Medway: Some non-urgent ops cancelled
The NHS Medway Foundation Trust has cancelled some non-urgent planned operations and outpatient appointments. Bosses say they’re getting in touch … Read more
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STP pays consultancy firm over £6m to cut budget
Full story in Pulse, 5 February 2018 Health and social care leaders in Kent and Medway paid over £6m to … Read more
Campaigners in Kent stage demo over stroke service proposals
Full story from the BBC News, 3 February 2018 Campaigners have staged a protest in Margate against proposals to change … Read more
The areas struggling most with cancer targets
Full Story in HSJ 24 January 2018 Cancer patients in three counties are at greater risk of death than elsewhere … Read more
Housing developer offers to build new hospital for struggling health economy
Full story in The HSJ, 24 November 2017 A new hospital offering centralised emergency and specialist services for the struggling … Read more
‘Inadequate’ private provider to hand back troubled contract early
A company operating one of the first integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours services is to hand back … Read more
NHS ‘spends £21m on management consultancy advice’ while cutting nurses
Health and social care services across England have paid £21m to management consultant firms to advise on radical cost-cutting plans, an … Read more
A&E waiting times at east Kent hospitals trust the worst in England
The decision to drastically cut back emergency care at Kent and Canterbury Hospital has plunged neighbouring A&E departments into crisis … Read more
Kent and Medway NHS Trust sent hundreds of people with mental illnesses for treatment out of area
Hundreds of people in Kent suffering from mental health issues are being sent out of the county for treatment, it’s … Read more
East Kent health trust boss Matthew Kershaw faces calls to resign over potential downgrading of Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Campaigners have applauded a call for the resignation of a hospitals’ boss over what is feared to be the downgrading … Read more