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Gravesham Community Hospital UTC Waiting Times

Gravesend · South East · England

Hospital website

This is the urgent treatment centre at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend, not Darent Valley Hospital A&E.

Hospital address
Gravesham Community Hospital, Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0DG

Published service or hospital postal address. Check the official provider page for the department entrance and travel information.

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This page checks for new observations every minute. Original sources are collected every 15 minutes; their own publication times are shown below.

The latest source check was incomplete. Any retained earlier observation is labelled separately below.

Historical waiting-time statistics

Not live. These figures describe recorded visits during a past reporting month. They do not show today’s queue or predict your wait.
Historical median wait to treatmentHistorical · Provisional · Not live
1h 12m

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Historical median total stayHistorical · Provisional · Not live
2h 49m

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Historical median initial assessment — ambulance arrivalsHistorical · Provisional · Not live
9 min

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Initial assessment covers ambulance arrivals only, as defined by AEQI031. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Last published observations

Longest current waitNo current figure
Not available

Published longest wait to be seen. The service prioritises patients by clinical urgency.

0waiting
Published by source: 21 Oct, 23:00
Retrieved by us: 21 Oct, 23:30
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Questions about these waiting times

Is the figure for Gravesham Community Hospital UTC live?

No recent live observation is currently available in our stored data. The historical figures shown are for August 2026 and cover the reporting NHS trust, rather than a separate queue at this hospital. They do not describe today’s wait.

What does the published waiting time measure?

  • Longest current wait: Published longest wait to be seen. The service prioritises patients by clinical urgency.
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LOCAL SERVICE INFORMATION

About Gravesham Community Hospital UTC

Service identity
This is the urgent treatment centre at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend, not Darent Valley Hospital A&E. Official source ↗

Service details checked 21 October 2026. This is separate from the waiting-time publication dates above. Check the official service page for changes to access and opening arrangements.

How to use this information

Gravesham Community Hospital UTC is listed as a urgent treatment centre. Department types have different capabilities; a shorter published wait does not mean a service is suitable for your condition.

Patients are prioritised by clinical urgency, not arrival order. An observation reflects the department’s published measure at a particular time, and cannot predict your individual experience.

Can I compare this figure with another hospital?

Only compare like-for-like measures. The average total stay includes tests and treatment; the longest current wait describes a different thing. Where a source gives a range, we keep the range and do not calculate an exact estimate.

Read our methodology