Twelve-hour corridor waits at a Kent hospitals trust are now the third worst in England as hundreds of patients continue to endure lengthy delays. Alarming new figures show East Kent Hospitals (EKH), which runs A&E departments in Margate and Ashford, is struggling with the persistent strain on its services. Last month, 1,085 emergency patients were left waiting half a day or more to be admitted to a ward, with only two trusts nationally – in Birmingham and Sussex – reporting higher numbers. The county’s other three trusts had a combined 845 waits, with Medway recording 661, Dartford and Graves…