General Surgery waiting times at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

20week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,311 people on the general surgery list here have been waiting longer than 20 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 6 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 159 of them have been waiting more than a year.

48%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

231 / 241

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

2 weeks longer than a year ago.

That hides a turn: it is 2 weeks longer than twelve months ago, but 3 weeks shorter than six months ago.

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. 50% 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 Hospital Birmingham Birmingham	73 miles	4 wks	15 wks
Huddersfield Private Hospital Huddersfield	42 miles	6 wks	14 wks
Meriden Hospital Coventry	70 miles	6 wks	14 wks
Spire Methley Park Hospital Leeds	44 miles	6 wks	13 wks
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne	41 miles	7 wks	13 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Surgical Services	2,896	13 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	2,560	12 wks
Gynaecology	2,534	15 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	2,343	17 wks
Dermatology	2,229	12 wks
Ophthalmology	2,147	11 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.