General surgery at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 70% are within 18 weeks.

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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.

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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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS 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 202412.942.012.7
October 202413.041.312.6
November 202412.840.413.0
December 202413.941.512.2
January 202516.142.211.7
February 202513.742.011.3
March 202512.141.910.2
April 20257.140.011.2
May 20257.240.311.9
June 20259.338.411.5
July 20258.040.511.7
August 20257.440.112.5
September 202511.939.911.9
October 20259.239.811.1
November 202510.638.110.5
December 20257.238.611.4
January 202612.839.111.3
February 202613.738.510.3
March 202611.736.39.2
April 20266.238.89.9
May 20265.441.010.8
June 20266.641.010.4
July 20266.742.610.4
August 20266.644.111.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

NHS trust, 24.9 miles away

4 to 48weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 1,370 people treated in the month.

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KIMS Hospital (Newnham Court)

Independent hospital, 3.3 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.

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