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Cardiology waiting times at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,975 people were on the Cardiology at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (61%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · NHS trust · Cardiology across England

People waiting
1,975
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
61.0%
England: 67.9%
Over 52 weeks
4
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

4 people (0.2%, roughly 1 in 500) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 6.9 percentage points behind the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 6.6% of everyone waiting at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Cardiology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance deteriorated

Published 18-week performance for Cardiology at this organisation has deteriorated over the past 12 months: 61% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 64.9% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
61%
3 months earlier · May 2026
53.4% then · change to latest +7.6 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
62.6% then · change to latest -1.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
64.9% then · change to latest -3.9 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
75.5% then · change to latest -14.5 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202661%1,975
July 202647.7%1,948
June 202642.9%2,202
May 202653.4%2,765
April 202655.1%2,721
March 202660.9%2,633
February 202662.6%2,798
January 202661.3%2,718
December 202563.4%2,702
November 202567.5%2,541
October 202569.5%2,560
September 202568.9%2,681
August 202564.9%2,590
July 202565.4%2,700
June 202563.2%2,563
May 202566.4%2,532
April 202567%2,433
March 202566.5%2,550
February 202565.8%2,377
January 202564.8%2,312
December 202468.7%2,316
November 202466.9%2,327
October 202468.9%2,458
September 202473.2%2,602
August 202473.3%2,499
July 202476.1%2,486
June 202473.9%2,210
May 202472.4%2,048
April 202475.5%2,086
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering cardiology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Cardiology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust9.9 mi4,28374%+12.7 pp
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust12 mi3,12370%+9.3 pp
Medway NHS Foundation Trust12.8 mi3,32248%-13.3 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust14.7 mi8,27776%+15.5 pp
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust14.8 mi2,26878%+17.5 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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