Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

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How to read these chartsEach measure uses its own NHS England standard

Against the national standards

Each measure is drawn against its own NHS England standard: 95% for A&E within four hours, 85% for urgent cancer treatment within sixty-two days and 99% for diagnostic tests within six weeks. The charts do not share a standard and the three cancer measures are never added together.

Care Quality Commission

What CQC currently says

CQC has not given Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust an overall rating. Under its single assessment framework it rates services and key questions rather than awarding one judgement for the whole body, so these are what it currently publishes. They are separate judgements and CQC does not add them together.

Services CQC has rated

Each service is rated on its own. Open one to read the five key questions underneath it.

Acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care unitsRequires improvement
- SafeInadequate3 August 2023
- Well-ledRequires improvement3 August 2023
Community mental health services with learning disabilities or autismGood
- CaringGood12 April 2017
- EffectiveGood12 April 2017
- ResponsiveGood12 April 2017
- SafeGood12 April 2017
- Well-ledGood12 April 2017
Community-based mental health services for adults of working ageRequires improvement
- ResponsiveRequires improvement3 March 2021
- SafeRequires improvement3 March 2021
- Well-ledRequires improvement3 March 2021
Community-based mental health services for older peopleGood
- CaringOutstanding1 March 2019
- EffectiveGood1 March 2019
- ResponsiveGood1 March 2019
- SafeGood1 March 2019
- Well-ledGood1 March 2019
Forensic inpatient or secure wardsGood
- CaringGood24 February 2022
- EffectiveGood24 February 2022
- ResponsiveGood24 February 2022
- SafeGood24 February 2022
- Well-ledGood24 February 2022
Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adultsOutstanding
- CaringOutstanding12 April 2017
- EffectiveOutstanding12 April 2017
- ResponsiveGood12 April 2017
- SafeGood12 April 2017
- Well-ledOutstanding12 April 2017
Mental health crisis services and health-based places of safetyGood
- CaringGood1 March 2019
- EffectiveGood1 March 2019
- ResponsiveGood1 March 2019
- SafeGood1 March 2019
- Well-ledGood1 March 2019
Services for people with acquired brain injuryInspected but not rated
- CaringInspected but not rated30 July 2015
- EffectiveInspected but not rated30 July 2015
- ResponsiveInspected but not rated30 July 2015
- SafeInspected but not rated30 July 2015
- Well-ledInspected but not rated30 July 2015
Substance misuse servicesOutstanding
- CaringOutstanding12 April 2017
- EffectiveOutstanding12 April 2017
- ResponsiveOutstanding12 April 2017
- SafeGood12 April 2017
- Well-ledOutstanding12 April 2017
Wards for older people with mental health problemsGood
- CaringGood24 February 2022
- EffectiveGood24 February 2022
- ResponsiveGood24 February 2022
- SafeRequires improvement24 February 2022
- Well-ledGood24 February 2022
Wards for people with a learning disability or autismRequires improvement
- CaringGood21 July 2023
- EffectiveRequires improvement21 July 2023
- ResponsiveGood21 July 2023
- SafeRequires improvement21 July 2023
- Well-ledGood21 July 2023

Most recent judgement 8 December 2025.

NHS England publishes none of these six measures against this body

That is what we would expect of a body that commissions rather than treats, of a mental health or community trust with no accident and emergency department, and of any body outside England: all six are England-only and are published against the provider that delivers the service. It is not a figure we have failed to collect.

A&E Wait Times: 95% standard
Waiting times (RTT): 92% standard
Diagnostic tests (DM01): 99% standard
Cancer diagnosis (FDS): 75% standard
Cancer (31-day): 96% standard
Cancer (62-day): 85% standard

Against the national standards

What CQC currently says

Services CQC has rated

Monthly performance against national standards