jump to navigation search east kent hospitals university nhs foundation trust geography location kent england united kingdom organisation care system public nhs hospital type teaching trust affiliated university king s college london services emergency department william harvey hospital ashford yes full a & e queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital margate yes full a & e kent and canterbury hospital canterbury emergency care centre not trauma minor injuries on site buckland dover no royal victoria folkestone no links website http www.ekhuft.nhs.uk lists hospitals in england other links kent and canterbury hospital canterbury east kent hospitals university nhs foundation trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in england . it runs the kent and canterbury hospital canterbury william harvey hospital ashford queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital margate buckland hospital dover and the royal victoria hospital folkestone and some outpatient facilities in the east kent and medway areas in england . it serves a local population of around 759 000 people . it is a teaching trust involved in the education and training of doctors nurses and other healthcare professionals with local universities and kings college university in london . in 2015 the trauma audit & research network tarn showed that the william harvey hospital in ashford was the best performing hospital receiving trauma patients in england and wales out of 100 hospitals offering trauma facilities across the country according to survival rates of patients . http www.ekhuft.nhs.uk patients and visitors news news archive 2015 william harvey hospital rated best performing hospital in country for trauma in 2016 the trust saw improvements in its annual patient led assessment in care environments place audits which were introduced nationally in 2013 . all hospitals hospices and day treatment centres that give nhs funded care are subject to a place inspection . the trust is now above the national average in nearly all measures . http www.ekhuft.nhs.uk patients and visitors news news archive 2016 place results in 2010 east kent hospitals were named trust of the year 2010 by the healthcare information organisation dr foster . 1 the trust with maidstone and tunbridge wells nhs trust is jointly procuring an electronic patient record system in a contract worth 10m 40m in december 2013 . 2 in april 2014 it was reported that the trust was looking for a partner to develop a private hospital at the william harvey hospital site and enhance the returns from the spencer private hospital on the queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital site with a contract over the next 15 to 15 years . 3 the trust s proposal to centralise surgery on the canterbury site in order to manage problems caused by the increasing sub specialisation of surgery the lack of availability of surgeons with skills that are essential to managing high risk and emergency general surgery and the difficulty recruiting both permanent and locum medical staff in may 2014 aroused opposition among consultants . 4 contents 1 performance 2 see also 3 references 4 external links performance edit the trust was placed in special measures by monitor nhs in september 2014 following an unfavourable report from the care quality commission . 5 in 2015 the care quality commission cqc upgraded the trust from inadequate to requires improvement and cited significant improvements . two of the trust s five hospitals were rated as good . requires improvement is the same rating as the majority of nhs trusts in england . http www.ekhuft.nhs.uk patients and visitors news news archive 2015 big steps forward the trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014 5 winter . 6 in 2015 the trust hit controversy when an raf sergeant was asked to leave the waiting room in case his uniform upset other patients . 7 in 2015 the trust admitted breaching a patient s human rights when it placed a do not resuscitate dnr order on the patients notes because the patient had learning difficulties . the trust had not consulted the family about the decision . 8 in april 2016 it admitted that it could not cope with the overwhelming demand on its ophthalmology department which saw nearly 100 000 patients in 2015 6 . 7000 were in need of follow up and at risk of deteriorating eyesight . 9 see also edit healthcare in kent list of hospitals in england list of nhs trusts references edit east kent hospitals university nhs foundation trust named trust of the year in the 2010 hospital guide kent trusts issue 40m epr tender . e health insider . 24 december 2013 . retrieved 12 january 2014 . east kent ft seeks partner to reinvigorate private offering . health service journal . 11 april 2014 . retrieved 14 april 2014 . surgery centralisation plans on hold following clinician concerns . health service journal . 3 june 2014 . retrieved 18 june 2014 . east kent health trust placed into special measures by monitor following damning cqc report on sites in canterbury ashford and margate . kent online . 2 september 2014 . retrieved 28 september 2014 . 26 trusts responsible for half of national a & e target breach . health service journal . 1 april 2015 . retrieved 3 may 2015 . http www.dailymail.co.uk news article 3249717 hospital told raf sergeant leave waiting room case uniform upset patients.html ixzz3mpadrh8f http www.bbc.co.uk news health 34938832 hospital overwhelmed by eye care demand . health service journal . 14 april 2016 . retrieved 19 june 2016 . external links edit official website coordinates 51 15.9 n 1 5.2 e 51.2650 n 1.0867 e 51.2650 ; 1.0867 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title east kent hospitals university nhs foundation trust & oldid 740664028 categories organisations based in kentnhs hospital trustsnhs foundation trustshealth in kenthidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal 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