Cardiothoracic Surgery waiting times by hospital in England (June 2026)

week England average

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

people waiting across 23 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 13 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#	Provider	Median	Within 18wk	Waiting
1	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	5	98%	310
2	East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage	6	88%	137
3	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	7	80%	101
4	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham	7	83%	245
5	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	7	83%	179
6	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry	7	86%	324
7	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	7	79%	509
8	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton	8	79%	511
9	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	8	85%	762
10	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	9	80%	542
11	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	9	80%	358
12	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	9	74%	573
13	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester	10	77%	462
14	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent	10	79%	213
15	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury	10	87%	86
16	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull	10	77%	367
17	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol	11	71%	394
18	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing	11	70%	138
19	Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	15	59%	797
20	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth	16	56%	541
21	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool	18	50%	937
22	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	20	47%	92
23	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton	25	30%	56

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Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown — 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.