For the first time in Kent and Medway, children and young people’s mental health services (CAMHS), adult mental health services, and care for eating disorders are being run by one local NHS mental health trust.
From April 2026, Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has begun supporting CAMHS, a service previously provided by a London health trust.
Patients are being told they will see the same clinicians, in the same places and use the same contact details.
Sheila Stenson, chief executive of the trust, said it was a “landmark moment” for mental health care in the area.
