Cardiothoracic Surgery waiting times by hospital in England (June 2026)

week England average

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

people waiting across 23 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 13 weeks sooner elsewhere, if they know to ask. The median also hides the tail: 162 of the 8,634 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#	Provider	Median	Within 18wk	Waiting
1	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	5 wks	98%	310
2	East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage	6 wks	88%	137
3	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	7 wks	80%	101
4	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham	7 wks	83%	245
5	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	7 wks	83%	179
6	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry	7 wks	86%	324
7	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	7 wks	79%	509
8	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton	8 wks	79%	511
9	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	8 wks	85%	762
10	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	9 wks	80%	542
11	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	9 wks	80%	358
12	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	9 wks	74%	573
13	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester	10 wks	77%	462
14	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent	10 wks	79%	213
15	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury	10 wks	87%	86
16	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull	10 wks	77%	367
17	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol	11 wks	71%	394
18	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing	11 wks	70%	138
19	Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	15 wks	59%	797
20	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth	16 wks	56%	541
21	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool	18 wks	50%	937
22	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	20 wks	47%	92
23	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton	25 wks	30%	56

Find the fastest option near youThis table is ranked nationally. Enter your postcode to rank by the trade-off between distance and time saved instead.

Other specialties

Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown, because a median over a handful of patients says more about chance than about the queue. Some providers listed run community or single-procedure services rather than full surgical ones; check what a provider actually treats before asking to be referred.