ShortestWait

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South East Area: Surrey and Sussex

At the end of August 2026, 31,720 patients were waiting for treatment at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
38.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
65%
Waiting over a year
379

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 3,047 10.1 wks 12.8 wks 29.6 wks 87th of 238
Urology 1,507 10.8 wks 12.2 wks 28.0 wks 80th of 180
Orthopaedics 5,951 13.4 wks 13.9 wks 41.7 wks 179th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,096 15.0 wks 15.4 wks 38.1 wks 84th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,267 13.8 wks 10.4 wks 33.1 wks 274th of 301
Oral surgery 4,051 19.1 wks 16.4 wks 44.5 wks 83rd of 112
Plastic surgery 192 8.7 wks 14.0 wks 25.6 wks 22nd of 82
Gastroenterology 1,415 14.8 wks 11.0 wks 44.3 wks 153rd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,089 11.1 wks 11.9 wks 38.5 wks 59th of 125
Respiratory medicine 333 7.9 wks 10.4 wks 24.1 wks 34th of 120
Neurology 726 16.0 wks 13.2 wks 36.5 wks 65th of 87
Rheumatology 308 7.1 wks 10.9 wks 17.8 wks 21st of 120
Gynaecology 2,366 13.6 wks 14.2 wks 38.1 wks 99th of 176
Other medical specialties 3,236 10.6 wks 10.7 wks 37.2 wks 82nd of 145
Other paediatric specialties 561 8.6 wks 12.3 wks 21.7 wks 19th of 113
Other surgical specialties 711 7.2 wks 11.4 wks 29.6 wks 20th of 129
Other services 864 8.1 wks 8.7 wks 19.8 wks 59th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.9 weeks to 12.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.5 wks
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MonthRoyal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.512.2
July 202612.312
June 202612.211.9
May 202612.712.4
April 202612.211.9
March 202611.811.3
February 202613.413.2
January 202613.813.6
December 202513.713.5
November 202513.012.9
October 202513.513.3
September 202514.113.4
August 202514.513.5
July 202515.613.1
June 20251613.4
May 202515.813.6
April 202514.713.3
March 202514.513.9
February 202514.314.2
January 202514.914.5
December 202415.414.2
November 202415.514
October 202416.014.2
September 202415.914.4

Where it treats patients

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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