News

The NHS Test and Trace team have made us aware of some disruption to Covid-19 testing capacity across England. 

We are excited to announced that maternity records and notes are going digital! This will allow women access to their notes online, instead of carrying large, paper based maternity notes.

It’s Organ Donation Week from 7 to 13 September and as we can’t come together as we would usually do, we will be holding an informal web chat to discuss the very important and emotive topic of organ donation. Please do join us on Monday 7 September at 6pm for a short presentation.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Murkin as the Trust’s Chief Nursing and Quality Officer following a recruitment process. Jane had previously been in the role in an interim capacity.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is proud to announce the launch of ‘Different Not Less’ – a campaign that aims to improve care for patients with learning disabilities or autism.

Like many other NHS Trusts in the Country, the Emergency Department at Medway Maritime Hospital is experiencing extremely high numbers of attendances. We would urge you to consider other more appropriate and quicker options before visiting the Emergency Department

The Annual Members’ Meeting of Medway NHS Foundation Trust will take place at 6pm on Thursday 17 September. 

Protecting our patients and those who care for them is our top priority at all times, and we are pleased to say that following the implementation of new processes and policies in addition to the social distancing and infection control measures already in place, we are reinstating patient visiting on some wards, with conditions, from Monday 17 August.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is supporting a new campaign, ‘Today is the Day’, which encourages smokers to quit today.

When Sakina Jaffrey wrote to Her Majesty the Queen at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she wasn’t really expecting to receive a reply. Yet last weekend she was delighted and amazed when a thick envelope embossed with the Royal seal landed on her doormat.