Council Medway
Performance Percentage of children who had their annual health assessment
From being below the national average of 76 per cent in 2007 to surpassing it by 2009 (88 per cent), Medway has succeeded in greatly increasing the number of looked-after children who receive regular health assessments.
Nancy Sayer, one of Medway's registered nurses for looked-after children, was tasked with improving the situation at the authority in 2006.
She says that extra investment from the local primary care trust allowed the team dealing with health assessments to be increased from just herself, a full-time administrator and a part-time clerk to three full-time nurses and full-time clerical support.
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