Facilities
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 Theatre
We have two operating theatres, with anaesthetic rooms,
thirty changes of filtered air per hour, equipped with modern microscopes, laparoscopic instruments and harmonic
scalpel. Common recovery area with five bays, one of which is dedicated to paediatrics.
Surgery takes place from 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday, organised in six hour sessions.
 Endoscopy
We also have two endoscopy rooms, equipped for upper gastro-intestinal investigations, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and cystoscopy. The endoscopy recovery room has five bays. There is a separate suite for gynaecology (colposcopy, hysteroscopy).
 Jubilee Clinic
The Jubilee Clinic is used for surgical consultations. With seven consulting rooms, most of which have adjoining examination rooms, there are also:
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Phlebotomy
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Sluice
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Minor operations
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Endoscopy facilities.
 Lister Medical Centre
Lister Medical Centre is a brand new diagnostic and day-case treatment centre for medical specialties. Apart from consulting suites, there are dermatology treatment and cardiology and respiratory testing facilities.
 Day Surgery Unit
The dedicated day surgery unit now cares for over half the surgical cases, with the aim of making patients' visits to hospital as convenient, safe and fuss-free as possible. The unit has eighteen "beds", and is open from 07:00 to 22:00 Monday to Friday.
 Inpatient ward
The inpatient ward has forty three beds, mostly organised in six bed bays. It has four single rooms, which can also be used for isolation. The high dependency unit of four beds is equipped at level 2/3, with nurses able to care at up to level 3 when required.
 Children's ward
The children's service was rated by the Royal College of Surgeons in 2004 as "excellent". With twelve rooms, where a parent can stay with a child overnight, O'Shea Ward also has a play room. Children as young as six months can be treated. The nursing team includes six paediatrically-qualified staff, while one of the two paediatric anaesthetists is resident on-site whenever children stay overnight.
 Diagnostic Imaging
The recently refurbished Imaging Department has two X-ray suites, and two ultrasound units. CT and MRI scans are available via a visiting mobile service.
 On-Site Hotel
Peek Lodge |is the on-site accommodation lodge, available to members of the Society, to patients before or after their hospital appointment, and to those visiting or accompanying patients.
 Transport
The hospital runs a mini-bus| service to/from Headcorn station (trains to London) and to/from local towns such as Tenterden.
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