News

From Tuesday 2 May, the Trust’s deli and coffee counter Below Deck Galley, will re-open to the public.

The CQC inspected maternity services at Medway Maritime Hospital in December 2022 looking at the areas of safe and well-led. We are pleased they found continuing good practice and made no change to their rating of Good.

Two initiatives introduced recently in Medway and Swale are helping cut waiting times in the Emergency Department at Medway Maritime Hospital, and enabling some patients to receive inpatient care closer to home.

A pensioner whose heart stopped for 10 minutes has personally thanked the off-duty nurse who helped to save his life after she found him collapsed while she was on the school run. 

Medway NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new Sheppey Frailty Unit at Sheppey Community Hospital in Minster, and patients have been quick to praise the new service which provides care closer to home for people from Sheppey and Sittingbourne. 

The Surgical, Medical and Acute Recovery Team – known as the SMART Team – is responsible for making sure the virtual ward in Medway runs smoothly for up to 30 patients.

Results of a study in new born babies to determine whether a ‘best’ technique, either sitting or lying down, could be identified to achieve a successful lumbar puncture have been published thanks to participation from the Neonatal Team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust has become the first acute Trust in the UK to introduce a Namaste care service in a hospital setting.

We are delighted to share the latest edition (Spring 2023) of our Trust magazine, News@Medway!

In line with national guidance, and Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s living with Covid plans, we are reducing the need for disposable face masks to be worn in some areas of Medway Maritime Hospital.