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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Frances Woodroffe: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Frances Woodroffe
interim chief operating officer at Medway NHS Foundation Trust
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 15 Nov 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Frances Woodroffe: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- interim chief operating officer at Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 15 Nov 2025
04 On the record · press
What Frances Woodroffe has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- kentonline.co.uk
Where Frances Woodroffe has been quoted
- ‘I've never seen anything like it’: One in three patients wait 12 hours for bed at two Kent trustskentonline.co.uk · 15 Nov 2025
How we found the articles that name Frances Woodroffe: we searched news for these terms.
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“We sincerely apologise to Mr Palmer and his family for the long wait to be admitted to a ward, which was longer than we strive for. Our hospital is very busy as we continue to see a high number of patients in our Emergency Department who need treatment, alongside many patients who are ready to leave us but are waiting for the right support to continue their care elsewhere.”
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