News and events

Welcome to our news and events page. Here you’ll find all the latest news from MTW – celebrating and sharing stories of staff success and developments in patient care. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube to keep up to date with the latest news and career opportunities.

From the classroom to ED – how an apprenticeship enabled David Meacham to make a late career change

Kent primary school teacher, David Meacham, has completely changed career at the age of 59, swapping the classroom for a busy A&E department at the top-performing Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) and…

Organ Donation Week: cornea transplant provides the gift of sight

In 2022, aged 15, Kai Cumberland was diagnosed with advanced keratoconus in both eyes, with scarring particularly affecting the vision in his left eye. Under the care of Consultant Ophthalmologist, Mohamed Elalfy, at Maidstone…

Celebrating the gift of life – memorial garden opens at Maidstone Hospital

This Organ Donation Week (26 September to 2 October), a new Organ and Tissue Donation Memorial garden opened at Maidstone Hospital. The quiet green space celebrates the generosity of those who have donated their…

Top cancer centre achieves cancer target for three years in a row

Cancer patients at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) are receiving some of the fastest access to treatment in England as the Trust hits the national standard for treating patients within 62 days…

Trust fundraiser set for London to Lisbon ultra-marathon

For many of us, the idea of getting up to take part in the local Parkrun fills us with dread against the prospect of a Saturday morning lie in. But for Trust fundraiser, Naomi,…

Ophthalmology patient creates special award for staff

It’s always cause for celebration when the outstanding care delivered by teams at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) is recognised with an award, but that recognition is even more special when it…

Roz Yates – an uplifting career of working with living death to dying life

At a young age, Roz wanted to be an air hostess and fly the globe - though her Mum had other ideas! At a grammar school with a scholarship to public school, her Mum…

Louise Robertson – One nurse relocates to Kent and climbs the career ladder

Louise always wanted to be a nurse and when she was 18, she did an Enrolled Nurse course at Worthing Hospital, qualifying in 1986. Louise says, “From about the age of three I started…

Jo Haworth – From dress-up and play to chief nurse at top performing Kent hospitals

When she was a little girl Jo Haworth used to dress up as a nurse and get her grandad to be her patient. Today she is the chief nurse at one of the top…

Sarah Kray – From Healthcare Assistant to Ward Manager

The Kent & Sussex hospital closed in 2011 and the new Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened, which later became part of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. It was the first NHS hospital to provide…

Olivia Rainbow – Ward Manager at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Young high flyer moves up the nursing career ladder in Kent Kent born Olivia Rainbow was inspired to be a nurse by her family. Her mum is a midwife, and her dad also has…

Setting the standard for healthcare excellence

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…

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