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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: NHS waiting times

At the end of August 2026, 50,987 people were on the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust all-services waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (70%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

NHS trust · South East · ODS code RWF

People waiting (all services)
50,987
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
70.0%
England: 65.2%
Over 52 weeks
4
Services reported
13
with people currently waiting

4 people (0.0%) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

Figures are for the whole organisation (trust level), not for an individual hospital site or clinic. The all-services total is the published organisation total, not a sum of the service rows.

Waiting times by service

Each row is one consultant-led service at this organisation, compared with the England figure for the same service in the same month.

Services at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
ServiceWaitingUnder 18 weeksEnglandOver 52 weeks6-month change
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)6,11053%56.8%1-1.2 pp
Gynaecology5,95365%59.6%0-9.1 pp
Ophthalmology5,93475%72.2%0-1.3 pp
General surgery5,83370%63.2%0-1.8 pp
Orthopaedics4,27176%60.9%0+1.7 pp
Gastroenterology2,80663%69.7%0+2 pp
Urology2,54987%64.8%0+1.9 pp
Cardiology2,26878%67.9%0+10.9 pp
Neurology1,99163%62.3%0+3.9 pp
Respiratory medicine1,23778%74.1%0+10.6 pp
Rheumatology446100%70.4%0+2.1 pp
Elderly medicine19198%84.3%0+1.5 pp
Cardiothoracic surgery34100%73.6%0+10.8 pp

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and August 2026 the share of people waiting at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust waiting under 18 weeks stayed broadly stable (70% to 70%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: down 4 points over 3 months (74.0% in May 2026); broadly unchanged over 6 months (70.6% in February 2026); broadly unchanged over 12 months (69.0% in August 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

18-week performance broadly stable · -0.4 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 14 published months.

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Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202570.4%
August 202569%
September 202570.2%
October 202570.1%
November 202570.1%
December 202569.6%
January 202670%
February 202670.6%
March 202676.1%
April 202674.2%
May 202674%
June 202673.5%
July 202673%
August 202670%

Changes of less than 3 percentage points in the share waiting under 18 weeks are treated as broadly stable. This describes the whole waiting list, not how long any one person waits.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly all-services figures for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202548,31170.4%3
August 202548,85169.0%0
September 202548,69870.2%0
October 202549,86070.1%0
November 202549,60070.1%2
December 202549,44769.6%13
January 202649,53070.0%15
February 202650,21470.6%37
March 202646,18176.1%24
April 202648,28474.2%11
May 202650,33374.0%14
June 202650,74873.5%11
July 202650,73673.0%2
August 202650,98770.0%4

Diagnostic tests

Tests are measured against a separate six-week standard. Figures for June 2026.

Nearby NHS trusts

Trusts within 25 miles that report waiting figures. Distances are between registered addresses, not travel time.

Waiting times across this area

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Contact details we hold for this organisation

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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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