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KentOnline Podcast: A&E waiting times at worst ever level

14:45, 09 January 2020

updated: 14:45, 09 January 2020

Accident and Emergency departments recorded their worst ever performance in December.

Here in Kent, just 75% of patients were seen within four hours - well below the government target of 95%.

People are also having to wait longer than they did in December 2018 - back then 83% were treated within that all important window.

Also in today's episode: tributes have been to a man who worked in Dartford and was killed in the Iran plane crash and Macmillan say there aren't enough NHS staff in Kent to help patients with cancer.

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