Shorter Wait

Waiting times/Other: Medical Services/Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Other: Medical Services waiting times at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

7week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 5,339 people on the other: medical services list here have been waiting longer than 7 weeks, half less. It is about 4 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty. 1 of them has been waiting more than a year.

89%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

20

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

20 / 146

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

Level with a year 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. 8% of this queue is already past it.

Comparable providers nearby

Nothing within 75 miles is treating other: medical services more than two weeks sooner than here, so on these figures you are already near the front of the queue. The closest comparable providers are below so you can see that for yourself.

ProviderMilesMedianAgainst here
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Bodmin26 miles7 wksabout the same
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth55 miles10 wks4 wks longer

Other waits here

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

SpecialtyWaitingMedian
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,62419 wks
Ophthalmology3,8977 wks
Dermatology3,5735 wks
Ear Nose and Throat3,3229 wks
Gynaecology3,29212 wks
Other: Surgical Services2,9776 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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.