Podcast: Damning report reveals staff were not wearing PPE correctly on a Covid ward at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford

2020-10-07

A damning report has revealed staff on a Covid ward at a Kent hospital were not wearing PPE correctly. Other workers at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford were seen not using alcohol hand gel when entering and leaving wards where patients suspected of having coronavirus were being treated. Hear from the watchdog that sent inspects to the hospital in August and from a widow who's convinced her husband died after contracting Covid-19 while being treated there for a broken leg. Also in the...

A damning report has revealed staff on a Covid ward at a Kent hospital were not wearing PPE correctly.

Other workers at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford were seen not using alcohol hand gel when entering and leaving wards where patients suspected of having coronavirus were being treated.

Hear from the watchdog that sent inspects to the hospital in August and from a widow who's convinced her husband died after contracting Covid-19 while being treated there for a broken leg.

Also in the podcast - Kent doesn't have a single 5* hotel - we've been speaking to a leading tourism boss.

And we've got reaction following Gillingham's defeat last night in the EFL Trophy.

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