Our hospitals
Fordcombe, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust employing a team of more than 8,000 full and part time clinical and non-clinical staff providing a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people. We also provide specialist cancer services to 2 million people across the region through the Kent Oncology Centre, and sexual health services to the population of Kent and Medway.
Our values
Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Hospital is the first NHS hospital in England to provide en-suite, single rooms for all inpatients. The hospital is seen nationally as an example of best practice in the design of patient-safe facilities and has attracted widespread international interest.
It is a designated Trauma Unit, undertakes the Trust’s emergency surgery and is the main site for Women’s and Children’s, and Orthopaedic services. The Education Centre at Tunbridge Wells, with its full resuscitation simulation suite, enables the Trust to offer excellent clinical training. Construction work on a new six-storey medical student accommodation and teaching building is underway.
The hospital is a short distance from Tunbridge Wells town centre and there are good public transport links with buses running to the hospital seven days a week.
Maidstone
Maidstone Hospital is home to the Kent Oncology Centre – the fourth largest oncology service in the country – and the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre.
PET/CT services are located in a dedicated building and there is a rolling programme to upgrade the Linear Accelerator radiotherapy machines. The Hospital has a state-of-the-art birth centre, a dedicated respiratory wards, and an Academic Centre. A new Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, the first of three in Kent and Medway, opened in spring 2024.
Maidstone is also home to the West Kent Community Diagnostic Centre, located at Hermitage Court, which provides CT, MRI, DEXA, X-ray, ultrasound and respiratory and cardiology diagnostics.
The Hospital is a short distance from Maidstone town centre and there are good public transport links. Barming Station, with services into London Victoria, is less than one mile from the Hospital. Buses also run seven days a week and the Trust provides a free shuttle bus between Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals for all staff.
Fordcombe
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in October 2024.
It focusses on planned care and has two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day care beds, diagnostic services including X-ray, MRI, CT and endoscopy, and a number of consultation and treatment rooms.
“MTW is a stand out trust, a friendly organisation, which is reflected in a great patient experience. Our staff are amazing.”
Miles Scott, Chief Executive
