Compare Medway NHS Foundation Trust, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Put up to three hospitals or providers side by side, for one specialty or for all of them. Figures for patients waiting at the end of August 2026.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Medway NHS Foundation TrustEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 12.2 (shortest) 13.7 12.8
Urology 10.0 (shortest) 11.0 12.2
Orthopaedics 16.8 (shortest) 20.7 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 12.6 (shortest) 21.2 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 13.4 10.4
Oral surgery – 25.8 16.4
Cardiothoracic surgery – 11.5* 9.6
General medicine 8.9 5.0* 10.2
Gastroenterology 11.6 (shortest) 13.0 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 19.0 17.9 (shortest) 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 8.9 10.5
Respiratory medicine 14.3 (shortest) 20.0 10.4
Neurology 30.0 12.4 (shortest) 13.2
Rheumatology 29.5 21.6 (shortest) 10.9
Elderly medicine 2.8 (shortest) 7.6 7.6
Gynaecology 14.8 (shortest) 16.3 14.2
Other medical specialties 14.6 10.1 (shortest) 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 12.1 4.7 (shortest) 12.3
Other surgical specialties 6.7 (shortest) 16.7 11.4
Other services 7.1 (shortest) 14.9 8.7
All specialties 14.8 (shortest) 15.7 12.2

Median wait in weeks. The shortest in each row is marked in bold; * means fewer than 50 patients waiting, so not compared. Choose a specialty to see a trend chart.