Covid-19

Council refusing to lift ban to allow disabled individual to be vaccinated at Civic Centre

January 21, 2021 // 6 Comments

Updated 09:42 on 22/01/21 Public authorities such as Folkestone & Hythe District Council must consider your right to life when making decisions that might put you in [...]

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 [...]

64% of EKHUFT staff isolate through Covid-19 pandemic

December 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Updated 11:20 19/12/20 East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (The Trust) has 8,602 employees. Due to the flexible working practices encouraged by the Trust this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fire Safety Issues Emerge at Kent & Canterbury Hospital

November 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

Updated @ 09:30am 23/11/20 In the last few days it has come to light that there are issues with the fire system at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital. On the 17th Nov a [...]

Encore via two offshore locations take over chasing debtors for Affinity Water

November 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

They are the UK’s biggest debt collector, Cabot Credit Management. Cabot buys debts and loans in arrears from banks, utilities, telecom companies and local authorities, and [...]

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 [...]

Latest ONS Map Shows Covid-19 Deaths by Postcode

August 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

Below is the latest interactive map produced by ONS for the number of deaths involving COVID-19. The Office for National Statistics figures are based on all deaths where [...]

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 [...]

The UK Economy Has Fallen of a Cliff.

June 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s not been the best kept secret that the UK growth figures for April would be a worse than the rocky horror show. What with the national economy closed due to Covid-19 [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 22 (29/05/20)

June 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 29th May but were registered up to 6th June in England and Wales. They are [...]

The Fog Of War: A Reason Why Daily NHS England Covid-19 Figures Differ From The Weekly ONS Figures

June 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

The ONS figures (England & Wales only), which are at least a week behind the daily NHS figures for the whole of the UK have been 10,000 or so higher than the NHS figures [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 21 (22/05/20)

June 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 22nd May but were registered up to 30th May in England and Wales. They are [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 20 (15/05/20)

May 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 15th May but were registered up to 23rd May in England and Wales. They are [...]

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