ShortestWait

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust South East Area: Surrey and Sussex

At the end of August 2026, 51,587 patients were waiting for treatment at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 12.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.6 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.9 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
64%
Waiting over a year
1,304

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,265 13.6 wks 12.8 wks 55.6 wks 171st of 238
Urology 2,940 12.0 wks 12.2 wks 36.8 wks 110th of 180
Orthopaedics 3,068 17.0 wks 13.9 wks 44.0 wks 256th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 5,597 15.1 wks 15.4 wks 41.6 wks 87th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,198 9.5 wks 10.4 wks 25.2 wks 193rd of 301
Oral surgery 1,815 17.7 wks 16.4 wks 42.5 wks 69th of 112
General medicine 63 8.7 wks 10.2 wks 30.0 wks 36th of 62
Gastroenterology 4,526 12.6 wks 11.0 wks 37.1 wks 136th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 2,782 8.3 wks 11.9 wks 21.0 wks 24th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 4,853 15.9 wks 10.5 wks 51.2 wks 105th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,172 10.2 wks 10.4 wks 29.5 wks 67th of 120
Neurology 2,062 16.4 wks 13.2 wks 36.1 wks 71st of 87
Rheumatology 879 10.3 wks 10.9 wks 28.3 wks 65th of 120
Elderly medicine 256 13.5 wks 7.6 wks 28.4 wks 94th of 96
Gynaecology 3,513 12.9 wks 14.2 wks 39.2 wks 85th of 176
Other medical specialties 4,523 16.0 wks 10.7 wks 44.3 wks 137th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,683 10.4 wks 12.3 wks 24.6 wks 39th of 113
Other surgical specialties 7,120 10.9 wks 11.4 wks 39.9 wks 71st of 129
Other services 272 9.2 wks 8.7 wks 30.1 wks 69th 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

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
  • England
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.2 weeks to 12.6 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.6 wks
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MonthSurrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustEngland
August 202612.612.2
July 202612.112
June 202611.811.9
May 202612.812.4
April 202612.411.9
March 202610.811.3
February 202612.613.2
January 202613.313.6
December 202513.713.5
November 202513.912.9
October 202514.613.3
September 202515.413.4
August 202515.213.5
July 202515.413.1
June 202515.413.4
May 202515.513.6
April 20251513.3
March 202515.913.9
February 202515.614.2
January 202515.614.5
December 202414.614.2
November 202413.714
October 20241414.2
September 202414.214.4

Where it treats patients

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare 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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