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Kettering General Hospital

Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ · Run by Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 23 May 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
64.3%
Better than 39% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
13.1 wks
Better than 35% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
26,713
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
121
Better than 69% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
79.0%
Better than 74% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
19,611
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
644
Better than 21% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Medicals3,72956.4%15.8 wks27
Gynaecology2,73564.1%13.2 wks5
Ophthalmology2,52576.4%10.5 wks1
Ear Nose and Throat2,21948.5%18.4 wks15
General Surgery1,80565.1%12.8 wks2
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,76365.5%13.2 wks0
Oral Surgery1,76238.0%24.7 wks14
Other - Surgicals1,55470.6%13.4 wks0
Urology1,55066.5%12.1 wks3
Cardiology1,46986.7%9.2 wks0
Dermatology1,10884.9%9.4 wks0
Neurology1,07659.6%15.6 wks2
Rheumatology1,05564.4%12.9 wks1
Gastroenterology93160.4%10.2 wks51
Respiratory Medicine80273.8%10.0 wks0
Elderly Medicine24771.7%11.4 wks0
Other - Paediatrics23478.6%10.3 wks0
Plastic Surgery9775.3%12.1 wks0
Other - Others37100.0%5.2 wks0
General Internal Medicine15100.0%1.3 wks0

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.