Darent Valley Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Darenth Wood Road, Dartford, DA2 8DA
- Phone
- 01322 428100 (Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Darent Valley Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 30,107 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 15.2 wks | 7,392 |
| Urology | 10.0 wks | 3,111 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.7 wks | 5,003 |
| General medicine | 12.5 wks | 724 |
| Gastroenterology | 12.0 wks | 2,202 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 15.0 wks | 1,975 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.6 wks | 1,131 |
| Neurology | 12.9 wks | 1,275 |
| Elderly medicine | 8.2 wks | 378 |
| Gynaecology | 15.6 wks | 4,595 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.7 wks | 527 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 4.3 wks | 568 |
| Other surgical specialties | 11.7 wks | 1,090 |
| Other services | 12.3 wks | 136 |
More about waiting times at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Darent Valley Hospital: Good. Published 23 December 2022. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust overall: Good. Published 22 August 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 80.1% of the 16,496 people who went to A&E at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Orpington HospitalKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 8.6 miles | 12.3 wks |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, LondonLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | 9.5 miles | 12.5 wks |
| Queen's HospitalBarking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 9.9 miles | 11.8 wks |
| Barking Birth CentreBarts Health NHS Trust | 9.9 miles | 12.5 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Sidcup