cases, the cost of a permit was planned to rise by over £500. One staff member reported that "Every day on the news there's somebody slagging off the NHS. Nobody ever says anything nice about us. No wonder morale is low here." In 2021, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was fined £733,000 for failures in the case of Harry Richford after an inquest found his death in 2017 was "wholly avoidable". He was transferred to the intensive neonatal unit at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, but later died. In 2022, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust apologised to a grieving mother who was told in 2021 that her baby was dead, then alive, before it died hours later. See also Healthcare in Kent List of hospitals in England References External links William Harvey Hospital Spencer Private Hospitals Hospital buildings completed in 1977 Hospitals in Kent Ashford, Kent NHS hospitals in England