News

Our society currently faces threats and challenges the like of which we have not seen in peacetime. This will require a community response that sees us act as one. The NHS is working in a unified way across Kent and Medway to ensure that as the pandemic unfolds we are able to provide care to patients by using the skills and commitment of our staff to the maximum.

In line with guidance from NHS England we have updated our visiting policy with immediate effect from Thursday 26 March 2020. Visiting is suspended until further notice.

The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.

Announcement of COVID-19 related death

COVID-19: necessary changes to our visiting policy

Are you an Allied Health Professional seeking a new opportunities or a return to practice? Join our team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust!

The High Court has today (Friday 21 February 2020) emphatically ruled in favour of the NHS in Kent and Medway over the decision to establish ‘hyper acute stroke units’ (HASUs) at Darent Valley Hospital, Maidstone Hospital and William Harvey Hospital. 

The Chair of Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Stephen Clark, whose term of office comes to an end in March 2020, has been thanked for all he has done for the hospital.

A man from Medway has thanked an off-duty employee from Medway Maritime Hospital for ‘’saving his life’’ after his heart stopped for seven minutes following a cardiac arrest.