East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Big moment at QEQM! Our new surgical robot has helped deliver our first robotic bowel cancer ops 🎉

Mandy and Stanley are recovering well — and both say: don’t ignore that bowel screening kit when it lands on your doormat!

www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/news/first-p...

A child. Text reads: Get the right treatment when you need it. StopThinkChoose.co.uk

🎄The countdown to Christmas is on and you can help ease the pressure on the NHS this winter by choosing the right service.

➡️ Visit StopThinkChoose.co.uk for information on local health services, including a map of pharmacies and urgent treatment centres.

An image of a grandparent and child. Text: Top up your protection with winter vaccines.

🎁 Give the gift of protection this festive season...

Make sure you and your family are vaccinated against flu and Covid-19 if you are eligible. Book yours now.

To find out more, visit GetVaccinatedNow.co.uk.

Infographic showing data for flu, COVID-19 and RSV

Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Graph showing positive tests for flu

Graph showing hospital admissions for flu

Graph showing positive tests for flu by age group

🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.

🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

➡️ nhs.uk/thinkpharmac...

Get to the help you need this Thursday.

If you need urgent medical help but you're not sure where to go, use 111 to get assessed and directed to the right place for you. Call, go online or use the NHS App. 111.nhs.uk

Men make up 36% of the NHS workforce in a range of diverse careers from nursing to estates, paramedics to IT.

International Men’s Day celebrates positive role models and raises awareness of men’s well-being and mental health.

Happy International Mens Day.

#InternationalMensDay

A cold health alert has been issued by @ukhsa.bsky.social

The yellow alert for Kent, Sussex and Surrey began at noon and runs until 08:00 GMT on Saturday.

🧣 Wear layers
☕ Have regular hot drinks
🤝 Check in on vulnerable neighbours
➡️ Search "Winter vaccinations and winter health" 🔎

Industrial action is taking place at our hospitals from 14–19 November 2025

We'll contact you if your appointment needs to be rescheduled. If you haven't heard from us, please attend as planned.

Our Emergency Departments remain very busy - if your concern is less urgent, please use NHS 111 first.

Tomorrow we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice made by members of our Armed Forces.

Their commitment to protecting and serving our communities will forever be remembered with gratitude, and their legacy of courage continues to inspire us all.

#WeWillRememberThem #ArmisticeDay

Photo of staff member in blue scrubs with text: We are working to improve your hospitals. We are sorry for any disruption while we carry out building works.

Improvement work is underway at the QEQM Hospital, Margate and William Harvey Hospital, Ashford. Find more info at: www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/about-us/imp...

Meet Jayne, our maternity Tobacco Dependency Advisor for Folkestone, Dover and Deal. Jayne and the team offer non-judgemental, flexible, person-centred support.

If you would like support to stop smoking in your pregnancy, please speak to your midwife.
We're here to help.

Sophia, our Associate Director of Nursing for Child Health, is one of the devoted NHS workers profiled by NHS England to celebrate Windrush Day. Thank you to Sophia and all those from across the world who have helped shape our NHS. 👏
Read Sophia's story: www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/news/windrus...

We have made the difficult decision to increase parking charges for patients, visitors and staff from Tuesday, 1 July. Pay on foot charges will increase by a flat rate of 20p an hour for those parking up to 10 hours.

Concessions are unchanged. See: ekhuft.nhs.uk/information-...

☀️Tips for feeding your baby during hot weather☀️

Like adults, babies and young children need to drink plenty of fluids to avoid becoming dehydrated.

Here is some important information to remember for your baby: nhs.uk/baby/first-a...

Our colleagues at 2gether Support Solutions are marking National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day with visits to all our sites, stickers and celebrations. 🥳

Today, we are celebrating National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day! 🙌

Here's a snapshot of just some of the things our Estates and Facilities teams have achieved in just the last year.

Thank you for everything you do to support our patients & colleagues.

#HealthEFMDay

🌟Happy Father's Day

Today, we are celebrating all the incredible dads and father figures in our community. Special thanks go to the dads spending their special day working across our services.

From all of us here at East Kent Hospitals, thank you for everything you do.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and are working to resume services as soon as possible. MRI services, which are not part of the building are open and operational.

The Urgent Treatment Centre and most other services affected by flooding at Buckland Hospital in Dover (following Friday thunderstorms), are operating as normal today (Sunday). However, radiology services are still affected. Patients with appointments are being contacted directly for rescheduling.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and are working hard with our partners to get the site fully operational as soon as possible.

Patients due to attend the hospital for services including renal, radiology (CT/MRI and x-ray), maternity, and other outpatient appointments, will be contacted directly and are asked not to travel there over the weekend.

Urgent care :: Kent & Medway ICS

Following the overnight thunderstorms, some flooding has affected the Buckland Hospital in Dover and people wanting to use the Urgent Treatment Centre on the site are being advised to check www.stopthinkchoose.co.uk/urgent-treatment-centres for alternative UTCs or contact 111 for advice.

This week's #FAQFriday question is: 'How can I access patient information leaflets?'

You may need to know useful information about how to prepare and take care of yourself during, before and after a procedure or operation.

Our online directory is here: ekhuft.nhs.uk/information-...

Today we celebrated the 14 inspirational colleagues who were part of our first Chief Nurse Fellowship programme.

Having come to the end of the programme, this pioneering first cohort talked a rapt audience through their quality improvement projects. Well done all. @sarahha88622902.bsky.social

We promote an environment where carers are recognised and supported.

Download our Carer's leaflet: leaflets.ekhuft.nhs.uk/you-care-we-...

Visit: www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/.../quality-...

#CarersWeek

A grandfather who watched on screen as surgeons removed a small tumour from his bladder said it was a ‘perfect’ experience.

David Payne was the first east Kent patient to undergo the laser procedure, and was wide awake throughout.

Read the full story 👉 ekhuft.nhs.uk/news/outpati...

A very productive visit to the William Harvey Hospital!
Good to see improvements to the maternity units & positive progress in the A&E department too!

Looking forward to seeing what the new £13M for @ekhuft.bsky.social can do for the estate!

Thank you to all the staff for your hard work!

🌈 Happy Pride Month from all of us at EKHUFT! 🌈

We’re proud to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ team members, patients & community and to stand for equality, inclusion and visibility across all our hospitals.

Check out our LGBTQIA+ network flying the Pride Flag at Canterbury Pride 👇