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| C.difficile bosses 'should quit' | C.difficile bosses 'should quit' |
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| A call has been made for the resignation of the chair and entire board of the crisis-ridden Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. | A call has been made for the resignation of the chair and entire board of the crisis-ridden Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. |
| Kent County Council's (KCC) Paul Carter made the comment ahead of a meeting with health trust officials to discuss the clostridium difficile outbreak. | |
| But Kent Air Ambulance said it had now resumed flights to Maidstone Hospital four days after they were suspended. | |
| A Healthcare Commission report said 90 people died due to infection outbreaks. | A Healthcare Commission report said 90 people died due to infection outbreaks. |
| The health trust - which runs Maidstone Hospital, the Kent and Sussex Hospital and Pembury Hospital - came under fire on Thursday when a "litany" of errors was cited in its handling of C.difficile between 2004 and 2006. | The health trust - which runs Maidstone Hospital, the Kent and Sussex Hospital and Pembury Hospital - came under fire on Thursday when a "litany" of errors was cited in its handling of C.difficile between 2004 and 2006. |
| Crisis 'support' | Crisis 'support' |
| A public meeting of KCC's cabinet on Monday morning was due to be attended by Glenn Douglas, the interim trust chief executive, and Steve Phoenix, chief executive of the West Kent Primary Care Trust. | A public meeting of KCC's cabinet on Monday morning was due to be attended by Glenn Douglas, the interim trust chief executive, and Steve Phoenix, chief executive of the West Kent Primary Care Trust. |
| Mr Carter said the report into the C.difficile deaths made "appalling reading". | Mr Carter said the report into the C.difficile deaths made "appalling reading". |
| And he said he felt the C.difficile bug scandal would make recruiting nurses more difficult. | |
| "I think it's now a case of everybody delivering public services pulling together to help and support when a crisis occurs." | "I think it's now a case of everybody delivering public services pulling together to help and support when a crisis occurs." |
| And he said he wanted to see the health trust chair and board quitting, "an injection of additional public money" from Health Secretary Alan Johnson, and monthly inspection visits "to make sure the right disciplines and regimes are instilled very quickly". | And he said he wanted to see the health trust chair and board quitting, "an injection of additional public money" from Health Secretary Alan Johnson, and monthly inspection visits "to make sure the right disciplines and regimes are instilled very quickly". |
| Mr Carter has also made an offer of "significant management experience" from the county council to support the recovery of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. | Mr Carter has also made an offer of "significant management experience" from the county council to support the recovery of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. |
| Kent Air Ambulance Trust boycotted Maidstone Hospital on the day of the report, saying it was "deeply concerned". | |
| It said on Monday it had now received a personal assurance from Candy Morris, chief executive of South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, that it was safe to take patients to Maidstone. | |
| The Kent and Sussex and Pembury hospitals do not have helipads. |