Other: Surgical Services waiting times at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

15week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 7,130 people on the other: surgical services list here have been waiting longer than 15 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 3 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 368 of them have been waiting more than a year.

57%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

116 / 132

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 2 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. 38% 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
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London	39 miles	1 wk	13 wks
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London	47 miles	2 wks	13 wks
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone	27 miles	6 wks	9 wks
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford	75 miles	6 wks	9 wks
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea	58 miles	7 wks	8 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Medical Services	15,852	16 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	15,733	24 wks
Gynaecology	14,081	18 wks
Ophthalmology	13,671	14 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic	13,254	29 wks
Urology	10,668	17 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.