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MORE than 2,000 people – includ- ing almost 300 children – have been onKent’swheelchairwaiting list for more than 18weeks (and some for a year), causing concern among carers and Kent’s Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The service is provided forKent’s


eight CCGs by Millbrook Health- care,which inherited in 2017 await- ing list of people with complex needs. Demandfor specialistwheel- chairs is higher than expected. Kent’s CCGs are to advance


£275,815 to Millbrook, with condi- tions, to try to resolve problems.


999 call delays


LATESTfigures (for July) showlocal ambulances missing the national target for all four categories. The target for life-threatening calls


was missed by one minute 19 sec- onds, for other emergencies by one minute 30 seconds, for urgent calls by one hour, 34minutes and 35 sec- onds andfor non-urgent calls by one hour, 34minutes and 20 seconds.


Eating disorders


WESTKentCCGhas commissioned an all-age eating disorder pathway, with the children’s service working with the adult service.


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Hospitals ‘failing’ to meet vital care targets


PRESSURES on local hospitals are growing,with key national targets missed. The latest reports byGP-ledNHS


West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) showMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital Trust is seriously missing more than one important cancer target, plus both A&E and referral to treatment tar- gets. The greatest concern is about de-


lays in 62-day cancer treatment im- pacting patients, with urgent GP referrals having their first definitive treatment. The national target is 85%, but in the last fourmonths the trust has achieved only 64.93%. The CCG and the trust are now


working closely with NHS regula- tors on recovery plans and weekly meetings are being held. An im- provement to 65.55% was achieved in the latest recordedmonth. The trust is increasing clinic and


diagnostics capacity, and clinicians are developing an evidence-based tool for patient harmreviews.


The percentage of patients with


suspected cancer referred urgently byGPs to be seenwithin twoweeks has fallen to 85.54% against the na- tional target of 93%. The national target for A&E for


admitting, transferring or discharg- ing patientss within four hours of


arrival is 95% and the trust’s per- formance for the first four months of the yearwas 92.76%, 92%, 93.81% and 92.73%. The broader referral to treatment


target (within 18weeks) is 92%and the trust has achieved 82.99%across the first fourmonths of its year.


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