Strategy Refresh - Together let's shape the future for ASPH!

We launched our Strategy in 2018. Since then the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to reconsider many aspects of our lives, and has led to remarkable and fast-paced transformation in how we deliver healthcare. At the same time a major change in the structure of the NHS is due to take place, and our Strategy needs to take these and other new factors into account.

To help you complete this survey, we have put together a resource centre, which includes podcasts from our Leadership team as well as our Trust Strategy which can be accessed via this link.

Road Map for ASPH Visiting

We are pleased to announce that visitors are allowed into St Peter’s site in a controlled manner. The roadmap highlights the changes for each of the patient groups.

There is a dedicated telephone line manned by a volunteer for visitors to book a time to see their loved one. This telephone line is manned Monday to Friday 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm. The number is 01932 723318.

If any visitors need to book a visiting slot outside of those hours they will need to contact the relevant ward direct. (Please click here for list of ward numbers).

Any patients who have a registered carer may have a daily visit of up to 1 hour. This includes the patient groups of learning difficulties and severe dementia. Remaining Adult inpatients may have 3 visits per week for 1 hour and this will be one visitor only per session, but can be a different person each time. No children or babies will be allowed.

There is one slot available every day for each bed / patient.

Children’s wards, maternity, A&E and ITU are managing the situation locally as highlighted in the roadmap.

Ashford hospital will not be allowing inpatient visiting at the moment, except for Wordsworth Ward and Chaucer Ward. Please phone 01784 884488 if you are enquiring about a patient.

This situation will be constantly reviewed and further visiting changes may occur depending on Covid incidence within our community and also transmission rates.

Many thanks,

Andrea Lewis RRC
Chief Nurse

It’s #NotTooMuchToMask

As a Trust, we are supporting the national #NotTooMuchToMask campaign which aims to encourage us all to continue to be cautious, despite lockdown and legal restrictions being lifted. The campaign focuses on asking everyone to continue to wear facemasks when in public, maintain good hand hygiene, keep areas well ventilated and to meet outside where possible, to undertake contract tracing and of course to take up the offer of both doses of the vaccination.

We continue to maintain best IPC practice across all areas of the hospital sites, not just wards and clinics, in line with national guidance.

Watch our video on Infection Prevention Control Measures and Visiting Restrictions.

Please visit our Coronavirus pages for more detail about our current guidelines.