Shorter Wait

Waiting times/Other: Surgical Services

Other: Surgical Services waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting other: surgical services waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

12

week England average

22

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

470k

people waiting across 132 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 22 weeks sooner elsewhere, if they know to ask. The median also hides the tail: 7,011 of the 470,102 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London1 wks99%267
2The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London2 wks95%567
3Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden2 wks100%73
4Locala Community Partnerships Cic Liversedge3 wks97%115
5Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby3 wks91%640
6North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool4 wks81%1,422
7Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill4 wks91%206
8Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon4 wks81%673
9Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne5 wks88%1,373
10Epsomedical Group Cobham6 wks87%135
11The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham6 wks82%1,925
12Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone6 wks87%1,205
13Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool6 wks92%119
14Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford6 wks81%732
15South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland6 wks92%91
16Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London6 wks93%203
17The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester6 wks90%215
18Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro6 wks75%2,977
19George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton7 wks80%1,092
20North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough7 wks75%1,781
21East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea7 wks77%1,789
22The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury7 wks65%229
23Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham7 wks84%2,145
24East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield7 wks90%845
25Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham7 wks84%1,279
26Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall7 wks76%1,944
27Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester7 wks79%1,491
28Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich7 wks73%2,027
29Phoenix Public Health Ltd Chester7 wks83%196
30University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal7 wks77%1,524
31Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool8 wks77%2,015
32Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey8 wks100%311
33Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull8 wks66%1,315
34Uk Vein Clinic Ltd London8 wks93%67
35East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn8 wks71%2,980
36Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford8 wks78%3,610
37Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Horley8 wks95%719
38Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company Macclesfield8 wks86%138
39North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol8 wks79%5,613
40Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral8 wks81%84
41Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester8 wks73%2,423
42Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield8 wks86%344
43Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport9 wks72%1,113
44University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton9 wks72%4,241
45Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull9 wks72%293
46Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath9 wks77%2,078
47Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury9 wks80%1,563
48Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham9 wks78%6,535
49The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley9 wks75%2,473
50Spire St Anthony's Hospital Sutton9 wks100%424
51Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge9 wks72%3,964
52Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster9 wks70%2,303
53West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford9 wks79%2,069
54Barts Health NHS Trust London10 wks70%10,606
55Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe10 wks70%3,002
56Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield10 wks100%911
57Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath10 wks80%4,938
58Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester10 wks75%12,926
59Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford10 wks71%1,726
60Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill10 wks70%6,710
61Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham10 wks73%3,906
62Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton10 wks68%5,735
63Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate10 wks68%823
64Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield10 wks68%4,182
65Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham10 wks78%7,805
66Spire Elland Hospital Elland10 wks73%128
67University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol10 wks69%4,538
68Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering10 wks61%1,277
69University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London10 wks70%7,655
70Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford11 wks69%5,969
71London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow11 wks72%9,439
72Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill11 wks68%410
73East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester11 wks66%6,119
74Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford11 wks68%3,537
75Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton11 wks73%1,865
76James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth11 wks70%2,081
77University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham11 wks73%5,347
78Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter11 wks67%6,544
79West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds11 wks68%3,630
80South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick11 wks67%2,516
81Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke11 wks64%4,432
82The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne11 wks66%10,181
83Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford12 wks75%1,173
84Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London12 wks66%12,930
85Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley12 wks63%7,839
86University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth12 wks64%6,378
87Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral12 wks65%4,220
88Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore12 wks69%2,068
89The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn12 wks63%2,388
90North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle12 wks67%5,006
91Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes12 wks63%2,393
92Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds12 wks62%7,840
93Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London13 wks65%9,183
94The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton13 wks65%7,484
95Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames13 wks66%6,262
96The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge13 wks61%2,042
97Spire Alexandra Hospital Chatham13 wks67%814
98Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield13 wks61%2,896
99Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton13 wks61%5,787
100King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London13 wks63%11,670
101St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London13 wks62%5,677
102University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby13 wks61%7,532
103Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester13 wks64%5,388
104University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole14 wks63%8,963
105Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick14 wks67%5,446
106Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London14 wks60%14,739
107York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York14 wks59%7,946
108Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London14 wks62%1,683
109University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester14 wks58%7,171
110North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington14 wks61%5,658
111South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough14 wks59%7,179
112Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London14 wks61%6,802
113Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford15 wks57%7,941
114Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston15 wks58%7,139
115Spire London East Ilford15 wks60%482
116Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea15 wks57%7,130
117Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield15 wks63%104
118University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing15 wks56%15,782
119Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot15 wks56%2,863
120Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool15 wks56%9,239
121United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln15 wks55%4,124
122Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey16 wks56%8,613
123Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley16 wks55%64
124East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury16 wks54%5,785
125Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham17 wks52%75
126The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow17 wks53%1,026
127Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton17 wks52%580
128Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport18 wks53%215
129Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton18 wks49%531
130Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth22 wks43%472
131Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust London22 wks42%52
132Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool23 wks4%435
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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.