General surgery at Benenden Hospital

Benenden Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 17 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 85% are within 18 weeks.

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Benenden Hospital

Independent hospital

9 to 17weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

General surgery at Benenden Hospital, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202413.852.58.9
October 202411.823.411.1
November 202413.721.716.3
December 202410.562.417.5
January 202517.871.125.1
February 202523.857.516.2
March 202530.559.810.7
April 202514.556.79.5
May 202512.051.98.1
June 202511.057.66.8
July 20257.717.06.5
August 20258.639.96.8
September 20258.421.77.4
October 202510.228.35.8
November 20259.329.85.3
December 20256.817.65.9
January 20269.017.76.6
February 20268.021.66.2
March 20265.617.56.8
April 202610.121.86.9
May 20269.823.16.3
June 20268.518.25.6
July 20266.719.96.8
August 20269.216.57.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
5 to 52weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 2,131 people treated in the month.

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KIMS Hospital (Newnham Court)

Independent hospital, 14 miles away

6 to 17weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 26 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

NHS trust, 14.1 miles away

7 to 44weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 1,167 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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