Kettering General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ
- Phone
- 01536 492000 (Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation 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
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Kettering General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 32,045 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 11.0 wks | 1,986 |
| Urology | 10.6 wks | 1,745 |
| Orthopaedics | 12.1 wks | 1,955 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 14.3 wks | 3,363 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 8.9 wks | 2,987 |
| Oral surgery | 18.7 wks | 2,557 |
| Plastic surgery | 9.3 wks | 95 |
| General medicine | 8.6 wks | 23 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.5 wks | 1,255 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.1 wks | 1,807 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.4 wks | 1,243 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.5 wks | 772 |
| Neurology | 14.6 wks | 1,231 |
| Rheumatology | 10.8 wks | 1,293 |
| Elderly medicine | 9.8 wks | 320 |
| Gynaecology | 14.2 wks | 3,183 |
| Other medical specialties | 13.8 wks | 4,138 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 8.6 wks | 363 |
| Other surgical specialties | 13.9 wks | 1,665 |
| Other services | 5.0 wks | 64 |
More about waiting times at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Kettering General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 23 May 2024. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 23 May 2024.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 78.2% of the 20,004 people who went to A&E at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stamford & Rutland HospitalNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | 20.9 miles | 13.9 wks |
| Leicester General HospitalUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 21.2 miles | 14.1 wks |
| Hospital of St CrossUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 22.0 miles | 14.4 wks |
| Moorfields At BedfordMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 22.1 miles | 7.7 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.