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.