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Kent councillors hit out at Medway NHS bosses as discussion on CQC inspection pushed back  |  Updated: 19:11, 05 March 2021 Furious councillors hit out at hospital bosses after a scheduling clash meant senior managers could not attend to discuss a damning inspection by the health watchdog. Members of the health and overview scrutiny committee (HOSC) at Kent County Council were angered when a written report was presented by the Medway NHS Foundation Trust. Medway Maritime Hospital was visited ...

A family hopes lessons will be learned after a man suffered a cut to his bowel during an operation that went undetected leading to a fatal infection.

In three Republican districts, a view of Trump’s continued dominance in the party Email to a Friend Republicans like Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming all but called him a traitor. Senator Mitch McConnell denounced him in scathing terms, and McConnell’s allies warned that Trump would only turn voters off and weigh the party down, pointing to the embarrassing Senate losses in Georgia. Seven weeks and one impeachment later, however, that reckoning has been limited, where it is appare...

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An NHS hospital has been told to make “significant and immediate” improvements to its emergency department following concerns over patient safety. Inspectors at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, found people facing long delays before being admitted, including one patient waiting with ambulance staff for nearly eight hours. The report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) follows a surprise inspection at the hospital in December, as NHS staff battled the pandemic. A warning notice...

An NHS hospital has been told to make “significant and immediate” improvements to its emergency department following concerns over patient safety. Inspectors at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, found people facing long delays before being admitted, including one patient waiting with ambulance staff for nearly eight hours. The report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) follows a surprise inspection at the hospital in December, as NHS staff battled the pandemic. A warning notice...

An award-winning County Tyrone chef has been cooking for some of those most affected by lockdown.

Ambulance delays of more than eight hours at Medway Maritime Hospital  |  Updated: 16:09, 04 February 2021 Some patients arriving in ambulances experienced delays of more than eight hours to get into hospital last month amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. As previously reported by KentOnline, at times there were up to 20 emergency vehicles queued outside Gillinghams Medway Maritime. Ambulances waiting outside Medway Hospital. Image from Cameron Walker However, speaking this afternoon, hospital ...

A hospital chief executive has told KentOnline about the challenges of running a hospital amidst pressures of a busy winter and during the pandemic.

Memorial to remember people who died with Covid-19 to be created at Medway Maritime Hospital  |  Updated: 14:51, 14 January 2021 A memorial to staff and patients who lost their lives to Covid-19 will be installed at a hospital. Medway Maritime Hospital is looking to pay tribute to those who passed away during the pandemic and is currently considering ways this can be done. James Devine paid tributes to colleagues including nurse Hannah Jackson During Medway NHS Foundation Trusts public board ...