Maidstone Hospital
Maidstone · ME16 9QQ · data via East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: Maidstone A&E, Maidstone General
Time in department now
Primary source: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Maidstone Hospital is a district general hospital in Maidstone, the county town of Kent. Part of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, the hospital provides acute and specialist services to a population of approximately 500,000 across West Kent and parts of East Sussex. The Emergency Department handles around 80,000 attendances per year and includes a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre. The hospital is the Trust's centre for cancer services, oncology, and specialist diagnostics. The site has undergone significant investment in recent years, including a new emergency care centre.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Maidstone, ME16 9QQ
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at Maidstone Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently15:36 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently15:09 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently14:36 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently14:10 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently13:36 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently13:10 | 2 hr 30 min | — | 13 | |
| recently12:37 | 2 hr 30 min | ▲ 30m | 13 | |
| recently12:14 | 2 hr | — | 10 | |
| recently11:35 | 2 hr | ▲ 30m | 10 | |
| recently11:10 | 1 hr 30 min | — | 8 | |
| recently10:36 | 1 hr 30 min | — | 8 | |
| recently10:10 | 1 hr 30 min | — | 8 |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 2 hr 30 min. The Kent average sits near 1 hr 24 min. This department is running well above its neighbours — check the alternatives panel before setting off.
Not sure A&E is the right door? Read this first →Quick answers for Maidstone Hospital
What's the current wait at Maidstone Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 2 hr 30 min. That comes straight from the trust's own feed and shifts through the day — and remember triage decides the order patients are seen, so a genuinely urgent case never waits for the whole queue.
Is the A&E at Maidstone Hospital open right now?
Yes — this A&E never closes. It runs 24 hours a day every day of the year, with no appointment needed; arrivals are triaged and treated in order of clinical urgency.
Would somewhere other than Maidstone Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Maidstone handle sprains, cuts, minor burns and simple fractures with far shorter queues. The nearby-departments panel on this page shows live figures for the closest options, and 111 can book timed slots at some of them.
Where exactly is Maidstone Hospital?
It's in Maidstone (ME16 9QQ). Pop your own postcode into our distance search to see how far it is from you compared with the other departments nearby.
When does this A&E tend to be calmest?
Across the UK the pattern is consistent: the lightest traffic is between roughly 6am and 9am, and the heaviest crunch lands on Monday mornings, weekday evenings, and Friday and Saturday nights. If your condition can safely wait for a quieter window, an early start usually pays off.
Could you be seen sooner?
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Don't wait on a webpage
If someone is seriously unwell — chest pain, stroke signs, heavy bleeding, struggling to breathe — call 999 immediately instead of comparing queues.