ShortestWait

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South East Area: Surrey and Sussex

At the end of August 2026, 22,255 patients were waiting for treatment at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 14.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
14.3 weeks
92% waiting less than
38.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
61%
Waiting over a year
228

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
Ear, nose and throat 154 8.9 wks 15.4 wks 29.7 wks 21st of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,448 11.8 wks 10.4 wks 29.9 wks 244th of 301
Oral surgery 7,575 16.1 wks 16.4 wks 40.6 wks 56th of 112
Plastic surgery 6,137 14.0 wks 14.0 wks 43.4 wks 56th of 82
Cardiology (heart) 222 11.5 wks 11.9 wks 33.6 wks 66th of 125
Respiratory medicine 39 14.1 wks 10.4 wks 18.4 wks under 50 waiting
Rheumatology 75 9.2 wks 10.9 wks 19.0 wks 53rd of 120
Other medical specialties 21 10.5 wks 10.7 wks 24.7 wks under 50 waiting
Other services 5,584 13.9 wks 8.7 wks 29.1 wks 100th 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

  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.2 weeks to 14.3 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614.3 wks12.2 wks
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MonthQueen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202614.312.2
July 202613.812
June 202613.811.9
May 202614.112.4
April 202613.211.9
March 202613.211.3
February 202614.313.2
January 202614.813.6
December 202514.313.5
November 202513.712.9
October 202513.713.3
September 202513.413.4
August 202513.613.5
July 202512.913.1
June 202513.713.4
May 202514.213.6
April 202513.813.3
March 202515.613.9
February 202515.514.2
January 20251614.5
December 202415.614.2
November 202415.214
October 202415.214.2
September 202415.214.4

A&E: seen within four hours

In September 2026, 99.9% of the 1,433 people who went to A&E at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. The NHS standard is 95%. A year earlier it was 98.1%.

All A&E within 4 hours
99.9%
Attendances
1,433

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: Good. Published 23 May 2019. 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

Queen Victoria 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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