News
- Award joy for hospital radio volunteer
- Couple’s heart-warming book donation to help grieving families
- Public welcome to share in bringing our new Clinical Strategy to life
- Doctor’s chance visit to staff gym saves hospital volunteer’s life
- Marking World Parkinson’s Day
- Vote now for new Public Governors to represent patients
- Hospital charity seeks adventurous fundraisers
- Our spring edition of News@Medway is here!
- Share your stories and photos to mark 25th anniversary
- Makeover creates calming environment for relatives and staff on Critical Care Unit
- Support programme for newly registered healthcare professionals receives national recognition
- Research helps advance treatment for kidney cancer
- How virtual reality technology is helping patients stay calm during medical procedures
- ‘A simple blood test really could save your life’
- Book donation brings reading joy to young patients
- Gold award for commitment to joint replacement surgery
- National recognition for healthcare support workers
- Medway anaesthetists praised for high-quality care
- Therapy pony George is ‘mane’ attraction at hospital
- Funding by Medway League of Friends benefits patients
- New online patient engagement portal available in Medway
- Double digit celebration for hospital nursery
- ‘Paw-some’ new recruits join hospital’s frailty unit
- New double cots help keep premature triplets and twins side-by-side
- Sheppey Frailty Unit celebrates its first anniversary
- Engaging with our community
- Virtual ward praised for boosting patient’s recovery at home
- Trust receives NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award
- News@Medway – winter edition out now!
- Public urged to use services wisely during industrial action
- Gillingham Football Club’s Christmas visit to children’s wards
- Family’s toy donation set to brighten poorly children’s Christmas
- Inspirational nurse marks NHS half-century
- Tell us where we most need to improve in 2024
- Young cancer patient’s double celebration marks the end of her treatment
- Children light up Medway Maritime Hospital for Christmas
- Long-serving worker speaks on living with a hidden disability and NHS career journey
- Free meals introduced for parents and carers of inpatients on children’s ward
- Hepatology service gains important liver accreditation
- Membership and Events Survey
- Christmas wishlist to bring smiles to patients this Christmas
- Preparing for winter: Help us care for you
- Patient Initiated Requests to Move Provider (PIDMAS)
- Medway Mayor opens hospital cafe and shop
- Couple donates memorial bears to help other grieving parents
- Patients benefit from new Community Diagnostic Centre
- New robot for pharmacy department – update
- Swimming club members taught life-saving skills by hospital staff
- Student reunited with staff who saved her life 18 years ago
- Surgical team carries out ‘high intensity’ adenotonsillectomy surgery day
- Virtual public event, Wednesday 15 November at 6pm
- Knit for Christmas to help raise vital funds for Medway Hospital Charity
- Trust participation in respiratory research study helps reduce infant admissions to hospital
- Launching Patients Know Best
- Views sought on Trust’s Digital, Data and Technology Strategy
- Trust awarded Freedom of the Borough of Medway
- School children taught lifesaving resuscitation skills by hospital staff
- News@Medway – autumn edition out now!
- Trust announces departure of Chair Jo Palmer
- Annual Members’ Meeting: A year in review
- Trust to host supplier event on 2 October
- Doctor appeals to people in Kent and Medway to give the gift of life
- Apprenticeship success for Lucy
- New Picture Archiving and Communications System improves patient experience
- Ward makeover improves patient experience
- Trust produces first home-grown occupational therapists
- New robot for pharmacy department – temporary change
- Trust proudly celebrates Medway Pride
- Patients set to benefit from new Medway and Swale Community Diagnostic Centres
- Reducing pressure in your hospital
- New maternal mental health service launched to help families ‘thrive’ after birth trauma or perinatal loss
- Innovative Pharmacy project shortlisted for major award
- Cancer patient’s joy on regaining the sound of his voice
- Welcoming our new junior doctors
- Join us at our Annual Members’ Meeting
- Raising awareness of hepatitis
- Our Summer Fun Day is back!
- Trust’s Communications Team named finalists at major industry awards
- Dental nurse trains to become Trust’s first orthodontic therapist
- Historic agreement as organisations pledge to work together to transform Medway
- Trust chosen to offer specialist critical care training to midwives across the South East
- Staff attend special service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate NHS 75
- Trust stalwart reflects on 75th year of the NHS
- Thousands more doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in the South East
- Rainbow day fundraisers kick-off to mark NHS anniversary!
- News@Medway – summer edition out now!
- Patients, and their loved ones and carers, encouraged to give feedback to help improve Trust’s services
- Trust triumphs at NHS Parliamentary Awards after patient safety improvements
- Trust Announces Partnership with TeleTracking Technologies to Implement a Care Co-ordination Centre
- Recognising our volunteers during Volunteers’ Week
- Recruitment drive under way for volunteers at Sheppey
- Trust receives Veteran Aware accreditation
- Midwife receives national award for improving care for pregnant people with learning disabilities
- Two Macmillan Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists’ work recognised at special event
- Family Fun Day raises more than £11,000 for hospital playroom
- Volunteers needed for new Sheppey Frailty Unit
- Special cot helps grieving parents make memories
- Medway Annual Staff Award 2022 winners revealed
- Trust continues to provide good maternity services for patients
- Trust café to re-open to public
- Patient reunited with off-duty nurse who saved his life while on the school run
- Patients’ praise for new Sheppey Frailty Unit
- Getting to know the SMART Team
- New edition of News@Medway – Medway NHS Foundation Trust magazine
- Trust launches UK’s first Namaste care service
- Neonatal team plays vital role in NeoCLEAR research study success
- Change to face mask policy – effective Monday 20 March
- Have your say on how we can transform services for the next 10 years
- New Women’s Staff Network launched on International Women’s Day by Trust
- Overseas NHS Workers’ Day – Friday 3 March 2023
- League of Friends shop refurbishment
- Ward undergoes £1.4 million makeover to improve patient experience
- New end of life scheme introduced to promote dignity, respect and compassion
- Help us create Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s Research and Innovation strategy
- Consultant’s idea leads to new Beano comic strip being created to help children prepare for surgery
- Earthquakes in Turkey/Syria border region
- Two-year-old former cancer patient rings bell to mark end of treatment
- First home grown qualified midwives set to take up new posts at Trust
- Support from Medway League of Friends benefits patients
- New free app to help patients wait less for urgent NHS care
- Update on planned industrial action – Thursday 26 January 2023
- Providing care closer to home for frail patients in Sheppey
- Can you help improve health care in Medway and Swale?
- Advice for patients seeking emergency care during latest industrial action
- Trust launches new patient safety initiative
- Help us to get your loved ones home
- Trust statement from Jayne Black, Chief Executive
- Trust declares Critical Incident and announces measures to protect patient safety
- Hospital introduces disposable head coverings for theatre staff
- Parents speak about the ‘amazing’ care provided to their premature babies by the Oliver Fisher Baby Care Unit to mark World Prematurity Day
- Cancer patients reveal the benefits of minimally invasive surgery
- Give a gift this Christmas to support your local hospital
- New community diagnostics centres announced for Medway and Swale
- NHS blood ‘amber alert’ triggered
- Maternity Bereavement Team set to host first in person memorial service for Baby Loss Awareness Week since the pandemic
- New ‘one stop shop’ for patients with learning disabilities and autism
- Changes to car parking charges
- Patients to benefit from new MRI scanner at Medway Maritime Hospital
- Trust announces appointment of new Chief Executive
- New breast screening machine for Medway and Swale women
- A message on World No Tobacco Day
- Life-changing facility for people with severe physical and learning disabilities opens at hospital
- Celebrating International Nurses’ Day 2022
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust adopts cervical cancer diagnostic tool, ZedScan, within Colposcopy Services
- Trust makes history as cancer care performance soars
- Dental X-ray service is now back up and running
- Unemployed young people invited to apply for jobs at Medway NHS Foundation Trust as part of the Government’s Kickstart scheme
- Easter knitting campaign launched to help raise vital funds for Medway Hospital Charity
- First areas of hospital go live with new electronic patient records system
- Give a gift this Christmas and support your local hospital
- The Medway Hospital Charity launches new weekly lottery draw with make a smile lottery!
- Putting patients in control of their outpatient hospital appointments
- Olympian opens new gym for staff at Medway Maritime Hospital
- Children’s Emergency Department relocation at Medway Maritime Hospital
- Rainham man reunited with consultant who saved his life as a baby
- New service means quicker assessment for potential surgical patients
- Improving inpatient mental health care in Kent and Medway: Public consultation launched on proposals to relocate older adult’s inpatient ward
- Is the Emergency Department the most appropriate place for your care?
- New ‘blood spinning’ treatment hailed by first Kent patient
- Hospital shines purple for World Prematurity Day
- Celebrating AHP Day 2020 – Get to know our Allied Health Professionals
- Maternity records are going digital!
- Trust announces appointment of Chief Nursing and Quality Officer
- Important changes to Imaging Department
- Hospital menu given gourmet makeover
- Spotlight on Clostridium difficile (C.diff)
- Introducing…Medway League of Friends
- Kevin celebrates 55 years of good health with diabetes
- Grow my brain gives babies the best start in life
- Support our blanket appeal
- Mothers rate Medway as one of top Trusts for maternity care
- Team Maia – a positive experience for inducing labour
- Medway Chief Executive to depart
- Consider your options – there are several alternatives to A&E
- WATCH: Dr David Sulch talks about improving stroke services in Kent and Medway
- Look after yourself in the cold weather
- Medway launches innovative robotic surgery
- New programme helps cut emergency surgery waits
- Housekeeping heroes
- Medway aims for brilliant!
- Hello, my name is…
- All change for our surgical wards
- Medway launches new service to improve experience for frail elderly patients
- Medway Hospital unveils newly-refurbished nursing accommodation
- New minor injuries unit
Services
- Women’s Health
- Birth Reflections
- Learning disabilities – support for patients
- Virtual Fracture Clinic
- About our maternity services
- Safeguarding
- Occupational Therapy
- Procurement Services
- CT scans
- Diagnostic Services
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Prehabilitation Service – MeFit
- Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) appointments
- Contact the Maternity Team
- Postnatal Care
- Where to have your baby
- Antenatal care
- Congratulations! You’re pregnant
- Maternity
- Rapid Access Clinic for Elderly
- Children’s Emergency Department
- Radiology
- Interventional Radiology
- Vascular Surgery
- Audiology
- Macmillan Cancer Care Unit
- Cancer Services
- Critical Care
- Organ Donation
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Medway and Swale Children’s and Young People’s Diabetes Service
- Breast Care Unit
- Pathology
- X-ray – plain film
- MRI Scans
- Samples and labelling
- Urogynaecology
- Haematology
- Gynaecology
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic
- Blood tests (phlebotomy)
- Community Paediatric Service for Swale
- Dementia support
- Children and Young People
- Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Orthotics
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Patients Know Best
- Ultrasound
- Urology
- Surgical Services
- Respiratory Medicine
- Orthodontics
- Plaster Room
- Pharmacy
- Neurology
- Hepatology
- Endoscopy
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes
- Pain Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Thoracic medicine
- Emergency Department
- Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- Cardiology
- Cardio respiratory
- Namaste Care
- Call 4 Concern
- Anaesthestics
- Acute Medical Unit
FOI
- FOI 7381 – Allied Health Professionals (AHP) job planning
- FOI 8050 – Data Access Request
- FOI 7322 – Robotic Process Automation (RPA)/Intelligent Automation Technology
- FOI 8083 – Print Management
- FOI 7673 – Teleradiology Services
- FOI 7332 – hybrid, blended, agile or smarter working arrangements
- FOI 7276 – Information regarding Lung Cancer Treatment
- FOI 7374 – Histopathology Labs that run Immunohistochemistry diagnostic testing
- FOI 8299 – Agency usage in Occupational Therapy
- FOI 7409 – NSCLC patients treated with various drugs
- FOI 6745 – relating to Maternal Request Caesarean Section
- FOI 8183 – Specialist Tier 3 Weight Management Service
- FOI 7790 – Local Treatment Guidelines Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- FOI 7115 – Biologic drugs in Gastroenterology
- FOI 7354 – Sepsis Management
- FOI 7402 – Patients treated with various drugs for migraine
- FOI 7340 – data for the CCG2 CQUIN scheme
- FOI 7548 – Haemophilia
- FOI 7081 – Injection spiking
- FOI 7271 – Patients treated by the Trust
- FOI 7385 – usage of somatropins
- FOI 7344 – ASD waiting times
- FOI 7395 – HIMMS EMRAM Level
- FOI 7959 – COVID Admissions in ICU/HDU
- FOI 7273 – Information with regards to Melanoma treatment
- FOI 7379 – Hypoxic Challenge Testing
- FOI 8031 – Annual Spend for Suppliers
- FOI 6850 – Datix process, management and investigation
- FOI 7658 – Teleradiology Services, Artificial Intelligence, PACS and RIS
- FOI 7131 – Iron therapy in anaemia drugs used and patient numbers
- FOI 7928 – Pest Control
- FOI 7420 – PAS Contract
- FOI 8014 – Rota Software
- FOI 7274 – Breast Cancer Treatment
- FOI 7272 – Information regarding Jakavi
- FOI 7661 – Outsourced Teleradiology Reporting Services
- FOI 7270 – EPR and Patient Administration System
- FOI 6716 – Car Leasing, Grey Fleet and Salary Sacrifice Schemes
- FOI 8389 – Patient A&E waits
- FOI 8637 – Number of clinical procedures
- FOI 8598 – Translation Costs
- FOI 8275 – Spend on paper, postage, printers, scanner
- FOI 8277 – Maternity and Trust Systems
- FOI 8330 – Cancer appointments cancelled due to industrial action
- FOI 8760 – PACS and RIS
- FOI 8137 – Agency Staff Spend
- FOI 8425 – Diagnostic Endoscopy Waiting Times in the South East
- FOI 8104 – Intraosseous blood samples
- FOI 8685 – Car Parking
- FOI 7957 – Menopause Clinics
- FOI 7495 – Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management Services
