ShortestWait

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

NHS trust London Area: South East London

At the end of August 2026, 55,440 patients were waiting for treatment at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 12.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
66%
Waiting over a year
772

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 6,112 11.9 wks 12.8 wks 41.5 wks 123rd of 238
Urology 2,896 19.7 wks 12.2 wks 46.2 wks 177th of 180
Orthopaedics 5,996 13.0 wks 13.9 wks 45.2 wks 163rd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 8,292 18.1 wks 15.4 wks 42.1 wks 133rd of 152
Plastic surgery 23 7.3 wks 14.0 wks 38.2 wks under 50 waiting
General medicine 223 8.3 wks 10.2 wks 19.2 wks 34th of 62
Gastroenterology 6,339 11.9 wks 11.0 wks 40.4 wks 124th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 3,123 11.5 wks 11.9 wks 36.1 wks 65th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,917 6.4 wks 10.5 wks 20.0 wks 15th of 111
Respiratory medicine 2,141 10.2 wks 10.4 wks 24.9 wks 66th of 120
Neurology 1,920 14.6 wks 13.2 wks 29.6 wks 60th of 87
Rheumatology 610 8.4 wks 10.9 wks 25.1 wks 42nd of 120
Elderly medicine 305 7.7 wks 7.6 wks 16.7 wks 61st of 96
Gynaecology 8,675 13.6 wks 14.2 wks 41.3 wks 98th of 176
Other medical specialties 2,058 7.2 wks 10.7 wks 17.9 wks 17th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 2,132 8.9 wks 12.3 wks 22.2 wks 20th of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,668 15.5 wks 11.4 wks 39.3 wks 122nd of 129
Other services 10 7.0 wks 8.7 wks 53.2 wks under 50 waiting

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

Median wait across all specialties

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
  • England
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.4 weeks to 12.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.5 wks
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MonthLewisham and Greenwich NHS TrustEngland
August 202612.512.2
July 202612.412
June 202612.311.9
May 202613.112.4
April 202612.511.9
March 202612.311.3
February 202613.513.2
January 202613.613.6
December 202513.513.5
November 202512.912.9
October 202513.213.3
September 202513.313.4
August 20251413.5
July 202513.213.1
June 202514.313.4
May 202515.713.6
April 202514.713.3
March 202514.713.9
February 202514.814.2
January 202514.814.5
December 202414.614.2
November 20241514
October 202415.614.2
September 202415.414.4

A&E: seen within four hours

In September 2026, 71.1% of the 33,723 people who went to A&E at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. The NHS standard is 95%. A year earlier it was 68.7%.

All A&E within 4 hours
71.1%
Major A&E within 4 hours
44.1%
Attendances
33,723
Waited 12+ hours for a bed
713

All A&E includes urgent treatment centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres the trust runs; major A&E is consultant-led emergency departments only. The 12-hour figure counts patients who waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit them to getting a bed. Source: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions.

Care Quality Commission rating

Overall rating: Requires improvement. Published 3 July 2020. Read the CQC report

The CQC inspects and rates every hospital in England as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate. Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

Where it treats patients

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS 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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