Bones, joints and muscles at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 38 to 58 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 21 weeks and 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 44% 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

Trauma and orthopaedics 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 202426.153.816.1
October 202425.155.115.9
November 202424.250.516.0
December 202424.651.115.9
January 202526.754.216.5
February 202525.753.316.3
March 202524.651.716.6
April 202525.950.616.4
May 202527.452.517.3
June 202529.754.217.6
July 202528.352.017.4
August 202527.552.317.8
September 202530.952.918.1
October 202528.953.018.4
November 202531.953.618.8
December 202533.253.520.0
January 202633.854.120.0
February 202633.353.520.6
March 202632.152.719.7
April 202633.655.320.0
May 202634.254.819.8
June 202635.756.820.0
July 202635.557.920.6
August 202637.657.720.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

One Ashford Hospital

Independent hospital, 11.5 miles away

10 to 27weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 202 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

KIMS Hospital (Newnham Court)

Independent hospital, 23 miles away

11 to 25weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 216 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Alexandra Hospital

Independent hospital, 24.6 miles away

12 to 31weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 177 people treated in the month.

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

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