Updated 31 August 2023
We found there had been significant and sustained improvement throughout the trust. Overall, the trust rating stayed the same. We rated it as requires improvement because:
- At our last inspection in 2015, we rated safe as requires improvement at Maidstone Hospital and The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. At this inspection, the rating stayed the same.
- We rated effective as requires improvement in 2015 at Maidstone Hospital and The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. At this inspection, the rating stayed the same.
- The trust was rated as good for caring at both locations and remained unchanged from the last inspection.
- The rating for responsive had stayed the same at requires improvement at both locations.
- There was improvement in the well led domain at one site and overall for the trust. At the last inspection, we rated the trust as inadequate for well led, but it had improved to requires improvement at The Tunbridge Well Hospital at Pembury and improved to good at Maidstone Hospital at this inspection.
- We did not inspect maternity and gynaecology, end of life care or outpatients and diagnostic imaging. We are monitoring the progress of improvements to these services and will re-inspect them as required.