Wards

• Neonatal Unit

  Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Consultants

• Dr Rajesh Gupta

  Consultant Paediatrician

• Dr Paul Day

  Consultant Paediatrician

Services

• Maternity services

• Bereavement maternity care

• Parent Support Group

  Support group for parents who have used the Neonatal unit...

• Fetal Medicine Unit

• Preparing to go home

• Cots in the Neonatal Unit

• Ward rounds

• Infection control Neonatal

• You and your baby

• Common procedures and tests

• About the unit

• Neonatal team

• Neonatal Unit

  Treating babies who need extra care after they are born.

• Children’s services

  Information on our paediatric inpatient, day-case and outpatient units

Page

• Park and ride

• Neonatal research

• Meet the team

• Car parking

• Maternity specialist services and support group charities

• Postnatal leaflets

• Kangaroo Care (Skin to Skin contact)

• Postnatal Ward

• Pregnancies requiring additional care

• Pregnancy Advice and FAQ

• Research in maternity

• Having your baby at Tunbridge Wells Hospital

• Visiting hours

News Posts

• Shortlist for the 2024 Star Awards announced!

  25th April 2024

• Developing maternity care – our progress since the CQC inspection in 2023

  16th February 2024

• Looking back at our 2023 media coverage

  11th January 2024

• Advanced Practice Week: appreciating our ACPs!

  6th November 2023

• Platinum Bliss Baby Charter accreditation for Neonatal unit

  5th May 2023

• Latest information on the Coronavirus

  1st March 2023

• Celebrating our Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs)

  10th November 2022

• Family’s ultramarathon challenge raises £12,000 for Neonatal Unit

  19th July 2022

• Dad to run 60km in aid of Tunbridge Wells Hospital Neonatal Unit

  7th June 2022

• Celebrating World Clubfoot Day: 3 June 2022

  3rd June 2022

• Staff going the distance for MTW Charity

  14th October 2021

• Books worth £750 donated to children’s wards thanks to fundraising efforts

  6th October 2021

• Neonatal unit receives Stage 2 accreditation from Unicef UK’s Baby Friendly Initiative

  19th July 2021

• Thoughtful touches added to bereavement suite so families can grieve the loss of their baby in comfort

  13th July 2021

• Teenager’s marathon challenge in aid of neonatal unit that saved her life

  8th April 2021

• Supporting compassionate visiting at Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital – visiting policy update Monday 29 March

  26th March 2021

• Infant Feeding Team receives Stage 2 accreditation from Unicef UK’s Baby Friendly Initiative

  9th February 2021

• Update to MTW visitor policy

  2nd July 2020

• Video messaging service on Neonatal Unit allows parents to see their baby when they can’t be there

  1st May 2020

• Family of two year old boy with rare genetic disorder back Maidstone Hospital’s first Christmas fundraising appeal

  10th December 2019

• Neonatal Unit receives prestigious baby award

  31st October 2019

• Kangaroo Care used by MTW helps mothers and babies in China

  17th October 2019

• MTW Welcomes Move From Financial Special Measures

  17th October 2018

• Bobble hats help transitional care babies

  16th April 2018

• Lottery winners’ thank you to hospital who cared for baby Charlotte

  15th December 2017

• West Kent Maternity Services rated ‘top performing’ by NHS England

  1st December 2016

• Magic at MTW Staff Stars Awards with Debbie McGee

  22nd November 2016

• Feature: Tunbridge Wells Neonatal Unit World for Prematurity Day 17 Nov

  14th November 2016

• Baby Loss Awareness Week

  10th October 2016

• MTW makes HSJ 2016 Awards shortlist

  26th September 2016

• Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust awarded £16,000 for maternity equipment

  15th March 2016

• Midwives answer China’s call

  17th December 2015

Freedom of Information Requests

• Group B Strep prevention guidelines.200225.docx

• High Acuity Monitoring.271224.docx

• Maternal and infant deaths and babies being born with Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.281124.docx

• Agency nurses.250424.docx

• Antenatal and Newborn Screening team provision.060324.docx

• Congenital cytomegalovirus screening and treatment practices and data.300124.docx

• Maternity.150923.docx

• Live births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths.090823.docx

• Obstetric data for last 5 years.060623.docx

• Maternal and neonatal sepsis incidents.100523.docx

• Neonatal sepsis guidance.270323.docx

• Births and deaths.100223.docx

• Caesarean sections.091222.docx

• Agency spend for nursing and midwifery.211122.docx

• Play teams.141122.docx

• Stillbirth data.080822.docx