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estimated wait time
3 hr 41 min
usual wait
Typical wait for non-urgent cases. Patients are seen in order of clinical priority. The most seriously ill are always seen first, no matter how busy the department is.
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Recent waits & what to expect
Line chart: 100 readings from 26 Jul 19:03 to 28 Jul 03:21. Waiting times range from 119 to 240 minutes.
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
3 hr 35 min

Estimate based on 2,536 readings over the last 28 days, anchored to today’s recent waits. Actual waits depend on how the day unfolds.

Typical waits by time of day
Usually quietest around 4pm - busiest around 9am
Typical waits by day of week
Thursday tends to be quietest, Tuesday busiest
Contact & location
Pinewood Place, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7WG
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
Tuesday TodayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
Getting here
Train stations
Crayford Station19 min walk to A&E
Bexley25 min walk to A&E
Dartford Rail Station42 min walk to A&E
Albany Park Station42 min walk to A&E
Barnehurst Station44 min walk to A&E
Bus stops
5 routes·3 operators·5 stops within walking distance
Bexley Park (adj, eastbound)2 min walk to A&E
429GO-Coach Hire LtdWest Kingsdown ↔ Dartford
601Go-AheadThamesmead ↔ Wilmington
601Go-Ahead London
B12Go-AheadErith ↔ Coldblow
D29GO-Coach Hire LtdCrockenhill ↔ Dartford
Bexley Park (opp, westbound)3 min walk to A&E
429GO-Coach Hire LtdDartford ↔ West Kingsdown
B12Go-AheadColdblow ↔ Erith
D29GO-Coach Hire LtdDartford ↔ Crockenhill
Baldwyns Park (->W, westbound)8 min walk to A&E
429GO-Coach Hire LtdDartford ↔ West Kingsdown
B12Go-AheadColdblow ↔ Erith
D29GO-Coach Hire LtdDartford ↔ Crockenhill
Old Bexley Lane (->S, southbound)8 min walk to A&E
B12Go-AheadColdblow ↔ Erith
Dartford Road / Baldwyns Park (->E, south-east)8 min walk to A&E
601Go-AheadThamesmead ↔ Wilmington
601Go-Ahead London
B12Go-AheadErith ↔ Coldblow
Plan journey by public transport
Dartford A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 2 readings
-
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
4 hr
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 7 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 40 min
Yesterday, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 23 min
Yesterday, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 23 min
Yesterday, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 21 min
Yesterday, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 6 min
Yesterday, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 22 min
Yesterday, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 40 min
Yesterday, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 8 min
Yesterday, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 41 min
Yesterday, 7 AM
avg. of 1 reading
3 hr 43 min
Nearby A&E & urgent care
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There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Darent Valley Hospital, Princess Royal University Hospital and Gravesend.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. Our system automatically checks the hospital’s website at regular intervals and records the displayed waiting time. Where a trust does not publish waiting times directly, we may source data from third-party applications or services that provide equivalent publicly available information. Data was last checked at 3:21am on 28 Jul 2026.
Verified sourceDirect capture from Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Independently captured screenshot of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
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