Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
@mtwnhs.bsky.social
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#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
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#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
www.mtw.nhs.uk
Highlights in this month's beautifully wrapped Patient First newsletter!
💝 a generous donation supports cancer patients
🎅 festive magic on Hedgehog Ward
💓 CPR training saves a life
👀 state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment
🎄a Christmas thank you to our volunteers!
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💝 a generous donation supports cancer patients
🎅 festive magic on Hedgehog Ward
💓 CPR training saves a life
👀 state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment
🎄a Christmas thank you to our volunteers!
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December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Highlights in this month's beautifully wrapped Patient First newsletter!
💝 a generous donation supports cancer patients
🎅 festive magic on Hedgehog Ward
💓 CPR training saves a life
👀 state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment
🎄a Christmas thank you to our volunteers!
Sign up: ow.ly/u3F550XIry4
💝 a generous donation supports cancer patients
🎅 festive magic on Hedgehog Ward
💓 CPR training saves a life
👀 state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment
🎄a Christmas thank you to our volunteers!
Sign up: ow.ly/u3F550XIry4
National industrial action by resident doctors takes place from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed.
Please continue to come forward for the care you need.
📲 If you need advice, visit www.111.nhs.uk
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed.
Please continue to come forward for the care you need.
📲 If you need advice, visit www.111.nhs.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
National industrial action by resident doctors takes place from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December.
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed.
Please continue to come forward for the care you need.
📲 If you need advice, visit www.111.nhs.uk
You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed.
Please continue to come forward for the care you need.
📲 If you need advice, visit www.111.nhs.uk
Every penny earned through Wells Health, our private service, stays within the NHS, helping improve care for everyone.
This income is reinvested into frontline care – funding new equipment, improving facilities and helping reduce waiting times for patients.
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This income is reinvested into frontline care – funding new equipment, improving facilities and helping reduce waiting times for patients.
Read more: ow.ly/xwXs50XHgWe
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Every penny earned through Wells Health, our private service, stays within the NHS, helping improve care for everyone.
This income is reinvested into frontline care – funding new equipment, improving facilities and helping reduce waiting times for patients.
Read more: ow.ly/xwXs50XHgWe
This income is reinvested into frontline care – funding new equipment, improving facilities and helping reduce waiting times for patients.
Read more: ow.ly/xwXs50XHgWe
Our next Board meeting is on Thursday 18 December at 9.15am.
Members of the public and staff are welcome to join the meeting in person at the Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital, or on Teams.
The meeting link will be available on our website from the start of next week: ow.ly/jtIX50XGYj9
Members of the public and staff are welcome to join the meeting in person at the Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital, or on Teams.
The meeting link will be available on our website from the start of next week: ow.ly/jtIX50XGYj9
December 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Our next Board meeting is on Thursday 18 December at 9.15am.
Members of the public and staff are welcome to join the meeting in person at the Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital, or on Teams.
The meeting link will be available on our website from the start of next week: ow.ly/jtIX50XGYj9
Members of the public and staff are welcome to join the meeting in person at the Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital, or on Teams.
The meeting link will be available on our website from the start of next week: ow.ly/jtIX50XGYj9
Infection prevention and control awards are presented to departments or individuals showing exemplary practice, and the winners for November were:
⭐ Josly Joseph, Clinical Skills Facilitator at Tunbridge Wells Hospital,
⭐ Lord North Ward at Maidstone Hospital.
Congratulations! 🙌
⭐ Josly Joseph, Clinical Skills Facilitator at Tunbridge Wells Hospital,
⭐ Lord North Ward at Maidstone Hospital.
Congratulations! 🙌
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Infection prevention and control awards are presented to departments or individuals showing exemplary practice, and the winners for November were:
⭐ Josly Joseph, Clinical Skills Facilitator at Tunbridge Wells Hospital,
⭐ Lord North Ward at Maidstone Hospital.
Congratulations! 🙌
⭐ Josly Joseph, Clinical Skills Facilitator at Tunbridge Wells Hospital,
⭐ Lord North Ward at Maidstone Hospital.
Congratulations! 🙌
⚠️ Help protect our most vulnerable patients this winter.
Postpone your visit to patients in our hospitals if you are feeling unwell or have a high temperature.
If you have had sickness or diarrhoea, help reduce the spread of infection by staying at home for 48 hours after symptoms clear.
Postpone your visit to patients in our hospitals if you are feeling unwell or have a high temperature.
If you have had sickness or diarrhoea, help reduce the spread of infection by staying at home for 48 hours after symptoms clear.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
⚠️ Help protect our most vulnerable patients this winter.
Postpone your visit to patients in our hospitals if you are feeling unwell or have a high temperature.
If you have had sickness or diarrhoea, help reduce the spread of infection by staying at home for 48 hours after symptoms clear.
Postpone your visit to patients in our hospitals if you are feeling unwell or have a high temperature.
If you have had sickness or diarrhoea, help reduce the spread of infection by staying at home for 48 hours after symptoms clear.
A generous donation by The Peggy Wood Foundation is already making a difference to cancer patients.
The Foundation gave £93,000 to our MTW Hospitals Charity to purchase five double scalp coolers, giving more people the option to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss during treatment.
The Foundation gave £93,000 to our MTW Hospitals Charity to purchase five double scalp coolers, giving more people the option to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss during treatment.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A generous donation by The Peggy Wood Foundation is already making a difference to cancer patients.
The Foundation gave £93,000 to our MTW Hospitals Charity to purchase five double scalp coolers, giving more people the option to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss during treatment.
The Foundation gave £93,000 to our MTW Hospitals Charity to purchase five double scalp coolers, giving more people the option to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss during treatment.
Last week we welcomed local schools to our Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital for a careers day.
Pupils had the chance to find out about different NHS roles, and take part in immersive simulation rooms, practicing taking pulses, using stethoscopes and learning about resuscitation using manikins.
Pupils had the chance to find out about different NHS roles, and take part in immersive simulation rooms, practicing taking pulses, using stethoscopes and learning about resuscitation using manikins.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Last week we welcomed local schools to our Academic Centre at Maidstone Hospital for a careers day.
Pupils had the chance to find out about different NHS roles, and take part in immersive simulation rooms, practicing taking pulses, using stethoscopes and learning about resuscitation using manikins.
Pupils had the chance to find out about different NHS roles, and take part in immersive simulation rooms, practicing taking pulses, using stethoscopes and learning about resuscitation using manikins.
Help us to help you this winter ⛄
❄️ Use the right service - it may be more appropriate to visit an urgent treatment centre or pharmacist
❄️ If your relative is in hospital, support them to get home safely and quickly
❄️ Get your flu jab if you're eligible.
❄️ Use the right service - it may be more appropriate to visit an urgent treatment centre or pharmacist
❄️ If your relative is in hospital, support them to get home safely and quickly
❄️ Get your flu jab if you're eligible.
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Help us to help you this winter ⛄
❄️ Use the right service - it may be more appropriate to visit an urgent treatment centre or pharmacist
❄️ If your relative is in hospital, support them to get home safely and quickly
❄️ Get your flu jab if you're eligible.
❄️ Use the right service - it may be more appropriate to visit an urgent treatment centre or pharmacist
❄️ If your relative is in hospital, support them to get home safely and quickly
❄️ Get your flu jab if you're eligible.
Congratulations to Employee of the Month, Senior Theatre Practitioner, Corinne O’Donovan! 👏
Known for her meticulous attention to detail & consistently high standards, her calm, patient-centred approach is invaluable in the fast-paced world of obstetric theatres.
#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
Known for her meticulous attention to detail & consistently high standards, her calm, patient-centred approach is invaluable in the fast-paced world of obstetric theatres.
#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Congratulations to Employee of the Month, Senior Theatre Practitioner, Corinne O’Donovan! 👏
Known for her meticulous attention to detail & consistently high standards, her calm, patient-centred approach is invaluable in the fast-paced world of obstetric theatres.
#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
Known for her meticulous attention to detail & consistently high standards, her calm, patient-centred approach is invaluable in the fast-paced world of obstetric theatres.
#ExceptionalPeopleOutstandingCare
It’s International Volunteer Day (#IVD2025) and time to say a huge thank our amazing volunteers! 💙
They are a vital part of life in our hospitals and gave over 30,000 hours of time this year!
This week we held a special Christmas lunch at Maidstone Hospital to thank them for their support.
They are a vital part of life in our hospitals and gave over 30,000 hours of time this year!
This week we held a special Christmas lunch at Maidstone Hospital to thank them for their support.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s International Volunteer Day (#IVD2025) and time to say a huge thank our amazing volunteers! 💙
They are a vital part of life in our hospitals and gave over 30,000 hours of time this year!
This week we held a special Christmas lunch at Maidstone Hospital to thank them for their support.
They are a vital part of life in our hospitals and gave over 30,000 hours of time this year!
This week we held a special Christmas lunch at Maidstone Hospital to thank them for their support.
🏆 A team at Maidstone Hospital have received a @myelomauk.bsky.social award for the care they give to people living with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer.
The judging panel praised staff for their focus on enhancing quality of life and their willingness to listen and respond to patients’ needs.
The judging panel praised staff for their focus on enhancing quality of life and their willingness to listen and respond to patients’ needs.
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🏆 A team at Maidstone Hospital have received a @myelomauk.bsky.social award for the care they give to people living with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer.
The judging panel praised staff for their focus on enhancing quality of life and their willingness to listen and respond to patients’ needs.
The judging panel praised staff for their focus on enhancing quality of life and their willingness to listen and respond to patients’ needs.
"The trust was brilliant" - Physio, Nicole Bodenham talks about challenging assumptions around disability and employment in @thecsp.bsky.social magazine, Frontline.
When applying for her role, Nicole’s staff health passport outlined the support she might need to help her work safely & effectively.
When applying for her role, Nicole’s staff health passport outlined the support she might need to help her work safely & effectively.
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"The trust was brilliant" - Physio, Nicole Bodenham talks about challenging assumptions around disability and employment in @thecsp.bsky.social magazine, Frontline.
When applying for her role, Nicole’s staff health passport outlined the support she might need to help her work safely & effectively.
When applying for her role, Nicole’s staff health passport outlined the support she might need to help her work safely & effectively.
♻️ A project looking at the environmental footprint of cataract surgery has been shortlisted for a @hfma-uk.bsky.social Sustainability Award.
Switching to reusable items could save 2 tonnes of CO₂e a year, equivalent to removing a car from the road.
Read more: tinyurl.com/abau9v2j
Switching to reusable items could save 2 tonnes of CO₂e a year, equivalent to removing a car from the road.
Read more: tinyurl.com/abau9v2j
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
♻️ A project looking at the environmental footprint of cataract surgery has been shortlisted for a @hfma-uk.bsky.social Sustainability Award.
Switching to reusable items could save 2 tonnes of CO₂e a year, equivalent to removing a car from the road.
Read more: tinyurl.com/abau9v2j
Switching to reusable items could save 2 tonnes of CO₂e a year, equivalent to removing a car from the road.
Read more: tinyurl.com/abau9v2j
Help us help you by choosing the right service.
If you need advice, use 111.nhs.uk 📲
Urgent treatment centres can treat minor injuries and illnesses, such as sprains, minor burns & broken bones 🩹
Please keep A&E for serious or life-threatening emergencies. 🚑
StopThinkChoose.co.uk
If you need advice, use 111.nhs.uk 📲
Urgent treatment centres can treat minor injuries and illnesses, such as sprains, minor burns & broken bones 🩹
Please keep A&E for serious or life-threatening emergencies. 🚑
StopThinkChoose.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Help us help you by choosing the right service.
If you need advice, use 111.nhs.uk 📲
Urgent treatment centres can treat minor injuries and illnesses, such as sprains, minor burns & broken bones 🩹
Please keep A&E for serious or life-threatening emergencies. 🚑
StopThinkChoose.co.uk
If you need advice, use 111.nhs.uk 📲
Urgent treatment centres can treat minor injuries and illnesses, such as sprains, minor burns & broken bones 🩹
Please keep A&E for serious or life-threatening emergencies. 🚑
StopThinkChoose.co.uk
This #GivingTuesday we are grateful to our MTW Hospitals Charity and all our donors & supporters for funding vital projects:
🪴 Redesigned Tunbridge Wells ICU garden
🚁 Upgraded helipad at Maidstone Hospital
👀 State-of-the-art scanner for Ophthalmology
🛌 Visitor bed for Peale Ward
mtwcharity.org.uk
🪴 Redesigned Tunbridge Wells ICU garden
🚁 Upgraded helipad at Maidstone Hospital
👀 State-of-the-art scanner for Ophthalmology
🛌 Visitor bed for Peale Ward
mtwcharity.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This #GivingTuesday we are grateful to our MTW Hospitals Charity and all our donors & supporters for funding vital projects:
🪴 Redesigned Tunbridge Wells ICU garden
🚁 Upgraded helipad at Maidstone Hospital
👀 State-of-the-art scanner for Ophthalmology
🛌 Visitor bed for Peale Ward
mtwcharity.org.uk
🪴 Redesigned Tunbridge Wells ICU garden
🚁 Upgraded helipad at Maidstone Hospital
👀 State-of-the-art scanner for Ophthalmology
🛌 Visitor bed for Peale Ward
mtwcharity.org.uk
Water supplies are running as normal at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. If you have an appointment with us today, please attend as usual.
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Water supplies are running as normal at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. If you have an appointment with us today, please attend as usual.
🎅🎁 Santa took time out of his busy schedule today to wish a happy Christmas to patients on Hedgehog Ward at Tunbridge Wells Hospital!
Thanks to @cisco.com’s Connected Santa project, they enjoyed a live virtual call with Santa from the North Pole, and his team of elves handed out gifts.
Thanks to @cisco.com’s Connected Santa project, they enjoyed a live virtual call with Santa from the North Pole, and his team of elves handed out gifts.
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🎅🎁 Santa took time out of his busy schedule today to wish a happy Christmas to patients on Hedgehog Ward at Tunbridge Wells Hospital!
Thanks to @cisco.com’s Connected Santa project, they enjoyed a live virtual call with Santa from the North Pole, and his team of elves handed out gifts.
Thanks to @cisco.com’s Connected Santa project, they enjoyed a live virtual call with Santa from the North Pole, and his team of elves handed out gifts.
A state-of-the-art linear accelerator at Kent & Canterbury Hospital has delivered its first treatment a month ahead of schedule!
It brings faster and more precise treatment, and improved efficiency, helping the team continue to offer some of the fastest access to cancer treatment in the country.
It brings faster and more precise treatment, and improved efficiency, helping the team continue to offer some of the fastest access to cancer treatment in the country.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A state-of-the-art linear accelerator at Kent & Canterbury Hospital has delivered its first treatment a month ahead of schedule!
It brings faster and more precise treatment, and improved efficiency, helping the team continue to offer some of the fastest access to cancer treatment in the country.
It brings faster and more precise treatment, and improved efficiency, helping the team continue to offer some of the fastest access to cancer treatment in the country.
Thank you to the Maidstone Hospital League of Friends for a generous donation to purchase equipment for Ophthalmology to help the team diagnose and manage eye conditions.
The MS-39 is the most advanced technology available for analysis of the front part of the eye: the cornea, iris and lens.
The MS-39 is the most advanced technology available for analysis of the front part of the eye: the cornea, iris and lens.
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thank you to the Maidstone Hospital League of Friends for a generous donation to purchase equipment for Ophthalmology to help the team diagnose and manage eye conditions.
The MS-39 is the most advanced technology available for analysis of the front part of the eye: the cornea, iris and lens.
The MS-39 is the most advanced technology available for analysis of the front part of the eye: the cornea, iris and lens.
Well done to Lucy Gosnell, Senior Sister in ICU at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, who presented at @baccnuk.bsky.social conference on leading the unit to become the 1st in the UK to gain HU-CI accreditation, recognising the team's focus on supporting the wellbeing and rehabilitation of ICU patients.
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Well done to Lucy Gosnell, Senior Sister in ICU at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, who presented at @baccnuk.bsky.social conference on leading the unit to become the 1st in the UK to gain HU-CI accreditation, recognising the team's focus on supporting the wellbeing and rehabilitation of ICU patients.
Come along to our MTW Hospitals Charity Christmas Fayre on Sunday 30 November, 10am - 3pm in Maidstone Hospital Academic Centre! 🎁🎄
Funds raised support the purchase of a vein finder for our Medical Infusion Suite, making treatments easier, faster and as pain-free as possible.
Funds raised support the purchase of a vein finder for our Medical Infusion Suite, making treatments easier, faster and as pain-free as possible.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Come along to our MTW Hospitals Charity Christmas Fayre on Sunday 30 November, 10am - 3pm in Maidstone Hospital Academic Centre! 🎁🎄
Funds raised support the purchase of a vein finder for our Medical Infusion Suite, making treatments easier, faster and as pain-free as possible.
Funds raised support the purchase of a vein finder for our Medical Infusion Suite, making treatments easier, faster and as pain-free as possible.
The first conference for nursing, midwifery & allied health professional educators in the region was held at Maidstone Hospital last week.
It gave attendees the chance to reflect on their roles as educators with topics including clinical supervision, T-levels, preceptorship & post-registration.
It gave attendees the chance to reflect on their roles as educators with topics including clinical supervision, T-levels, preceptorship & post-registration.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The first conference for nursing, midwifery & allied health professional educators in the region was held at Maidstone Hospital last week.
It gave attendees the chance to reflect on their roles as educators with topics including clinical supervision, T-levels, preceptorship & post-registration.
It gave attendees the chance to reflect on their roles as educators with topics including clinical supervision, T-levels, preceptorship & post-registration.
Our infection prevention and control excellence awards are presented to departments or individuals who show exemplary IPC practice.
Competition was tough but the winners for October were Ward 32 at Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Foster Clark Ward at Maidstone Hospital! 👏
Competition was tough but the winners for October were Ward 32 at Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Foster Clark Ward at Maidstone Hospital! 👏
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our infection prevention and control excellence awards are presented to departments or individuals who show exemplary IPC practice.
Competition was tough but the winners for October were Ward 32 at Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Foster Clark Ward at Maidstone Hospital! 👏
Competition was tough but the winners for October were Ward 32 at Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Foster Clark Ward at Maidstone Hospital! 👏
The #SafeguardingAdultsWeek theme this year is prevention: recognising signs early, speaking up & helping people stay safe, respected and in control of their lives.
Our Safeguarding Adults team have been raising awareness of what to do if someone has a concern & how to access the support they need.
Our Safeguarding Adults team have been raising awareness of what to do if someone has a concern & how to access the support they need.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The #SafeguardingAdultsWeek theme this year is prevention: recognising signs early, speaking up & helping people stay safe, respected and in control of their lives.
Our Safeguarding Adults team have been raising awareness of what to do if someone has a concern & how to access the support they need.
Our Safeguarding Adults team have been raising awareness of what to do if someone has a concern & how to access the support they need.