Stomach and bowel at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 64% 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

Gastroenterology 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 202433.866.522.0
October 202424.957.722.0
November 202416.255.122.3
December 202425.658.721.7
January 202533.659.321.0
February 202524.360.721.3
March 202538.158.420.3
April 202536.057.020.2
May 202530.355.719.1
June 202520.655.918.3
July 202523.954.318.0
August 202523.452.617.3
September 202520.152.316.1
October 202516.652.115.0
November 202515.451.615.8
December 202511.952.119.0
January 202616.149.920.9
February 202620.654.322.6
March 202620.552.612.2
April 202612.848.713.1
May 202616.344.913.8
June 202619.347.214.1
July 202620.350.213.4
August 202621.746.412.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham

Independent hospital, 23.4 miles away

3 to 9weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 2 weeks, 9 in 10 under 8 weeks. 212 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Benenden Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.9 miles away

8 to 38weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 38 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 31 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.8 miles away

10 to 39weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 39 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 602 people treated in the month.

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

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