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Same Day Courier to Maidstone Hospital from Kent
If you are a supplier, clinic or laboratory and an equipment spare, theatre kit or UN3373-packed specimen has to reach Maidstone Hospital today, Same Day Couriers Kent collects it anywhere in Kent and drives it direct to Hermitage Lane, ME16 9QQ. From most of mid-Kent that takes 15 to 45 minutes.
Delivery details
Delivering to Maidstone Hospital: what to know
Which department should I send it to?
Name it when you book, because the site is big. Maidstone Hospital is one of the two acute hospitals of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The trust’s Cellular Pathology and Microbiology departments are here, Blood Sciences runs here and at Tunbridge Wells, and the Kent Oncology Centre provides radiotherapy on site. The trust moves its own specimens between its two sites, so an outside courier is usually booked by a sender such as a private clinic or referring laboratory, and the receiving department should be expecting it.
What can you carry, and what can’t you?
Equipment spares, loan kit and instrument sets, parts for imaging or oncology machines, clinical documents and diagnostic specimens. Specimens must be packaged by you, the sender, as UN3373 Biological Substance Category B in triple packaging to P650. Declare any Category A substance, dry ice or other dangerous goods when you enquire so we can assess the job. We do not carry blood or blood products.
What happens after I send the details?
We confirm a price and collection time, then assign the vehicle, from a motorcycle or small car for a specimen box to a van for a crated part. For most jobs the driver brings it straight to Hermitage Lane, a short run from junction 5 of the M20. You get live updates and proof of delivery with the recipient’s name and time. Cover up to £100 is standard; if the item is worth more, tell us its value and, where extra cover can be arranged, we confirm the level and any cost before you accept.
Collection areas
Kent towns we collect from for Maidstone Hospital deliveries
Courier services
Which courier service do you need?
Service
Same Day Courier
Need it there today, or by a deadline you can’t move? We collect from your door in Kent and drive it direct to the recipient, anywhere in the UK, in a vehicle for your job alone.
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International Hand-Carry Courier
Too important to leave with a network? One of our couriers carries it personally from Kent to the recipient overseas, by road or on board a flight, and hands it over in person.
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Scheduled & Contract Courier
Booking the same journey every week? Agree your collection points, times and vehicle once, and we run it on the days you set.
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Medical & Healthcare Courier
Specimens due at the lab before it closes? We collect from your clinic, surgery or lab in Kent and drive them direct, signed for at each end.
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Schools & Education Courier
Something a school, college or trust needs today? We collect in Kent and drive it direct between sites, to a trip or to a supplier, with a named handover.
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Small Business Courier
No van or driver of your own? Book a courier when you need one. We collect from your business in Kent and drive it direct to your customer or supplier, anywhere in the UK.
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Engineering & Manufacturing Courier
Line down waiting on a part, or a batch due at the next process? We collect in Kent and drive it straight to your engineer, subcontractor or customer the same day.
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Legal Document Courier
Your court bundles, original deeds and completion papers, collected from your office in Kent and handed to a named recipient, with the time recorded.
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Aviation & AOG Courier
Aircraft grounded, or freight that has to make today’s flight? We collect in Kent and drive it to the hangar, MRO or cargo shed, planned around your cut-off.
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Exhibition & Event Courier
Stand kit, graphics, samples or the box that got left behind, collected in Kent and delivered to your venue’s loading bay, timed to your booked slot.
Why not a parcel network?
The Same Day Couriers Kent difference
Less handling on the way
For most same-day jobs, your consignment travels directly with the assigned driver. It is not normally taken to a depot, sorted or moved between vehicles.
The vehicle you actually need
We match the vehicle to your job, from a motorcycle for documents to a 7.5-tonne lorry with tail-lift for pallets, so you're not paying for spare capacity.
You know where it is
The driver keeps you updated while the job is running, and proof of delivery gives you the recipient's name and the time of handover.
Cover agreed before you book
Every consignment includes cover up to £100. Worth more? Tell us the value and, where extra insurance can be arranged, we confirm the cover and cost before you accept.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, provided you have packaged it to UN3373 in triple packaging. Same Day Couriers Kent delivers to the laboratory you name, such as Cellular Pathology or Microbiology, and hands it to the person expecting it. Declare any Category A substance or dry ice first. Blood products are not carried.
From most of mid-Kent, 15 to 45 minutes, because Maidstone Hospital sits on Hermitage Lane close to junction 5 of the M20. Same Day Couriers Kent collects anywhere in Kent, so from east Kent or the coast the time depends mainly on the M20 and M2.
Yes. Same Day Couriers Kent delivers urgent spares to Maidstone Hospital, from a small boxed part to a crated unit on a van or larger vehicle. Tell us the department, the named engineer or contact and any specific door. Proof of delivery records who received it and when.
A named person in the receiving department who is expecting it, whether it is theatre kit, a spare or a specimen. Same Day Couriers Kent hands your consignment to that person and records their name and the time. Give us a phone number so the driver can call on arrival.