Coronavirus

Folkestone & Hythe District had highest levels of loneliness in Kent during pandemic

April 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

More people in Folkestone & Hythe District reported feeling lonely, always or often, during the pandemic, than any where else in Kent, according to data released by the [...]

Covid outbreak at Napier Barracks “ongoing” says Public Health England

March 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

According to Public Health England (PHE) the outbreak of Covid 19 at Napier Barracks began on 14th January 2021 and remains ongoing. In January there were 178 positive [...]

One in six people admitted to a Kent Acute NHS Trust hospital without Covid, became infected in hospital.

February 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

Updated 13/02/21 @11:54am The rate of Hospital Acquired Covid – technically known as “nosocomial” infections – across all four Kent acute NHS Trust mirrors [...]

Hospital Acquired Covid data for all Kent Acute NHS Trusts

February 9, 2021 // 2 Comments

All acute NHS Trusts Hospitals have been in the eye of a covid-19 storm. This has been driven by rapid rises in community infection rates in March/April, Sept/Oct and Dec. [...]

Doctor and Local Care Home Staff report resident deaths within 48/72 hours of Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine being administered

February 7, 2021 // 16 Comments

Updated: 21/02/21 @ 22:35 A doctor in a local care home has reported to us, residents who have received the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine, have died within 48/72 hours of [...]

34% of Covid patients conveyed by Ambulance were not admitted to Kent Hospitals

January 28, 2021 // 4 Comments

Updated 29/01/21 @11:50am The number of Covid-19 patients conveyed to the four Kent Acute NHS Trusts by South East Coast Ambulance between 1 Jan and 30 Nov was 7,362. The [...]

Latest Covid Map show deaths “due to Covid” rose by 39% in Folkestone & Hythe District between Nov & Dec 2020

January 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Deaths “due to Covid” deaths across the district of Folkestone & Hythe jumped by 38.62% in one month. Between Nov and Dec 2020 the number of Covid deaths grew [...]

Visits to all Kent NHS Trusts A & Es falls by 20%.

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

From bedroom to boardroom, from our NHS to our education system, from employment and unemployment, Covid has and will continue to affect not just our behaviour about visiting [...]

Latest Covid Map

January 10, 2021 // 2 Comments

Covid has affected all neighbourhoods in the Folkestone & Hythe District without exception. Between Mar and Nov 2020 there were 145 deaths due to Covid. across the [...]

Good News: 76% of all Covid patients who enter EKHUFT beds survive.

January 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Updated 01/01/2021 @14:55 Here’s the good news, 76% of all patients who have entered East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust three main hospitals, William Harvey [...]

How we die matters

December 31, 2020 // 3 Comments

Most frontline emergency staff staff enjoyed the Thursday clapping and rainbows, but many we spoke to throughout this pandemic were uncomfortable with the [...]

Roll Out of Covid-19 Vaccine across the district to begin on the 11th January

December 23, 2020 // 5 Comments

Updated 24/12/20 @08:45 The Covid-19 Vaccine program has begun in the Folkestone & Hythe District. Oaklands Surgery in Hythe began the role out last week to patients in [...]

EKHUFT waiting lists rise as Surgery levels climb to near 2019 figures

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Soaring numbers of patients across East Kent are having to wait more than a year for surgery and more than 18 weeks for consultant-led, routine hospital care because Covid [...]

One third of all beds at EKHUFT 3 Main Hospitals are occupied by patients with Covid-19.

December 21, 2020 // 3 Comments

Updated 21/12/20 @ 14:02 As of this morning, BBC South East News announced that 375 beds within East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust three main hospitals, William [...]

Abuse of EKHUFT staff by members of the public continues during pandemic

December 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

On April 3rd 2020, we made it clear that East Kent Hospital University Staff had been physically attacked and verbally abused by members of the public during the Covid-19 [...]

Long Covid: “I wouldn’t wish this on my worst f**king enemy

December 8, 2020 // 4 Comments

Up until February of this year, Amanda* was an active and healthy 35-year-old who cycled everywhere and had a busy work and social life. Now the simple act of walking to the [...]

Latest Covid-19 Map

November 27, 2020 // 2 Comments

Below is a map of the latest data for the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 of population. Kent as you know will go into a Tier 3 level when the national lockdown ends on [...]

Revealed: Elderly paid price of protecting NHS in Kent from Covid.

November 21, 2020 // 4 Comments

Elderly people were excluded from hospitals and intensive care during the height of the pandemic’s first wave as part of efforts to stop the NHS in Kent being overrun [...]

Hythe Town Council staff laid low by Covid-19

October 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Late Sunday we informed you that a member of staff from Hythe Town Council (HTC) had tested positive for Covid-19. It now transpires a further member of staff has also [...]

Are we entering a second wave of coronavirus locally?

September 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

Britain, according to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is entering a second wave of coronavirus. Scientists have expressed fears the death toll could be as high as in the [...]

A Little Bit More Good News

July 15, 2020 // 3 Comments

There is more good news regarding Covid-19 deaths and recoveries at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT), which serves the districts of Ashford, [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 23 (05/06/20)

June 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 5th June but were registered up to 13th June in England and Wales. They are [...]

Universal Credit claims in Kent climb a further 25% between April and May 2020

June 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

The number of people claiming Universal Credit in Kent in May has increased once again, as was expected, because of the coronavirus epidemic. Between April & May 2020 the [...]

If we love our NHS so much in Kent & Medway, why have we sued it for more than £200 million?

June 13, 2020 // 2 Comments

Many of you throughout the covid-19 pandemic gathered in your streets, on your doorsteps, in your gardens, to pay tribute to the brave workers of the NHS, by clapping, and [...]

Updated ONS deaths attributed to covid-19 in Folkestone & Hythe District and the rest of the Country

June 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The Office of National Statistics have update their map show places of death due to covid-19. It maps as low as ward level and can be searched by using your postcode. The [...]

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