Council spends £6m on temporary staff and costs are still rising
In four out of the last six years, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent more than a million pounds on employing temporary staff. Between April 2016 and Dec [...]
Covid
Kent MPs make highest ever expenses claims during Covid – 2020/21
In 2020/21 all 17 Kent MPs between them billed for expenses such as office costs, staffing, accommodation, and travel, just over £3 million pounds. This does not include [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District had highest levels of loneliness in Kent during pandemic
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 [...]
Highest vacancy rates in nursing and care, as unemployment grows
Another 3,603 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) across Kent & Medway in Jan 2021, meaning that 17% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed [...]
1,400 people likely caught Covid while hospital inpatients in Kent & Medway NHS Trusts
Nearly 1,400 people have been likely infected with coronavirus while being treated in Kent Acute NHS Trust hospitals for another reason, raising concerns about the NHS’s [...]
Covid outbreak at Napier Barracks “ongoing” says Public Health England
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 [...]
Is this the stupidest person in England?
Updated 07:47 26/02/20 It is our honest opinion that Alison Fox (pictured), who is presently Trust Secretary for East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is the [...]
One in six people admitted to a Kent Acute NHS Trust hospital without Covid, became infected in hospital.
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
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
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 [...]
Yet Another Visionary Plan for Folkestone Town Centre
Following the announcement of a “visionary” Place Plan in October 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have just revealed that We Made That LLP have been awarded [...]
Napier Barracks Fire Incident.
Updated 30th Jan @19:10 Obviously, those who perpetrated the fire at Napier Barracks, Folkestone endangered the lives of those on the site at the time, which is unacceptable. [...]
34% of Covid patients conveyed by Ambulance were not admitted to Kent Hospitals
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
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 [...]
75% of all Covid patients who enter all four Kent NHS Trusts beds survive
Updated 18:45 -15/01/21 Martin Landray, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Oxford University (pictured) is probably a man you have never heard of. However, in The [...]
Visits to all Kent NHS Trusts A & Es falls by 20%.
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
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 [...]
Breaking News: Debenhams & Civic Centre to be used in Covid-19 Vaccination Programme rollout.
Exclusive: Updated 17:30 07/01/21 The Shepway Vox Team have learnt the Civic Centre and the former Debenhams building are to be used in the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme [...]