ShortestWait

Other surgical specialties waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for other surgical specialties treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

This group collects smaller specialties, including vascular, varicose veins, vascular surgery, breast, colorectal surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, hepatobiliary, transplant.

England median wait
11.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
67%
People waiting
474,806

Shortest other surgical specialties waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 13.9 weeks to 11.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.4 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202611.4
July 202611.3
June 202611.2
May 202611.9
April 202611.4
March 202610.7
February 202612.5
January 202613
December 202512.9
November 202512.3
October 202512.6
September 202512.6
August 202512.5
July 202512
June 202512.5
May 202512.9
April 202512.5
March 202512.4
February 202513.4
January 202513.8
December 202413.8
November 202413.3
October 202413.7
September 202413.9

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 257 1.8 wks 10.4 wks 98% no change
2 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 486 3.6 wks 15.2 wks 95% 1.0 weeks longer
3 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 814 3.8 wks 33.2 wks 82% 0.2 weeks shorter
4 Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Independent East of England 224 3.8 wks 50.0 wks 86% 0.9 weeks shorter
5 Spire Harpenden Hospital Independent East of England 80 3.9 wks 15.8 wks 100% 1.0 weeks longer
6 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,484 4.0 wks 35.2 wks 81% 0.5 weeks longer
7 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 658 4.0 wks 22.9 wks 87% 0.4 weeks longer
8 Locala Community Partnerships Cic Independent 60 sites North East and Yorkshire 152 5.5 wks 15.6 wks 97% 0.4 weeks longer
9 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,524 5.9 wks 22.2 wks 89% 0.3 weeks shorter
10 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,784 6.2 wks 32.0 wks 79% 1.0 weeks shorter
11 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 1,312 6.2 wks 26.2 wks 83% 0.5 weeks longer
12 Spire Murrayfield Hospital Independent North West 95 6.5 wks 29.5 wks 78% 2.6 weeks shorter
13 Spire Elland Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 180 6.5 wks 30.5 wks 76% 6.5 weeks shorter
14 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 713 6.6 wks 20.4 wks 88% 0.1 weeks longer
15 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,139 6.7 wks 25.7 wks 81% 0.8 weeks shorter
16 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,758 6.9 wks 33.9 wks 81% 0.6 weeks longer
17 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 221 7.0 wks 20.7 wks 90% 0.1 weeks longer
18 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 117 7.1 wks 18.9 wks 90% 1.2 weeks longer
19 Epsomedical Group Independent 3 sites South East 157 7.2 wks 21.2 wks 89% 1.8 weeks longer
20 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 711 7.2 wks 29.6 wks 78% 0.6 weeks longer
21 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,032 7.4 wks 31.1 wks 77% 1.3 weeks shorter
22 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,070 7.4 wks 26.8 wks 82% 0.7 weeks shorter
23 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 100 7.6 wks 26.0 wks 80% 7.0 weeks shorter
24 Phoenix Public Health Ltd Independent 6 sites North West 239 7.6 wks 21.4 wks 85% 0.6 weeks shorter
25 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,244 7.7 wks 37.1 wks 76% no change
26 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,511 7.8 wks 30.1 wks 78% 0.2 weeks shorter
27 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,310 7.8 wks 24.3 wks 86% 0.8 weeks longer
28 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 4,717 8.2 wks 30.5 wks 80% 0.9 weeks shorter
29 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 3,258 8.2 wks 32.5 wks 75% 0.1 weeks longer
30 Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital Independent London 218 8.2 wks 23.9 wks 84% 3.2 weeks longer
31 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,786 8.3 wks 30.1 wks 79% 0.9 weeks shorter
32 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,260 8.4 wks 31.2 wks 76% 0.9 weeks longer
33 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,297 8.4 wks 54.5 wks 65% 0.5 weeks shorter
34 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,756 8.5 wks 34.1 wks 74% 1.4 weeks shorter
35 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,603 8.5 wks 33.1 wks 73% 0.3 weeks shorter
36 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 6,474 8.5 wks 36.7 wks 73% 2.4 weeks shorter
37 UK Vein Clinic Ltd Independent 2 sites London 96 8.6 wks 24.2 wks 84% –
38 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 3,128 8.6 wks 36.5 wks 74% no change
39 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,281 8.9 wks 34.7 wks 73% 0.5 weeks shorter
40 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,721 9.0 wks 28.5 wks 78% 0.8 weeks longer
41 Spire Regency Hospital Independent North West 1,000 9.1 wks 16.8 wks 100% 0.7 weeks shorter
42 Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Independent South East 885 9.1 wks 17.1 wks 95% 0.6 weeks longer
43 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 10,363 9.1 wks 32.6 wks 75% 2.4 weeks shorter
44 Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 407 9.2 wks 32.2 wks 75% 0.6 weeks shorter
45 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 6,251 9.2 wks 32.7 wks 75% 0.1 weeks shorter
46 Spire Bushey Hospital Independent East of England 364 9.3 wks 16.0 wks 100% 0.4 weeks longer
47 Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company Independent 9 sites North West 173 9.3 wks 23.1 wks 84% no change
48 Spire St Anthony'S Hospital Independent London 486 9.4 wks 16.3 wks 100% 0.8 weeks shorter
49 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,634 9.4 wks 32.6 wks 71% 1.5 weeks shorter
50 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,211 9.5 wks 36.3 wks 71% 0.5 weeks longer
51 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,159 9.5 wks 31.6 wks 75% 5.1 weeks shorter
52 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 12,984 9.5 wks 30.2 wks 77% 1.2 weeks shorter
53 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 835 9.5 wks 36.9 wks 68% 1.4 weeks shorter
54 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 351 9.6 wks 18.9 wks 89% 0.6 weeks shorter
55 Spire Liverpool Hospital Independent North West 152 9.6 wks 16.9 wks 93% 5.9 weeks longer
56 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 5,470 9.6 wks 29.9 wks 70% 0.9 weeks shorter
57 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,282 9.8 wks 33.9 wks 72% 0.3 weeks longer
58 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,630 9.8 wks 30.1 wks 77% 0.4 weeks longer
59 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 10,869 9.8 wks 36.3 wks 71% 0.7 weeks shorter
60 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 2,175 9.9 wks 26.8 wks 79% 2.9 weeks longer
61 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 6,276 9.9 wks 39.3 wks 70% 0.9 weeks shorter
62 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,505 9.9 wks 32.5 wks 73% 1.5 weeks longer
63 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 8,190 10.1 wks 30.3 wks 72% 1.1 weeks shorter
64 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,846 10.1 wks 28.4 wks 76% 1.2 weeks longer
65 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,223 10.3 wks 35.5 wks 71% 0.3 weeks longer
66 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,099 10.4 wks 37.9 wks 71% 1.6 weeks shorter
67 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,267 10.5 wks 32.2 wks 76% 0.9 weeks shorter
68 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,875 10.6 wks 33.8 wks 73% 0.9 weeks shorter
69 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 7,912 10.6 wks 34.2 wks 76% 0.3 weeks longer
70 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,791 10.7 wks 45.7 wks 68% 1.3 weeks shorter
71 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 7,120 10.9 wks 39.9 wks 69% no change
72 Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 123 10.9 wks 40.9 wks 63% 11.1 weeks shorter
73 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust NHS London 2,285 11.0 wks 30.6 wks 69% 1.0 weeks shorter
74 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 1,892 11.0 wks 32.6 wks 71% 1.5 weeks shorter
75 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 70 11.0 wks 37.4 wks 69% 4.5 weeks shorter
76 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 9,688 11.2 wks 32.6 wks 72% 0.3 weeks shorter
77 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 8,610 11.2 wks 37.9 wks 65% 1.8 weeks shorter
78 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,082 11.2 wks 37.5 wks 66% 3.7 weeks shorter
79 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 12,362 11.2 wks 37.9 wks 67% 0.7 weeks shorter
80 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,844 11.3 wks 41.1 wks 68% 0.5 weeks shorter
81 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 6,089 11.5 wks 39.1 wks 66% 0.3 weeks shorter
82 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 1,090 11.7 wks 27.4 wks 73% 0.4 weeks longer
83 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,959 11.8 wks 37.8 wks 68% 0.7 weeks shorter
84 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Independent 14 sites South East 416 11.9 wks 32.1 wks 68% 0.9 weeks shorter
85 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,949 11.9 wks 38.8 wks 65% 0.3 weeks longer
86 Spire London East Independent London 541 12.0 wks 37.4 wks 67% 1.8 weeks shorter
87 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,170 12.1 wks 41.1 wks 65% 0.8 weeks shorter
88 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 1,116 12.2 wks 36.7 wks 66% 3.5 weeks longer
89 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,990 12.2 wks 39.8 wks 64% 1.6 weeks shorter
90 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 7,611 12.2 wks 40.8 wks 63% 1.3 weeks shorter
91 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 4,001 12.2 wks 50.5 wks 62% 4.4 weeks shorter
92 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,235 12.3 wks 40.2 wks 64% 2.2 weeks shorter
93 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 8,031 12.4 wks 38.1 wks 64% 0.2 weeks longer
94 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 9,366 12.5 wks 35.4 wks 64% 0.1 weeks shorter
95 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 7,593 12.5 wks 33.9 wks 67% 1.1 weeks shorter
96 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 5,948 12.5 wks 45.8 wks 61% 0.7 weeks shorter
97 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 5,612 12.6 wks 40.6 wks 63% 0.2 weeks longer
98 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,338 12.6 wks 37.3 wks 63% 0.8 weeks longer
99 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 3,780 12.6 wks 34.0 wks 64% 1.0 weeks longer
100 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 9,996 12.8 wks 42.7 wks 62% 3.4 weeks shorter
101 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,771 12.9 wks 42.3 wks 61% 0.8 weeks shorter
102 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 10,198 12.9 wks 41.6 wks 63% 1.1 weeks longer
103 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 5,664 12.9 wks 42.0 wks 62% 1.4 weeks shorter
104 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 182 13.0 wks 39.2 wks 68% 2.6 weeks shorter
105 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 8,452 13.0 wks 43.8 wks 61% 0.8 weeks shorter
106 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 8,682 13.0 wks 41.9 wks 62% 0.2 weeks longer
107 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 11,768 13.2 wks 47.6 wks 62% 0.2 weeks longer
108 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,663 13.3 wks 34.5 wks 66% 1.0 weeks longer
109 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 7,907 13.4 wks 44.0 wks 60% 1.7 weeks shorter
110 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 7,165 13.6 wks 41.7 wks 60% 1.0 weeks shorter
111 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 373 13.7 wks 40.8 wks 59% 10.4 weeks shorter
112 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 7,058 13.8 wks 42.0 wks 61% no change
113 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 8,182 13.9 wks 45.9 wks 60% 0.1 weeks longer
114 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 14,902 13.9 wks 41.1 wks 59% 0.7 weeks longer
115 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,665 13.9 wks 36.9 wks 61% 0.5 weeks longer
116 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 3,254 14.1 wks 48.0 wks 58% 1.4 weeks shorter
117 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,336 14.4 wks 29.7 wks 64% 1.4 weeks longer
118 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 8,305 14.5 wks 45.8 wks 57% 0.8 weeks longer
119 Spire Alexandra Hospital Independent South East 866 14.8 wks 40.3 wks 62% 3.0 weeks longer
120 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 7,459 15.0 wks 46.3 wks 57% 0.6 weeks longer
121 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 16,168 15.4 wks 50.5 wks 55% 0.2 weeks longer
122 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 1,668 15.5 wks 39.3 wks 58% 1.4 weeks longer
123 Spire Dunedin Hospital Independent South East 50 16.0 wks 29.0 wks 54% 4.5 weeks longer
124 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 189 16.3 wks 34.4 wks 59% 5.0 weeks shorter
125 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 518 16.4 wks 43.2 wks 54% 0.4 weeks shorter
126 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,879 16.7 wks 43.7 wks 53% 0.1 weeks shorter
127 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 8,166 17.0 wks 45.6 wks 53% 1.6 weeks longer
128 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,116 18.4 wks 47.6 wks 49% 1.2 weeks longer
129 The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 375 22.8 wks 53.0 wks 38% 2.9 weeks longer

129 providers. Independent providers treat NHS patients at no cost to the patient; you can usually ask to be referred to one. Providers reporting one figure for several sites are marked with the number of sites.

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