Listening to families of children with disabilities

It's estimated that 6% of people living in Kent are young people who have a disability. Most of them will have experience of using multiple health and social care services.

In our latest Spotlight report, we listen to 19 families about their experiences of health and social care services in Kent.

We also spoke to health professionals about the challenges they too are facing.

This is what they told us

• Families talked about the barriers they faced to get support. Common issues were lack of GP appointments, challenges to see a dentist and delays in mental health referrals

• Speech and Language services were praised for the quality of their staff and their eagerness to include families in their patient care