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.

Care Co-ordination Centre expands to support community health

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…

1,000th patient receives specialist cancer treatment

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…

Stroke rehabilitation trial success for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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…

The power of nature: new ICU garden offers respite for patients

Intensive care staff are using the joy of being outdoors to help critically ill patients recover, as a new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) garden, offering patients and their families a safe, tranquil place to…

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust announced as new endoscopy training hub for Kent and Medway

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has been confirmed as the endoscopy training hub for Kent and Medway, part of the South East Academy. The Trust has also been awarded JAG* training provider…

Right care, right place, right time: MTW are NHS Parliamentary Awards regional champions

A highly successful automated bed management system that allows MTW to significantly improve bed turnaround times and provide patients with the right care, in the right place, at the right time, has been selected…

Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing and Midwifery recruitment event: 8 July

Date: 8 July Time: Arrival at 9.00am, day ends at 1.00pm. Location: Discharge Lounge, Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tonbridge Road, Pembury, TN2 4QJ We will be hosting an Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing and Midwifery recruitment…

Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing and Midwifery recruitment event: 11 November

Date: 11 November Time: Arrival at 9.00am, day ends at 1.00pm. Location: Education Centre, Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tonbridge Road, Pembury, TN2 4QJ We will be hosting an Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing and Midwifery…

Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing recruitment event: 30 September

Date: 30 September Time: Arrival at 9.00am, day ends at 1.00pm. Location: Academic Centre, Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9QQ We will be hosting an Adult and Paediatric Registered Nursing recruitment event on…

MTW staff sing to millions on Britain’s Got Talent

Huge congratulations to Nicki Pointer, Clinical Site Manager and Zena Bailey, Emergency Medicine Doctor who, along with their singing peers representing frontline workers from health, social care, police, fire and education as well as…

Developing cancer care at Maidstone Hospital – local MP opens new facilities

Patients receiving care at the Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital are now using streamlined ‘super clinic’ services after Helen Grant, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, officially opened the Oncology Outpatients Suite on…

Hear from Jo Haworth, our Chief nurse at MTW…

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…

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