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Local mental health trust misses deadline to stop sending people far away from home, data shows

June 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Long term empty properties rise above 10,000 in Kent & Medway

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

It’s nothing short of scandalous. More than 10,000 homes in Kent & Medway remained empty and were classified as long term vacant dwellings in 2020. In the previous [...]

Where we could create woodland in Kent

May 13, 2021 // 4 Comments

Mapping expert Tim Richards of Terra Sulis and Friends of the Earth have drawn up an “opportunity map” of areas in England that may be suitable for creating more [...]

Highest vacancy rates in nursing and care, as unemployment grows

March 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

16% of all Kent Households claiming Universal Credit

February 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Another 2,544 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) in Kent in Jan 2021, meaning that nearly 16.63% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed in the [...]

Data reveals Kent’s restaurant bill from Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme

February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

Restaurants in Kent claimed for nearly 2.5 million meals through the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out initiative last summer. The data released by Her Majesty’s [...]

Kent motorists milked for £50 million in 2019/20

January 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Updated: 15:12 – 27/01/21 Parking income is derived from three main sources: meter income, residents’ and business permits, and penalties. Other sources are towing [...]

Nine Kent Councils collect £3.5 million in Penalty Charge Notices

January 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Between August 2019 and July 2020, according to data collected through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests by Compare the Market, Medway Council has issued the most Penalty [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Record Breakers: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Break Two Records in One Day

June 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s getting to be a habit with Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking records. – 1; – 2; – 3 For the seventeenth (17th) year in a row, [...]

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 [...]

Misinformation by Kentonline Editor

May 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

On Tuesday we brought you the article the blog Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 20 (15/05/20) One of the graphs – Recorded deaths in Kent care homes says that [...]

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 [...]

Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs (Week 19)

May 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs

May 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics compiled weekly and as such likely to be more accurate of what is truly happening in the county were released today. [...]

Coronavirus Kent: Covid-19 Deaths rise by 39% in One Week

May 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Deaths from covid-19 in Kent & Medway have increased by 39% in just one week according to the latest data released by the Office of National Statistics today. In the last [...]

Coronavirus Kent: ONS Figures Paint More Accurate Figure Of Non-Hospital Deaths

April 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

In the latest figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) they show a marked increase in covid-19 deaths in Kent (including Medway) – as reporting [...]

Kent Covid -19 deaths compared to non-covid-19 deaths in Kent & England and Wales

April 24, 2020 // 2 Comments

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published their most up to date data yesterday for all deaths due to Covid-19; and all other deaths across all local authorities in [...]

Coronavirus Kent: Domestic abuse help is at hand

April 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

While the whole country grapples with the consequences of Covid-19, spare a thought for the huge dangers lurking behind closed doors for victims of domestic abuse and [...]

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Rise to 91 in Kent & Medway

March 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Office of National Statistics has released a heat map showing the areas of England and Wales with the most people aged over 70 Age is one of biggest risk factors for [...]

How 79 People Infected With Coronavirus Could Infect The Whole Country If We Do Nothing

March 23, 2020 // 3 Comments

Within 21 days the known cases of Coronavirus in Kent (64) & Medway (15) has gone from one to seventy nine, as the interactive graph below shows. There are no doubt [...]

One in five patients waits two weeks or more to see their GP in Kent & Medway.

March 4, 2020 // 3 Comments

Phoning you Doctor’s surgery to book an appointment often leads to frustration. The line is engaged, you are on hold for what seems like forever and when you finally [...]

Rewarding Failure with a Ten Grand Pay Rise.

December 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured), Chief Executive of East Kent Housing (EKH) was awarded a nine thousand six hundred and eighteen (£9,618) pound pay rise in 2018/19. Since [...]

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