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Podcast: Patients left in corridors as East Kent Hospitals Trust struggles amid A&E crisis

25 minutes | Monday, 16 December 2024

There are fears some hospital in Kent aren’t coping with the rise in A&E admissions, with an increase in patients forced to endure 12-hour ‘trolley waits’.You can hear from the daughter of an 89-year-old woman who has dementia and terminal lung cancer, who’s been in a bed in a corridor for two days while she waits for a space on a ward. Also in today’s podcast, a Kent homelessness charity has raised concerns about families being evicted from rented properties just before Christmas. Figures show a rise in possession orders being issued across the county. Kent’s most pricey parking capital is on course to make a bumper profit after levels “exceeded expectations” in the first six months of the financial year.With fees and an all time high in Canterbury, bosses are on track to make more than £200,000 pounds above than the £11 million they’d predicted. Plans to relocate a Kent rugby club to make way for hundreds of new homes have been met with huge opposition.Developers haven’t even submitted the full application for the land in Tunbridge Wells, but a petition against it has already reached 1,000 signatures. And in football, you can hear from the Gillingham boss who’s described Saturday’s win as a dream result after beating in-form MK Dons.Mark Bonner say he was feeling “exhausted” after the 1 – nil victory away from home. 

Podcast: Patients left in corridors as East Kent Hospitals Trust struggles amid A&E crisis
KentOnline

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