Gastroenterology waiting times at Shirley Oaks Hospital (June 2026)

9week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 184 people on the gastroenterology list here have been waiting longer than 9 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 3 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty.

75%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

65 / 170

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks longer than a year ago.

2 weeks of those were added in the last six months alone.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 22% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham	34 miles	2 wks	6 wks
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth	74 miles	3 wks	6 wks
Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow	22 miles	4 wks	4 wks
Medefer London	13 miles	5 wks	4 wks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	69 miles	5 wks	4 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Shirley Oaks Hospital reports 5 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	473	9 wks
Other: Other Services	158	9 wks
Urology	107	10 wks
General Surgery	71	8 wks
Ophthalmology	53	7 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.