Bones, joints and muscles at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 18 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 100% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 1,090 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

Trauma and orthopaedics at Kent Community Health 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 20247.612.23.4
October 20246.411.03.0
November 20245.99.93.3
December 20245.79.53.8
January 20256.110.22.8
February 20255.710.73.5
March 20257.211.74.2
April 20258.612.34.8
May 20259.913.45.2
June 202510.414.24.8
July 20259.713.25.4
August 20259.612.35.3
September 202511.113.95.7
October 202511.414.75.7
November 202511.015.15.8
December 202511.415.66.3
January 202611.616.76.7
February 202610.616.86.4
March 202613.417.46.7
April 202612.617.36.5
May 202613.817.36.8
June 202614.217.16.7
July 202613.317.56.8
August 202613.317.87.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 23.8 miles away

8 to 33weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 2,795 people treated in the month.

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One Ashford Hospital

Independent hospital, 2.7 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, 15.7 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.

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

This page as JSON. Trauma and orthopaedics waiting times at every hospital in England.

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