Research and Innovation
Our facilities to support research
East Kent Hospitals provide a full suite of facilities to support research delivery at our three acute hospitals: William Harvey Hospital, Ashford; Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury; and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate.
Facilities include:
dedicated research delivery teams
inpatient and day case beds, including Level 2 and Level 3 care (Intensive Therapy Units)
extensive outpatient facilities
operating theatres
all diagnostic imaging modalities, including plain X-ray, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT and MR scanning across the three main sites
state-of-the-art interventional radiology suite
endoscopy
full pharmacy facilities
full pathology facilities
cardiac and respiratory investigation units, including echocardiography.