News

Another snowy day here at Medway Maritime Hospital. Despite this, we are working hard to continue to provide our full range of emergency and urgent care.

Our Public Board meeting scheduled to take place tomorrow (1 March) has been postponed.

We are continuing to prioritise urgent care as adverse weather shows no sign of stopping.

The Trust is continuing to provide a full range of emergency and urgent care, including surgery, as well as planned procedures and outpatients appointments for cancer patients and other urgent cases.

Severe weather forecast for the South East could cause major health risks and Kent County Council is reminding residents of simple steps to help vulnerable friends, families and neighbours.

The consultation asks for your views on proposals to establish new 24/7 hyper acute stroke units (HASU) in Kent and Medway. 

Three out of the five possible options include keeping stroke services in Medway. If you want to ensure stroke services remain in your local hospital, it is vital you take part in the consultation.

Two members of Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s maternity team were crowned winners of the ‘Midwifery Innovation Award’ at the inaugural Maternity and Midwifery Festival Awards in London on Tuesday 13 February 2018.

From Monday 19 February, we will be launching a brand new checking in system for our patients attending Outpatients areas 1-3.

We’re looking for crafty knitters to join our Knit-a-Chick Campaign and make these friendly chicks, whose tummies are filled with a tasty chocolate egg. Please put your needles to work and knit up as many little chicks as you can. Chicks can be as colourful as you please; the quirkier, the better!

Further details about a proposal to establish three new ‘hyper acute’ stroke units in Kent and Medway have been announced