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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 by the CQC in December at the height of the pandemic The trust was unable to attend as yesterday's H...

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 apparent at all. Indeed, the blade has cut the other way, with the immediate political consequences loomin...

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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 has now been issued to Medway NHS Foundation Trust requiring action to mitigate the risks to patien...