A WEBSITE and 24-hour phone service to support people with dementia and their carers has been launched by a Primary Care Trust.

NHS West Kent, the trust responsible for Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, launched the website dementiawebkentandmedway.org.uk and phone service 0845 604 4391 last Tuesday (May 18).

Both will provide advice and information, and the trust’s joint commissioning manager for dementia services, Emma Hanson, says they are a response to requests from patients and carers.

She said: “People in West Kent who have dementia have, with their carers, told us they want more support at home and closer to home, and this is what these new services are about.”