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High risk and emergency general surgery is to be moved from two hospitals in Kent because of a lack of surgeons, an NHS trust has said.
All such operations for East Kent will be done at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury from May.
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust also runs the William Harvey in Ashford and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate.
It said it struggled to recruit enough surgical staff for more centres.
All other forms of surgery are unaffected, as are Accident and Emergency and the interim trauma unit.
Day surgery and low risk general surgery will continue at the William Harvey and QEQM.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26233751
All such operations for East Kent will be done at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury from May.
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust also runs the William Harvey in Ashford and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate.
It said it struggled to recruit enough surgical staff for more centres.
All other forms of surgery are unaffected, as are Accident and Emergency and the interim trauma unit.
Day surgery and low risk general surgery will continue at the William Harvey and QEQM.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26233751