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Endoscopy team shortlisted for prestigious national Health Service Journal Awards. The COVID-19 pandemic presented huge challenges for the Endoscopy team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) but also provided an important opportunity…

Patients in the Kent Oncology Centre are receiving some of the fastest treatment in the country but now also with increased state-of-the-art equipment after the first patients were treated with the new Halcyon machine…

Children with complex physical or learning needs and their families were guests at a fun day at Maidstone Hospital on Friday 29 July, hosted by paediatric orthopaedic teams. The children invited to take part…

Midwives and staff from Crowborough Birthing Centre were joined by the Friends of Crowborough Hospital, local MP Nusrat Ghani and new parents and their babies at a celebration this week. The event marked 25…

Richard Flood, Senior Radiographer at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), has become the first practising radiographer in the UK to complete the level 1 HCSE (Health Care Systems Engineering*) qualification. With improving…

Intensive Care Unit teams at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) have been recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for their contribution to vital health and care research…

Local resident Ric had a total hip replacement with the Orthopaedic Team and walked out of Maidstone Hospital just six hours after surgery thanks to a relatively new technique of minimally invasive surgery. This…

On Saturday 2 July, William O’Shea and friend Darren Reeves ran an extraordinary 60km from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London to Tunbridge Wells Hospital and raised £12,000 to support the Neonatal Unit (NNU)…

An ancient mummified Egyptian head has been examined using a computed tomography (CT) scanner at Maidstone Hospital revealing the hidden history inside. Gifted in a glass case to the Canterbury Museums and Galleries collection,…

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust implement the region’s first integrated Care Co-ordination Centre, strengthening collaboration between acute and community care. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust…

Meet David – the 1000th patient to undergo specialist treatment for prostate cancer at the Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital. David was given LDR (Low Dose Rate) prostate brachytherapy, a treatment for localised prostate…

A new international stroke rehabilitation trial which aims to identify best practice in reducing disability after stroke, has launched at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW). Four evidence-based mobility therapies will be delivered…