All EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 17
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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.
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HSJ Local
Kent acute trusts overpaid staff by £3m
FINANCE: Nurses and doctors at all four trusts in Kent have been overpaid by almost £3m since 2007, an investigation has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Two wrong side surgery events reported at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has operated on the wrong site in two patients.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals breaches MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had four MRSA cases in Janaury, breaching its target for the year.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals FT notes improvement in food
PERFORMANCE: Improvements in food at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have resulted from a new ward oven system.
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HSJ Local
A&E refurb complete at East Kent Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: The refurbishment of the emergency separtment at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital was completed on 25 January.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals FT ahead of savings target
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was predicting in January that it would meet its £30m savings target by the end of the current financial year.
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NewsHospital chief executive role for Matthew Kershaw
Matthew Kershaw, who has lead the failure regime process at South London Healthcare Trust, is to take up a chief executive post at a large teaching hospital in the Spring.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals pioneers new nursing tool
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has introduced “red mats” to alert all staff to nutritional needs 24/7.
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HSJ Local
New £21m community hospital for Dover
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s board of directors have agreed the full business case for a new community hospital in Dover.
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HSJ Local
Midwife led maternity unit opens in East Kent
STRUCTURE: St Peters midwifery-led unit opened last month at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate.
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HSJ Local
EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
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NewsExclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
Details have emerged of the plans of many of the 39 bodies that have written to South London Healthcare Trust’s special administrator to express an interest in running trust services.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
What happens next for South London Healthcare Trust - the first to be placed in the failure regime?
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HSJ Local
No mixed sex breaches at East Kent FT
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.