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Waiting times/Urology/Shirley Oaks Hospital

Urology waiting times at Shirley Oaks Hospital

10week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 107 people on the urology list here have been waiting longer than 10 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 2 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty.

75%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

38

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

76 / 182

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

2 weeks longer than a year ago.

1 week 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. 22% 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.

ProviderMilesMedianSooner by
Blackheath Hospital London8 miles7 wks4 wks
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath3 miles7 wks3 wks
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone31 miles7 wks3 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Shirley Oaks Hospital reports 5 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

SpecialtyWaitingMedian
Trauma and Orthopaedic4739 wks
Gastroenterology1849 wks
Other: Other Services1589 wks
General Surgery718 wks
Ophthalmology537 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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