Compare Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Spire Alexandra Hospital

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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	Spire Alexandra Hospital	England
General surgery	11.0	10.2 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	8.4	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	10.9	7.9 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	17.4	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	9.4	–	10.4
Plastic surgery	–	16.3*	14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery	4.8*	–	9.6
Gastroenterology	14.4	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	10.5	–	11.9
Respiratory medicine	11.4	–	10.4
Neurology	14.1	4.5*	13.2
Rheumatology	4.5	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	5.2	–	7.6
Gynaecology	12.9	7.6 (shortest)	14.2
Other medical specialties	8.6	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	15.4	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	6.2 (shortest)	14.8	11.4
Other services	2.5*	–	8.7
All specialties	11.5	11.2 (shortest)	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.