Trust had substantial cash flow issues in 2022/23
Just one simple chart shows you that East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust [EKHUFT] had cash flow issues in 2022/23. The Better Payment Practice code requires that [...]
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Frontline staff member makes sexual assault claim against Trust’s chair.
An individual frontline worker at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust has accused the Trust’s Chairman Niall Dickson CBE (pictured) of sexual assault. They [...]
Exclusive: East Kent Hospitals open two investigations into sexual misconduct.
Exclusive The Trust, East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have opened an investigation into sexual misconduct. This means there are now two investigations, [...]
Staff at East Kent Hospital Univerisyty Foundation Trust claim sexual harassment and sexual assault is an “everyday experience”
Updated Sun 17 Sept @16:24 Since we asked people to contact us about physical violence by managers and staff within East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust, [...]
East Kent hospitals trust reported to NHS Financial Regulator for “Financial Irregularities”
East Kent Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust has been reported to the NHS Financial Regulator by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority regarding substantial “financial [...]
Council frustrated over lack of movement on new health centre
On March 12th 2020, the council announced it had successfully agreed terms to purchase the former Debenhams store – now Folca. On the 15th May 2020, Folkestone & [...]
Retrofitting council stock will lead to better health outcomes for those in social housing
Housing is a big issue for Folkestone & Hythe District Council, but here we are not talking about building more social housing, but rather retrofitting their existing [...]
Right to Roam access in Kent is just 0.6%
Did you know access to nature is very unequally distributed across England. 72% of the Peak District is access land, compared to just 0.6% of Kent According to data released [...]
Developer offered land for 2,000 homes in exchange for building new hospital facility for free
Developer Quinn Estates have been offered land for 2,000 homes in exchange for building new hospital facility on land owned by Kent County Council & Canterbury City [...]
Local mental health trust misses deadline to stop sending people far away from home, data shows
Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership (KMPT) and the Kent & Medway CCG are still sending people more than 180 miles from their home for Mental Health [...]
Another Reprieve for Folkestone Indoor Bowls Club
Once again Folkestone Indoor Bowls Club (FIBC) owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council has managed to escape displacement from it’s current site on Cheriton [...]
Breaking News: False Fire Alarm crashes EKHUFT IT System
Exclusive East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust IT system crashed yesterday (Wednesday 10th March). The system was down across the whole Trust for just over half 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. [...]
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 [...]
Good News: 76% of all Covid patients who enter EKHUFT beds survive.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning department IS bad for your health.
Planning and Planning Decisions have long excited passions, so much so that one applicant who failed to get permission from Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]