ShortestWait

Plastic surgery waiting times by hospital

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

Includes treatments such as plastics, skin cancer surgery, breast reconstruction, hand, dupuytren, scar, burns.

England median wait
14.0 weeks
92% waiting less than
44.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
59%
People waiting
109,605

Shortest plastic surgery 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 15.7 weeks to 14 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202614
July 202613.7
June 202614
May 202614.6
April 202614.3
March 202615.2
February 202615.9
January 202616.3
December 202515.8
November 202515.1
October 202514.8
September 202514.3
August 202514.5
July 202514.1
June 202514.9
May 202515.4
April 202515.4
March 202516.3
February 202516.5
January 202516.8
December 202416.3
November 202415.9
October 202415.7
September 202415.7

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 175 3.7 wks 12.3 wks 99% 0.6 weeks longer
2 Tees Valley Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 576 4.8 wks 15.3 wks 94% 0.3 weeks longer
3 Cotswolds Surgical Partners Independent South West 184 4.9 wks 14.7 wks 96% 0.4 weeks longer
4 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 86 5.0 wks 13.8 wks 95% 0.2 weeks longer
5 Spire Cheshire Hospital Independent North West 68 6.0 wks 25.5 wks 79% 6.4 weeks shorter
6 Somerset Surgical Services Hq Independent 7 sites South West 117 6.1 wks 13.6 wks 97% 0.9 weeks longer
7 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 66 6.7 wks 17.7 wks 92% 1.8 weeks longer
8 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 161 6.9 wks 23.0 wks 88% 2.5 weeks longer
9 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 50 7.0 wks 27.0 wks 82% 0.2 weeks shorter
10 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 121 7.4 wks 28.3 wks 79% 6.6 weeks shorter
11 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 132 7.5 wks 32.2 wks 80% 1.6 weeks longer
12 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 58 7.6 wks 46.2 wks 76% 3.4 weeks shorter
13 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 904 7.7 wks 37.2 wks 75% 2.2 weeks shorter
14 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 56 7.9 wks 32.3 wks 77% 2.8 weeks shorter
15 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 153 7.9 wks 46.8 wks 67% 11.9 weeks shorter
16 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 459 8.0 wks 31.3 wks 78% 1.6 weeks shorter
17 Spire Leeds Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 183 8.4 wks 36.1 wks 82% 7.0 weeks shorter
18 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 315 8.4 wks 18.3 wks 92% 1.0 weeks longer
19 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 219 8.4 wks 21.5 wks 88% 0.6 weeks shorter
20 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,314 8.6 wks 32.2 wks 75% 0.2 weeks shorter
21 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 3,327 8.6 wks 39.5 wks 73% no change
22 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 192 8.7 wks 25.6 wks 78% 2.2 weeks longer
23 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,847 9.0 wks 29.8 wks 76% 1.4 weeks shorter
24 Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Independent 7 sites North East and Yorkshire 251 9.0 wks 19.8 wks 86% 2.1 weeks longer
25 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 95 9.3 wks 39.2 wks 67% 2.8 weeks shorter
26 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,260 9.3 wks 28.7 wks 79% 0.5 weeks shorter
27 The Yorkshire Clinic Independent North East and Yorkshire 83 9.4 wks 40.2 wks 75% 1.8 weeks shorter
28 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,881 9.5 wks 37.8 wks 69% –
29 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 247 9.6 wks 30.8 wks 74% 1.0 weeks shorter
30 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,115 9.6 wks 39.8 wks 67% 2.0 weeks shorter
31 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,335 10.0 wks 37.6 wks 69% 4.2 weeks shorter
32 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 292 10.2 wks 28.3 wks 77% 0.5 weeks shorter
33 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,014 10.3 wks 33.4 wks 74% 0.3 weeks shorter
34 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,420 10.4 wks 38.1 wks 69% 2.6 weeks shorter
35 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,252 10.4 wks 30.8 wks 71% 1.4 weeks shorter
36 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,535 10.7 wks 34.5 wks 70% 2.0 weeks shorter
37 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,147 10.9 wks 40.1 wks 69% 1.7 weeks shorter
38 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 357 11.0 wks 36.9 wks 68% 1.0 weeks shorter
39 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,582 11.0 wks 43.8 wks 65% 1.3 weeks shorter
40 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 816 11.3 wks 36.2 wks 66% 1.6 weeks shorter
41 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 323 11.5 wks 39.1 wks 69% 0.4 weeks shorter
42 Spire London East Independent London 55 11.8 wks 29.6 wks 69% 2.8 weeks longer
43 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,140 11.8 wks 38.5 wks 64% 1.5 weeks shorter
44 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 556 11.9 wks 38.4 wks 63% 1.4 weeks shorter
45 Cobalt Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 951 12.0 wks 35.5 wks 68% 3.1 weeks shorter
46 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,042 12.0 wks 46.1 wks 63% 3.2 weeks shorter
47 Epsomedical Group Independent 3 sites South East 326 12.1 wks 41.5 wks 72% 0.4 weeks longer
48 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,046 12.4 wks 32.5 wks 66% 1.9 weeks shorter
49 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 152 12.4 wks 33.8 wks 63% 2.7 weeks shorter
50 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 529 12.7 wks 33.0 wks 64% 2.1 weeks shorter
51 Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) Independent 198 sites South East 89 13.1 wks 26.4 wks 69% 1.7 weeks longer
52 Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital Independent London 77 13.2 wks 104+ wks 60% 1.0 weeks shorter
53 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 417 13.2 wks 45.8 wks 63% 0.5 weeks shorter
54 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,274 13.7 wks 37.9 wks 62% 0.5 weeks longer
55 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,760 14.0 wks 44.1 wks 60% 0.4 weeks longer
56 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,137 14.0 wks 43.4 wks 60% 1.5 weeks shorter
57 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,513 14.2 wks 36.0 wks 60% 2.2 weeks longer
58 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 252 14.3 wks 40.0 wks 62% 2.7 weeks longer
59 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,908 14.4 wks 39.5 wks 60% 0.1 weeks longer
60 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,633 15.0 wks 40.8 wks 58% 0.3 weeks longer
61 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 675 15.1 wks 32.1 wks 61% 1.2 weeks longer
62 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,359 15.4 wks 46.1 wks 55% 1.5 weeks longer
63 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 2,041 15.6 wks 37.7 wks 57% 0.6 weeks shorter
64 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,376 15.6 wks 42.5 wks 55% 1.5 weeks shorter
65 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 1,351 15.8 wks 47.4 wks 56% 1.1 weeks shorter
66 Spire Thames Valley Hospital Independent South East 100 16.0 wks 38.0 wks 54% –
67 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 84 16.3 wks 54.3 wks 60% 1.5 weeks longer
68 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 189 16.4 wks 34.9 wks 54% 0.4 weeks longer
69 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,238 16.9 wks 44.5 wks 54% 0.3 weeks longer
70 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 807 17.1 wks 42.7 wks 52% 2.1 weeks shorter
71 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,076 17.1 wks 48.9 wks 52% 2.4 weeks shorter
72 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 144 17.2 wks 39.2 wks 53% 0.5 weeks shorter
73 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 8,821 17.8 wks 46.3 wks 51% 2.1 weeks longer
74 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 4,080 18.6 wks 46.0 wks 48% 1.2 weeks longer
75 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 5,768 18.6 wks 48.4 wks 49% 0.9 weeks longer
76 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,442 19.0 wks 46.6 wks 47% 2.0 weeks shorter
77 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 786 19.8 wks 55.4 wks 46% 3.6 weeks shorter
78 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,618 19.9 wks 43.3 wks 46% 0.7 weeks longer
79 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 457 20.7 wks 50.9 wks 44% 2.6 weeks shorter
80 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 7,067 21.1 wks 57.1 wks 44% 0.2 weeks longer
81 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,942 22.6 wks 60.8 wks 44% 0.6 weeks shorter
82 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 181 24.7 wks 41.6 wks 31% 3.9 weeks shorter

82 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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