Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the south east of England. The Trust was legally established on 14 February 2000 and provides a full range of general hospital services, and some areas of specialist complex care to around 560,000 people living in the south of West Kent and the north of East Sussex. The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs, and it operates from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. The latter is a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospital and provides wholly single bedded en-suite accommodation for in-patients. The Trust employs a team of over 5000 full and part-time staff. In addition, the Trust provides specialist cancer services to around 1.8 million people across Kent, Hastings and Rother, via the Kent Oncology Centre, which is sited at Maidstone Hospital, and at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury. The Trust also provides outpatient clinics across a wide range of locations in Kent and East Sussex. For the latest information about our visitor policy, please visit www.mtw.nhs.uk/2021/08/latest-information-on-the-coronavirus/

On 16 September 2024, the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre opened its doors to patients.The first patient was admitted...
19/09/2025

On 16 September 2024, the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre opened its doors to patients.

The first patient was admitted for knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus and was ready to go home later that day.

Since then, the centre has

🏥 treated over 3,000 patients
📺 featured on BBC Kent
✅achieved NHS England Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) surgical hub accreditation
..all in its first year!

The team celebrated this week with a birthday cake and a scrapbook of photos showing the centre’s journey from building site to accredited elective surgical hub.

Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mr Lee David said: “This time last year we welcomed the first patients and since then the centre has gone from strength to strength.

"We achieved GIRFT accreditation in less than a year – receiving excellent feedback following our assessment – and have helped thousands of people regain their mobility and independence through planned orthopaedic surgery.

“We’re continuing to make improvements for our patients and look forward to seeing what achievements next year will bring."

Thank you to Rapid Relief Team UK for recognising our amazing Emergency Department teams at Maidstone Hospital yesterday...
18/09/2025

Thank you to Rapid Relief Team UK for recognising our amazing Emergency Department teams at Maidstone Hospital yesterday! 💙

RRT are launching an A&E Appreciation Week next month for emergency department staff across the country.

Ahead of the national campaign, they hosted an event at Maidstone Hospital, treating our ED teams to coffee and doughnuts! ☕🍩

Vince Crane, Team Leader for RRT Maidstone, said "As a national organisation, we hear of the many pressures A&E departments face across the country.

"The regional RRT team were delighted to host this event for the ED teams at Maidstone Hospital, to show our appreciation for the incredible work they do in caring for patients, day in and day out."

Thank you RRT for your support, and to our fantastic ED teams for everything you do! 👏

🏃‍♀️ A group of incredible consultant oncologists are taking on the Kent Downs 50km Ultra Challenge!Jennifer Glendenning...
16/09/2025

🏃‍♀️ A group of incredible consultant oncologists are taking on the Kent Downs 50km Ultra Challenge!

Jennifer Glendenning, Catherine Harper-Wynne, Gemma Hegarty, Rema Jyothirmayi, Lorna Kviat, Gemma McCormick and Jenny Pang spend their days delivering treatment to cancer patients.

⛰️ On Saturday 11 October they’ll be swapping treatments for trainers and delivering high doses of willpower, team work and blister plasters as they tackle 50km of hills, trails and questionable weather!

They’re raising funds for our Kent Oncology Centre to support innovations such as surface-guided, tattooless radiotherapy treatment, via our MTW Hospitals Charity .

🏥 Your donations will make a difference to cancer patients and ensure we can continue to offer innovative radiotherapy care and treatment.

Show your support and sponsor them today! ➡️ www.justgiving.com/team/50kmchallengeforkentoncologycentre

‘What Matters to Me’ listening events are a chance for patients, families, and carers to share their experiences of usin...
15/09/2025

‘What Matters to Me’ listening events are a chance for patients, families, and carers to share their experiences of using our cancer services.

Your feedback will help us improve the quality of our services and ensure we continue to provide some of the fastest access to cancer care in the country.

Patients, families and carers are welcome to join our drop-in session at Maidstone Hospital on 17 September, 10.30am - 12pm

Find out more: https://ow.ly/ux5q50WIfZI

A family has donated a fold-out visitors' bed to a ward at Maidstone Hospital in memory of a much-loved husband and fath...
15/09/2025

A family has donated a fold-out visitors' bed to a ward at Maidstone Hospital in memory of a much-loved husband and father, saying they were “deeply grateful” to the staff who cared for him during his final days.

Bryan Douglas was well known locally for his involvement in business and community life in Maidstone. He died in September last year and spent his final days on Peale Ward, where his family stayed by his side throughout.

The new fold-out bed, donated to our MTW Hospitals Charity , will be kept on the ward and used by family members who wish to stay overnight.

His wife and daughters say the gift is their way of giving back to the ward and helping other families in the same situation.

"When Bryan was admitted unexpectedly, it quickly became clear how important it was to him - and to us - to be by his side.

"We stayed with him throughout the week...one of the members of staff, kindly tracked down and arranged for us to use one of the hospital’s visitor beds.

"That simple act brought comfort we badly needed, and made the physical strain of those days a little easier to bear.

"We hope this bed donated in Bryan’s memory offers others even a little of the support we so desperately needed and were so grateful to receive.”

✨ Highlights in September's Patient First newsletter:📈 we’re one of the top performing trusts in the new NHS England Nat...
14/09/2025

✨ Highlights in September's Patient First newsletter:

📈 we’re one of the top performing trusts in the new NHS England National Oversight Framework

✅ elective surgical hub accreditation for the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre

🏥 the official opening of the Hounsfield Unit and the Franklin Unit at the West Kent Community Diagnostic Centre

❤️ the heroic actions of our Head of Nursing for Safe Staffing, Jules

🤖 ITV news’ coverage of the Gynaecology Theatre teams using robot-assisted surgery to transform endometriosis care for patients.

Read about the amazing work our teams do, day in, day out – sign up at www.mtw.nhs.uk/patient-first

13/09/2025

"This technology transforms care completely for the patient."

👀 Did you catch us on ITV News Meridian on Thursday?

The report featured the amazing work of our teams who are bringing the latest robot-assisted surgery technology to our patients.

A diagnostic centre which has provided 200,000 tests since opening just two years ago was celebrated at an event in Maid...
12/09/2025

A diagnostic centre which has provided 200,000 tests since opening just two years ago was celebrated at an event in Maidstone today.

The West Kent Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Hermitage Court near Maidstone Hospital, delivers CT, MRI, DEXA, X-ray, ultrasound, phlebotomy, and respiratory and cardiology diagnostics.

It sees around 149,000 patients a year, ranking it among the top ten in England for test volume.

The CDC opened its first building, now known as the Franklin Unit, in 2023, and the Hounsfield Unit opened its doors to patients earlier this year.

Both have been named after pioneers in diagnostic imaging, Dr Rosalind Franklin and Godfrey Hounsfield, and were opened today by Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE MD FRCP, who chairs the Care Quality Commission and the UK National Screening Committee.

Operating away from busy hospital settings, community diagnostic centres reduce waiting times, speed up diagnoses, alleviate patient anxiety and enable quicker treatment starts.

Read more: https://ow.ly/675V50WVMqa

Earlier this week, ITV News Meridian visited Maidstone Hospital to meet Consultant Gynaecologist and Endometriosis Speci...
11/09/2025

Earlier this week, ITV News Meridian visited Maidstone Hospital to meet Consultant Gynaecologist and Endometriosis Specialist, Mr Ahmed El Gohari, and see him perform surgery using one of our state-of-the-art surgical robots.

Over 400 patients have already benefited from robot-assisted surgery across multiple specialties, and the technology is helping transform care for women with endometriosis and other gynaecological conditions.

📺 Watch the broadcast tonight on ITV Meridian News at 6pm.

It’s Emergency Services Day and a chance to thank our colleagues at Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS ...
09/09/2025

It’s Emergency Services Day and a chance to thank our colleagues at Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex, Kent Search & Rescue and all the volunteers who support them.

To make sure we are prepared for real emergencies, our MTW Emergency Planning team works closely with our 999 partners all year round, testing our procedures so we can keep everyone safe in a real incident.

Today gives us a chance to recognise all our emergency services partners who put themselves in harm's way to protect others. 💙

🌍 Today is World Physiotherapy Day and this year’s theme focuses on preventing frailty and falls, reminding us it’s neve...
08/09/2025

🌍 Today is World Physiotherapy Day and this year’s theme focuses on preventing frailty and falls, reminding us it’s never too late to start moving more and living well.

Evidence shows physiotherapy and regular physical activity helps reduce the risk of falls while improving wellbeing, quality of life and functional ability in older adults.

From supporting people through rehabilitation after surgery or injury, to helping manage long-term conditions and improving mobility, physiotherapists change lives every day!

Happy World Physiotherapy Day to all our brilliant physiotherapists! 💙

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