ShortestWait

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust London Area: South East London

At the end of August 2026, 91,102 patients were waiting for treatment at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.3 weeks
92% waiting less than
40.0 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
66%
Waiting over a year
2,004

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 4,836 23.5 wks 12.8 wks 50.8 wks 234th of 238
Urology 4,197 11.5 wks 12.2 wks 33.5 wks 102nd of 180
Orthopaedics 3,861 13.9 wks 13.9 wks 40.2 wks 191st of 299
Ear, nose and throat 846 5.1 wks 15.4 wks 16.6 wks 10th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 12,550 14.0 wks 10.4 wks 46.0 wks 278th of 301
Oral surgery 8,865 14.7 wks 16.4 wks 40.7 wks 46th of 112
Neurosurgery 2,779 14.0 wks 13.4 wks 38.5 wks 20th of 37
Plastic surgery 56 7.9 wks 14.0 wks 32.3 wks 14th of 82
Cardiothoracic surgery 116 9.0 wks 9.6 wks 31.7 wks 11th of 21
General medicine 697 8.2 wks 10.2 wks 20.8 wks 32nd of 62
Gastroenterology 2,755 10.7 wks 11.0 wks 35.8 wks 106th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 5,068 12.4 wks 11.9 wks 37.2 wks 82nd of 125
Dermatology (skin) 3,625 11.1 wks 10.5 wks 31.4 wks 68th of 111
Respiratory medicine 3,203 11.9 wks 10.4 wks 33.2 wks 91st of 120
Neurology 2,254 9.5 wks 13.2 wks 28.6 wks 21st of 87
Rheumatology 1,087 10.7 wks 10.9 wks 26.3 wks 69th of 120
Elderly medicine 570 6.6 wks 7.6 wks 16.5 wks 45th of 96
Gynaecology 9,328 13.3 wks 14.2 wks 36.2 wks 92nd of 176
Other medical specialties 7,592 8.4 wks 10.7 wks 27.3 wks 40th of 145
Other mental health 10 6.6 wks 8.4 wks 18.2 wks under 50 waiting
Other paediatric specialties 4,314 10.5 wks 12.3 wks 30.9 wks 41st of 113
Other surgical specialties 11,768 13.2 wks 11.4 wks 47.6 wks 107th of 129
Other services 725 11.8 wks 8.7 wks 46.8 wks 84th 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

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.8 weeks to 12.3 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.3 wks
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MonthKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.312.2
July 202611.912
June 202611.611.9
May 202612.212.4
April 202611.611.9
March 20261111.3
February 20261313.2
January 202613.313.6
December 202512.913.5
November 20251212.9
October 202512.613.3
September 202513.213.4
August 202513.813.5
July 202513.513.1
June 202513.013.4
May 202513.313.6
April 202512.713.3
March 20251213.9
February 20251314.2
January 202513.214.5
December 202414.114.2
November 202414.314
October 202414.414.2
September 202414.814.4

Where it treats patients

King's College Hospital 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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