Kent & Canterbury Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Trust Offices, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, CT1 3NG
- 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 Kent & Canterbury 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
Kent & Canterbury Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 5 August 2021. 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medway Maritime HospitalMedway NHS Foundation Trust | 24.8 miles | 14.8 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 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Buckland Hospital, Dover
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone
- William Harvey Hospital, Ashford