Secondary care is known as acute healthcare and can be either elective care or emergency care. Elective care means planned specialist medical care or surgery, usually following referral from a primary or community health professional such as a GP. (NHS Choices, 2011)
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Darent Valley Hospital is a modern hospital in Dartford, providing professional care. The hospital offers an extensive range of acute, mainly hospital-based health services.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals serving a local population of around 720,500 people. They also provide many health services from other NHS facilities across East Kent including child and adolescent mental health services, and renal services in Medway and Maidstone.
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust. They provide a full range of general hospital services to around 500,000 people living in the south of west Kent and parts of north east Sussex.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust provide an extensive range of services to the communities of Medway and Swale but also to patients across Kent.
