All EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 16
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Blogs
English waiting list peaking just below 3 million
The English waiting list peaks just below 3 million: the largest reported list size since April 2008. But 18 weeks performance remains steady.
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HSJ Local
East Kent hospitals awarded £2m for renal study
RESEARCH: Researchers at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust have been awarded £2m to lead a multicentre study investigating different ways of assessing kidney function.
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Blogs
Waiting list grows more slowly as NHS catches up
The waiting list grew more slowly in June, helped by higher admission rates. Even though the waiting list remains very large, 18 weeks performance held steady.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow East Kent is making the NHS workforce more inclusive
The trust has benefited from employing staff with learning difficulties
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HSJ Local
East Kent chalks up worst inpatients FFT response rate
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust scored an average of 50 for accident and emergency and 70 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Above average sickness absence at East Kent Hospitals
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust had an above average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 among acutes in the South East Coast region.
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HSJ Local
Major 'teething problems' for new Kent transport service
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has apologised to patients for “significant” problems with a new transport service contract signed by local commissioners.
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Blogs
Record breaking rise in English waiting list
The English waiting list got much bigger again in April. There will be trouble.
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HSJ Local
New community hospital for Dover gets planning permission
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust says a new community hospital is due to be completed in the Dover area by Christmas 2014.
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HSJ Local
More nurses needed, says East Kent staffing report
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s board is being asked to support extra investment in nurses after a staffing review revealed issues in some areas.
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HSJ Local
East Kent overcomes pressures to hit four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust managed to treat 91 per cent of patients in A&E within four hours in April – despite coming under severe pressure which caused the trust to declare an internal major incident.
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HSJ Local
Nearly 20 serious incidents since April at East Kent FT
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 18 serious incidents reported in April – including five which had “death/serious sequalae”.
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HSJ Local
More than 900 'long waiters' at East Kent
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 907 “long waiters” at the end of April – 45 of whom had been waiting more than a year.
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Blogs
Sharp increase in English waiting list
The number of patients waiting rose sharply in March, and is now higher than in recent years and may indicate waiting time pressures to come. But bed pressures over winter do not explain all the increase
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HSJ Local
Improved weekend patient care in East Kent
PERFORMANCE: Patients at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust are getting better, safer care thanks to an initiative to improve the training and supervision of junior medical staff, especially at weekends.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals moves to integrate clinical information systems
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has procured a clinical portal as part of attempts to improve efficiency and patient care.
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NewsExclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.
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Blogs
One-year waits race towards zero
One year waits continue to fall sharply. 18 week waits, and the waiting list overall, are steady. Orthopaedic long-waits are deteriorating.
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HSJ Local
East Kent steps down from major incident status
PERFORMANCE: An unexpected and unexplained peak in inpatient demand is starting to ease at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
East Kent hospitals declares 'major incident' due to high activity
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has been forced to declare an internal major incident due to high emergency demand.