Waiting Times

Medical ‘Golden Hour’ broken with waiting times for ambulances at record high

April 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

So Mark Quinn wants to build a new £170m hospital extension shell in Canterbury in return for 2,000 homes adjacent the site. If all goes to plan, Canterbury will become the [...]

NHS patients waiting 9-10 hours at Kent Hospitals in back of ambulances SECamb reveals

November 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Patients conveyed to Kent Hospitals by South East Coast Ambulance Services [SECamb] have been waiting 9-10 hours in the back of ambulances before they could be seen in [...]

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 [...]

Private Hospitals Receive £16.5 Million from East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust

November 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

The number of East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) NHS patients having surgery in private hospitals between Apr 2015 to Nov 2019 is just over 36,000, [...]

Five and a half working weeks lost to patients not attending GP appointments, while registered patients per GP increase.

September 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

The average number of registered patients per GP at surgeries in the Folkestone & Hythe District currently stands at 1,705. The average for England is 2,087, NHS Digital [...]

East Kent Hospital A & Es require improvement

February 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

The national target set for patients to be seen in four hours within arrival at A & E departments is 95%. Our Trust – the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust [...]

GP waiting times soar across Kent

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Patients in some parts of the Kent are three times more likely to have to wait at least a fortnight to see their GP, NHS Digital figures reveal. 22.97% of patients registered [...]

GP Patients numbers set to swell even further.

August 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

According to the latest NHS Digital data, 530 patients (12%) still remain on the books of Folkestone East Family Practice; which closed its doors for the final time on Oct [...]

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