Neurosurgical waiting times by hospital in England (June 2026)

week England average

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

56k

people waiting across 39 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 18 weeks sooner elsewhere, if they know to ask. The median also hides the tail: 943 of the 55,649 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#	Provider	Median	Within 18wk	Waiting
1	Three Shires Hospital Northampton	3 wks	88%	74
2	Meriden Hospital Coventry	3 wks	96%	211
3	North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol	9 wks	80%	1,143
4	The One Health Group Plc Sheffield	9 wks	79%	1,982
5	Spire Washington Hospital Washington	9 wks	70%	69
6	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford	10 wks	76%	2,352
7	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford	10 wks	77%	1,090
8	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham	10 wks	79%	1,042
9	Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill	10 wks	80%	81
10	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	10 wks	78%	987
11	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	11 wks	67%	562
12	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	11 wks	71%	1,348
13	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton	11 wks	70%	1,134
14	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	12 wks	65%	3,021
15	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	12 wks	67%	2,066
16	Claremont Private Hospital Sheffield	12 wks	61%	443
17	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	12 wks	71%	2,799
18	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston	13 wks	61%	3,615
19	Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull	13 wks	58%	123
20	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth	13 wks	61%	1,916
21	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	14 wks	63%	3,512
22	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	14 wks	63%	3,028
23	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull	14 wks	62%	3,435
24	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	14 wks	57%	3,996
25	Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital Brentwood	15 wks	56%	176
26	Beardwood Hospital Blackburn	15 wks	80%	69
27	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	15 wks	60%	1,915
28	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent	15 wks	61%	556
29	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing	15 wks	56%	503
30	Pioneer Healthcare Limited Sheffield	15 wks	61%	105
31	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby	16 wks	54%	176
32	Barts Health NHS Trust London	16 wks	55%	1,527
33	Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Plymouth	18 wks	50%	147
34	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford	18 wks	51%	4,432
35	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry	19 wks	48%	5,323
36	Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool	19 wks	33%	91
37	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester	20 wks	47%	170
38	Spire London East Ilford	21 wks	39%	374
39	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea	30 wks	30%	56

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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.