News

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

We’re delighted our hospital has been chosen as the charity partner for Medway Sport’s Big Splash swimathon on Sunday 21 January. This year all money raised will be donated to The Medway NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund so we’re urging staff, patients and supporters to sign up and get sponsorship.

You may have heard in the national media that the NHS may need to cancel appointments in order to cope with the current pressures. We are currently working through this advice and actively assessing the number of planned outpatient appointments and operations we can carry out over this period.

If you’re unwell this Christmas or New Year, think carefully about where to go for advice and treatment, so you can receive the right treatment – quickly.

Artwork installed in Medway Maritime Hospital commemorating organ donors has won a coveted Gold Award in the FESPA International Printing Awards, held in Hamburg. .

You can help us keep the hospital running effectively by choosing the most appropriate care provider if you are unwell.

The Trust held a very special event to officially welcome its newest member of staff – a surgical robot called da Vinci. Unsurprisingly, da Vinci was the star of the show, even cutting its own official opening ribbon!

In September, around 100 staff, governors, volunteers, members and stakeholders came together at Canterbury Christ Church university’s Medway campus for the Annual General Meeting to mark an extremely successful year for the Trust.