ShortestWait

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South West Area: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

At the end of August 2026, 31,024 patients were waiting for treatment at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 11.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
11.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
35.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
70%
Waiting over a year
126

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,198 13.3 wks 12.8 wks 37.0 wks 164th of 238
Urology 2,500 10.4 wks 12.2 wks 29.9 wks 72nd of 180
Orthopaedics 2,930 12.3 wks 13.9 wks 37.2 wks 144th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,150 15.3 wks 15.4 wks 39.4 wks 95th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 1,997 9.9 wks 10.4 wks 25.1 wks 202nd of 301
Oral surgery 2,091 14.9 wks 16.4 wks 34.2 wks 48th of 112
Plastic surgery 2,014 10.3 wks 14.0 wks 33.4 wks 33rd of 82
General medicine 5 14.5 wks 10.2 wks 15.8 wks under 50 waiting
Gastroenterology 1,519 10.1 wks 11.0 wks 30.0 wks 95th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,669 11.5 wks 11.9 wks 36.1 wks 64th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 1,020 31.8 wks 10.5 wks 49.2 wks 111th of 111
Respiratory medicine 926 12.3 wks 10.4 wks 41.9 wks 95th of 120
Rheumatology 635 10.7 wks 10.9 wks 30.0 wks 70th of 120
Elderly medicine 285 11.4 wks 7.6 wks 30.1 wks 89th of 96
Gynaecology 2,732 11.8 wks 14.2 wks 34.2 wks 59th of 176
Other medical specialties 3,435 10.2 wks 10.7 wks 29.0 wks 73rd of 145
Other mental health 88 4.7 wks 8.4 wks 25.0 wks 2nd of 9
Other paediatric specialties 201 14.1 wks 12.3 wks 40.5 wks 83rd of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,630 9.8 wks 11.4 wks 30.1 wks 58th of 129
Other services 999 7.5 wks 8.7 wks 15.8 wks 50th 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

  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.6 weeks to 11.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.7 wks
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MonthSalisbury NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202611.712.2
July 202611.012
June 202610.711.9
May 202611.712.4
April 202610.911.9
March 202610.511.3
February 20261213.2
January 202612.313.6
December 20251213.5
November 202511.812.9
October 202512.113.3
September 202512.513.4
August 202512.113.5
July 202511.813.1
June 20251213.4
May 202512.413.6
April 202511.913.3
March 202512.313.9
February 202514.314.2
January 202514.414.5
December 202414.414.2
November 202414.614
October 202414.414.2
September 202414.614.4

Where it treats patients

Salisbury 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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