Shopping centre Hospital receives survey boost
store to close BEALES department store is to close its Maidstone outlet, just a year after coming to town. The company, which took
over the two-storey site previ- ously occupied by T J Hughes in TheMallinJunelastyear, will move out once the lease expires, the company has said. The news comes within
weeks of clothing retailer Next announcing it is to close its shop in TheMallwhen its lease runs out in November. Although the company is ex- panding, a spokesman said it had decided it was not in Beales’ best interests to remain in Maidstone, which will come as a bitter blow to the town cen- tre management. Founded in Bournemouth
more than a century ago, Beales was one of the founding names of the department store move- ment. It operated 13 shops until two
years ago, including an outlet in Tonbridge, when, despite the re- cession, it acquiredWestgate De- partment Stores, adding a further 19 outlets to its portfolio. Aspokesman for the company
said: “The store has achieved the business’ objectives and we are now looking to exit as per the lease agreement.” Notices have already gone up
in the store window advertising its closing down sale.
Mike Springett, of Riverside Rotary Club with Terry Shead, of Brookside Garden Centre
MAIDSTONE and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has welcomed the findings of the latest report into standards of quality and safety for older pa- tients, following a visit towards at Maidstone Hospital. A team from the Care Quality Commission said Maidstone Hospital was found to be meet- ing the standards for all areas inspected, including: People should be treated with respect, involved in discussions about their care and treatment and able to influence how the service is run.
Food and drink should meet people’s individual dietary needs People should be protected from abuse and staff should re- spect their human rights There should be enough members of staff to keep people safe and meet their health and welfare needs People’s personal records should be accurate and kept safe and confidential Interim chief of nursing, John Kennedy, said: “We’re very pleased with the finding of the CQC inspection at Maidstone
Hospital. We always aim to de- liver the best possible standards of patient care Several of the trust’s top
scores directly related to patient care. The percentage of staff feeling satisfied with the quality of work and patient care they provide atMTWrose from 75% in 2011 to 82% in 2012. A total of 93% of staff who took part in the survey said their role made a difference to patients. Overall, the trust had the best
set of staff survey results of all acute hospital trusts in Kent andMedway.
Rotary’s life-saving gift MEMBERS of The Rotary Club of Maidstone River- side have raised money for a defibrillator in mem- ory of the club’s former president Mike Baker, who died in December 2004, aged 33. Mr Baker had launched a community project to
provide defibrillators throughout the town and sur- rounding villages. The sixth defibrillator was in- stalled at Brookside Nursery and garden centre in East Peckham. The equipment has been met through fund-rais-
ing and a grant from the Community Heartbeat Trust.
ColinNorgate, of the RiversideRotary Club, said:
“We know how valuable these portable defibrilla- tors are in helping save lives, so we had no hesita- tion in providing the funds.”
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