Medway Maritime Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Windmill Road, Gillingham, ME7 5NY
- Phone
- 01634 830000 (Medway 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
Medway NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Medway Maritime Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 35,806 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 14.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 12.2 wks | 1,041 |
| Urology | 10.0 wks | 2,271 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.8 wks | 3,116 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12.6 wks | 4,840 |
| General medicine | 8.9 wks | 95 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.6 wks | 2,663 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 19.0 wks | 3,322 |
| Respiratory medicine | 14.3 wks | 915 |
| Neurology | 30.0 wks | 1,949 |
| Rheumatology | 29.5 wks | 3,226 |
| Elderly medicine | 2.8 wks | 64 |
| Gynaecology | 14.8 wks | 4,288 |
| Other medical specialties | 14.6 wks | 5,652 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 12.1 wks | 165 |
| Other surgical specialties | 6.7 wks | 2,139 |
| Other services | 7.1 wks | 60 |
Care Quality Commission rating
Medway Maritime Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 28 November 2025. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Medway NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 30 July 2021.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 75.6% of the 17,283 people who went to A&E at Medway 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maidstone HospitalMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 7.8 miles | 11.5 wks |
| Darent Valley HospitalDartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | 12.8 miles | 13.5 wks |
| Basildon University HospitalMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 12.9 miles | 17.8 wks |
| Orpington HospitalKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 19.3 miles | 12.3 wks |
| Queen's HospitalBarking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 20.4 miles | 11.8 wks |
| Barking Birth CentreBarts Health NHS Trust | 22.0 miles | 12.5 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.