Royal Victoria Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5BN
- Phone
- 01227 766877 (East Kent Hospitals University 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
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Royal Victoria Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 85,395 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 15.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.7 wks | 8,805 |
| Urology | 11.0 wks | 4,891 |
| Orthopaedics | 20.7 wks | 8,187 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 21.2 wks | 9,687 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 13.4 wks | 5,544 |
| Oral surgery | 25.8 wks | 4,421 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 11.5 wks | 5 |
| General medicine | 5.0 wks | 18 |
| Gastroenterology | 13.0 wks | 5,048 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 17.9 wks | 5,300 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.9 wks | 6,407 |
| Respiratory medicine | 20.0 wks | 4,917 |
| Neurology | 12.4 wks | 1,622 |
| Rheumatology | 21.6 wks | 2,982 |
| Elderly medicine | 7.6 wks | 392 |
| Gynaecology | 16.3 wks | 7,109 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.1 wks | 3,050 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 4.7 wks | 930 |
| Other surgical specialties | 16.7 wks | 5,879 |
| Other services | 14.9 wks | 201 |
More about waiting times at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Royal Victoria Hospital: Good. Published 18 November 2015. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 20 December 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 72.1% of the 26,960 people who went to A&E at East Kent Hospitals University 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 hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Buckland Hospital, Dover
- Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
- William Harvey Hospital, Ashford