Care of older people at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 26 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 83% are within 18 weeks.

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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

Elderly medicine at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, 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 20248.016.26.0
October 20247.417.35.5
November 20247.718.87.6
December 20245.924.46.0
January 20257.422.97.9
February 20258.819.94.8
March 20255.313.65.8
April 20256.215.85.0
May 20256.220.25.6
June 20257.121.05.3
July 20256.525.96.2
August 20258.326.56.8
September 20259.219.16.9
October 20258.620.25.9
November 20258.224.86.5
December 20257.319.07.4
January 20268.619.66.3
February 20268.823.46.4
March 20268.825.25.8
April 20268.822.67.1
May 20268.924.46.1
June 20269.224.87.2
July 20269.425.87.9
August 202610.126.17.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.8 miles away

3 to 11weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

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

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