Medway Community Healthcare
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| Last annual budget | £63 million |
| Employees | 1237 (full-time equivalent, as at 31 October 2012).{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130211/text/130211w0004.htm|title=House of Commons Written Answers 11 February 2013|accessdate=17 May 2014}} |
| Chair | Antony Kildare |
| Managing Director | Martin Riley |
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| Care Quality Commission reports | [http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/1-184500761 CQC] |
Medway Community Healthcare is a community interest company providing community health trust services to the people of Medway established under the Transforming Community Services initiative. It comprises the community services previously run by Medway Primary Care Trust.
In July 2012 the organisation stepped in to help rescue the Balfour Centre, a day centre for adults with physical and learning disabilities, in Rochester, when it was earmarked for closure by Medway Council to save money.{{cite news|title=KentOnline|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/2012/june/12/balfour_centre.aspx?|accessdate=16 December 2013|newspaper=Kent online|date=12 June 2012}}
As a social enterprise with an annual budget of £50 million in 2012, it can use its surplus to develop services and to invest in community projects; in September 2012 it offered £30,000 in awards to support groups who help people in the local community.{{cite news|title=Still time for Medway groups to apply for a share of £30,000|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/2012/september/26/cares.aspx|accessdate=16 December 2013|newspaper=Kent Online|date=26 September 2012}}
It runs the Wisdom Hospice in Rochester which was awarded a grant of £200,000 from the Department of Health in April 2013 to improve the patient environment.{{cite news|title=The Wisdom Hospice in Rochester has been awarded £200k|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/2013/april/24/hospice.aspx|accessdate=16 December 2013|newspaper=Kent Online|date=24 April 2013}}
The organisation established a subsidiary, Gateway Assure, in 2012 to provide professional services to "private, public and third sector clients", including assurance services, business consultancy, risk management, training and executive coaching. It made losses of £518,273 during its first two years.{{cite news|title=Social enterprise’s professional services venture made £500k loss|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/community-providers/social-enterprises-professional-services-venture-made-500k-loss/5084998.article#.VX15fba_UYA|accessdate=14 June 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal}}
It won a four-year contract with a value of about £10.5 million a year to provide all NHS and council commissioned children’s community services in Medway, where it already provides adult services, in March 2018.{{cite news|title=Social enterprise takes over children's services|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-medway-ccg/social-enterprise-takes-over-childrens-services/7022012.article|accessdate=25 May 2018|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=23 March 2018}}