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Updated: 16:09, 09 March 2021
An under-fire hospital trust has had to pay back £2.36m to a regulator after falsely claiming it had met all safety standards in its maternity services.
East Kent Hospitals Trust, which is at the centre of a baby death scandal, was awarded millions of pounds following the self-assessments in which bosses claimed to have achieved all safety actions at the maternity units at Margate s QEQM and the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.
QEQM Hospital in Margate. Picture: Google Street View
The incentive scheme by NHS Resolution sees trusts contribute funds and if they can then demonstrate they have achieved the 10 outlined actions they can recover their money as well as a share of any unallocated funds.
Mums across Kent share their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth during the Covid-19 lockdown
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Updated: 11:38, 23 February 2021
Concerns about the effect of disruption to learning for schoolchildren have been given a lot of attention - but what has the impact of Covid-19 been on newborns and their parents?
Although many people predicted a baby boom as a result of the pandemic, this couldn t have been further from the truth, as the latest figures show a decline in birth rates throughout 2020.
Northfleet mum Samantha Savill talks of her pregnancy experiences during the pandemic
Nine months ago we were in the middle of the first lockdown and many, including the minister responsible for maternity services, felt a baby boom might be on the cards as a result of couples spending more time together.
First image of the Kent & Canterbury super hospital which could become hub for healthcare in east Kent
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Updated: 08:49, 19 February 2021
An eye-catching image reveals for the first time what a new super hospital in Canterbury could look like.
Plans are on the table to build the state-of-the-art facility on farmland next to the rundown Kent & Canterbury site as part of a bold vision to revolutionise healthcare in east Kent.
How the super hospital in Canterbury is planned to look. Picture: Quinn Estates
It is one of two options on the table, but with the pandemic stalling the drawn-out selection process, health campaigners are stepping up their calls for NHS chiefs to back the super hospital bid.