Darent Valley Hospital

Details

Name :

Darent Valley Hospital

Address  :

Darenth Wood Road

Town  :

Dartford

State  :

Kent

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

DA2 8DA

Phone  :

01322 428100

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • CT Scanning
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Hematologist
  • Microbiology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 478


Description

About Us
Darent Valley Hospital is a modern hospital in Kent offering professional care exceptional quality offering patients the latest technology for their treatment in safe comfortable and clean surroundings The hospitals team of around 2300 professional and friendly staff provide care for patients across a full range range of daypatient inpatient and outpatient care

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust the Trust was legally established on 1st November 1993 and is based at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford Kent It offers a comprehensive range of acute hospital based services to around 270000 people in Dartford Gravesham Swanley and Bexley The hospital opened in September 2000 and now has around 478 inpatient beds and specialties that include daycare surgery general surgery trauma orthopaedics cardiology maternity and general medicine

The hospital building is run as part of a Private Finance Initiative PFI This means the building is owned by The Hospital Company Dartford Limited a private sector company and the Trust leases the building Darent Valley Hospital is located on the eastern outskirts of Dartford and has excellent road and rail links to Kent South East London and the rest of the South East of England The Fastrack bus service provides a swift and accessible bus route between Dartford and Gravesend

The Trust works in partnership with the NHS South East Coast Strategic Health Authority NHS West Kent Primary Care TrustPCT NHS Medway PCT Bexley Care Trust PCT Kent County Council Social Services and its PFI Partners to ensure that the best possible care is provided not just in hospital but also throughout the local health economy

Dartford and Gravesham has been assessed as one of the better performing NHS Trusts in the country by the Care Quality Commission by achieving the rating of quotGoodquot for its quality of service It has been rated as quotExcellentquot for its financial management Year on year the Trust strives to improve its performance in respect of the quality of service on offer to patients

Dartford and Gravesham has also been named consistently over the last five years as one of the best performing Trusts in the United Kingdom in the CHKS Comparative Healthcare Knowledge Systems Top Hospital Awards This accolade is testament to its dedication and efforts to improve performance and provide the best possible service for its patients
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