of £13 million.

Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel - Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 9.00 am

The Personnel Committee - Member Appointment Panel of Kent Council was scheduled to convene on Tuesday 11 November 2025. The primary focus of the meeting was to conduct interviews for the position of Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning. The meeting was scheduled to begin with a briefing at 9:00 am, followed by interviews commencing at 9:30 am.

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.

Devolution and Local Government Re-organisation Cabinet Committee - Monday, 3rd November, 2025 2.00 pm

The Devolution and Local Government Re-organisation Cabinet Committee is scheduled to meet to discuss an interim report on a public survey regarding local government reorganisation (LGR) and Kent County Council's (KCC) draft strategic business case for LGR in Kent and Medway. The meeting will also cover an update on the joint process for LGR business case development with Kent and Medway councils.

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].