Staff at Medway Hospital are thought to be expecting positive news tomorrow when the latest inspection report is released.

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission visited the site in November and previously said the hospital was safer and making progress.

On Monday, chief executive Lesley Dwyer tweeted “let the countdown begin, CQC report released on Friday #BestOfCare” leading many to assume it will be good news.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust was given the report at the start of the month.

Teresa Murray, Medway Labour group spokesman for heath said: “I think they deserve to come out of special measures.

“They have taken on board the CQC statistics seriously and used them as a benchmark for improvements.

“The problem could be, while we might come out of special measures in terms of care we could go into special measure in terms of finance.

“There are still gaps and there always will be, but they have done enough of what was asked of them.

“They now have the most stable management team in the lifetime of the CQC report. The difficulty will be if we come out, will be staying in. There is no room for complacency.”

In December, Gillingham and Rainham MP, Rehman Chishti said he believed the hospital was ready to come out of special measures.

Speaking in the House of Commons, he said: “Since Medway Hospital was put in special measures it has made significant improvement.

“Mortality rates are down, the length of stay by patients at the hospital is down, there is excellent leadership and extensive investment in A&E.

“I feel the hospital with the support of the government is ready to move out of special measures, and start a new chapter in providing excellent care for local residents, and I look forward to working with them to achieve that.”

Medway hospital has been in special measures since 2013 after concerns over high death rates but they have now fallen to normal levels.

Last year, the trust was praised by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and health minster Philip Dunne following visits to the hospital.

Speaking this week, Ms Dwyer praised staff for their hard work over the winter months when A&E saw an unprecedented number of patients and the hospital found itself under severe pressure.

She said: “It has been a very busy, very challenging winter and I have nothing but praise for our staff and how they rose to that challenge.

“Despite many months of advance planning the number of patients coming to our A&E and being admitted was unprecedented.

“The changes that we have made will make a real difference to our services" - Lesley Dwyer

“With record ambulance attendances, high numbers of patients over 75 and very ill patients who needed admission on to our wards, and an emergency department that was designed to see half the number of attendances that it actually does, our staff delivered safe, high quality care across the hospital.”

Ms Dwyer added: “The changes that we have made will make a real difference to our services.

“Our new ways of managing our patients as they come in, move through and leave our hospital will mean more support for them and the frontline staff.

“The £18 million rebuilding of our emergency department will give us a bigger, purpose-built space that will help us to see more attendees more quickly.

“Our closer working with our colleagues in community and primary care will strengthen the care that we provide this year, next winter and beyond.”