General Surgery waiting times at Rivers Hospital (June 2026)

13week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 665 people on the general surgery list here have been waiting longer than 13 weeks, half less. That is 3 weeks longer than a year ago. 4 of them have been waiting more than a year.

66%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

157 / 241

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

3 weeks longer than a year ago.

3 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. 28% 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
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London	25 miles	4 wks	9 wks
Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow	32 miles	5 wks	9 wks
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham	44 miles	5 wks	9 wks
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley	63 miles	6 wks	8 wks
Hendon Hospital London	26 miles	7 wks	7 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Rivers Hospital reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	1,539	14 wks
Gastroenterology	600	9 wks
Urology	425	13 wks
Gynaecology	414	20 wks
Ophthalmology	380	8 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	198	20 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.