ShortestWait

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South East Area: Kent and Medway

At the end of August 2026, 4,655 patients were waiting for treatment at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 6.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
6.2 weeks
92% waiting less than
14.7 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
100%
Waiting over a year
0

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
Orthopaedics 3,828 7.2 wks 13.9 wks 15.0 wks 25th of 299
Other medical specialties 827 4.3 wks 10.7 wks 8.1 wks 3rd of 145

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait rose from 3.5 weeks to 6.2 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20266.2 wks12.2 wks
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MonthKent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 20266.212.2
July 20266.112
June 20265.911.9
May 2026612.4
April 2026611.9
March 2026611.3
February 20265.913.2
January 20266.313.6
December 20255.813.5
November 2025512.9
October 20254.913.3
September 20254.713.4
August 20254.713.5
July 20254.813.1
June 20254.513.4
May 20255.213.6
April 20254.713.3
March 20254.613.9
February 20253.914.2
January 20253.314.5
December 20244.214.2
November 20243.814
October 20243.214.2
September 20243.514.4

A&E: seen within four hours

In September 2026, 98.6% of the 6,655 people who went to A&E at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. The NHS standard is 95%. A year earlier it was 99.7%.

All A&E within 4 hours
98.6%
Attendances
6,655

All A&E includes urgent treatment centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres the trust runs; major A&E is consultant-led emergency departments only. The 12-hour figure counts patients who waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit them to getting a bed. Source: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions.

Care Quality Commission rating

Overall rating: Outstanding. Published 24 July 2019. Read the CQC report

The CQC inspects and rates every hospital in England as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate. Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

Where it treats patients

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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