Mouth or teeth (oral surgery) waiting times at Kent & Canterbury Hospital (August 2026 NHS data)
The typical NHS wait for Mouth or teeth (oral surgery) at Kent & Canterbury Hospital, run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, is 41 weeks (median, August 2026).
NHS RTT data · August 2026
Half of the people treated waited less than this, half waited longer, measured from referral to treatment. This is the wait for patients seen and treated in clinic (non-admitted), the right measure for a mainly outpatient specialty. Urgent cases are treated sooner.
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The national median for Mouth or teeth (oral surgery) is 16 weeks, so Kent & Canterbury Hospital is about 25 weeks longer than the national wait. Among the 100 hospitals reporting Mouth or teeth (oral surgery), it has the 95th shortest wait.
Nearer hospitals with a shorter wait
For Mouth or teeth (oral surgery), these hospitals within reach report a shorter typical wait. Under the NHS right to choose, you can ask to be treated at any of them, for free.
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea32 weeks · 26 mi
- Conquest HospitalHastings27 weeks · 35 mi
- Colchester General HospitalColchester15 weeks · 45 mi
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets9 weeks · 52 mi
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon30 weeks · 52 mi
Your four routes from here
- Stay on the NHS here at Kent & Canterbury Hospital, free, about 41 weeks.
- Switch NHS hospital to a nearer one with a shorter wait, still free.
- NHS-private mix: pay for one step, such as a scan or first appointment, then continue on the NHS.
- Go fully private to skip the wait, at a cost you control.
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NHS RTT (referral to treatment) data, August 2026, for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. The figure is the non-admitted median for oral surgery as a whole, not any single condition. The NHS publishes one wait per trust, not per hospital site, so this is the wait for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.Wait or Pay is independent and is not the NHS. Nothing here is medical advice.