Improving your hospitals

Same Day Emergency Care units

We’re making our emergency departments better at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.

We’re improving special units called Same Day Emergency Care. These units help doctors and nurses check, treat, and send some patients home on the same day they arrive. This means people don’t always need to stay overnight in hospital.

This is different from Urgent Treatment Centres, which help people with small injuries or illnesses.

Work starts at both hospitals in September 2025 and should finish by summer 2026. While we do the work, some services will move to different places for a short time.

We’re sorry if this causes any problems. If you’re visiting either hospital, please allow extra time.