Covid-19
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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)
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
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?
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
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.
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)
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
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)
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)
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 [...]
Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs (Week 19)
The latest published figures from the Office of National Statistics for deaths by local authority and cause of death up to 8th May but were registered up to 16th May all show [...]