Elderly Medicine waiting times by hospital in England (June 2026)

week England average

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

26k

people waiting across 100 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 12 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#	Provider	Median	Within 18wk	Waiting
1	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	2	100%	51
2	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn	2	100%	73
3	London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow	3	98%	86
4	Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham	3	97%	63
5	North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol	3	100%	107
6	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham	4	97%	110
7	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	4	100%	51
8	Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton	4	100%	70
9	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	4	94%	78
10	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield	4	100%	95
11	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn	4	94%	66
12	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster	4	89%	125
13	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton	4	96%	94
14	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth	4	86%	58
15	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke	4	93%	166
16	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields	4	100%	639
17	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford	5	94%	214
18	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York	5	97%	264
19	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool	5	92%	63
20	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall	5	97%	164
21	Whittington Health NHS Trust London	5	100%	76
22	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby	5	91%	298
23	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone	5	99%	180
24	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford	5	94%	67
25	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal	5	96%	175
26	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley	5	97%	111
27	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	5	100%	50
28	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham	5	100%	213
29	Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport	5	98%	101
30	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London	5	94%	171
31	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	5	98%	218
32	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham	5	93%	358
33	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea	5	97%	176
34	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby	5	87%	301
35	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London	5	95%	119
36	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester	5	96%	135
37	Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath	6	97%	185
38	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry	6	94%	82
39	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath	6	96%	165
40	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London	6	92%	532
41	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	6	96%	519
42	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull	6	80%	98
43	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral	6	96%	167
44	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro	6	92%	285
45	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	6	97%	64
46	Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate	6	92%	82
47	Barts Health NHS Trust London	6	92%	167
48	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford	6	90%	676
49	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford	6	93%	841
50	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol	6	91%	201
51	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead	7	95%	211
52	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton	7	95%	274
53	South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland	7	81%	943
54	County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington	7	94%	405
55	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley	7	91%	194
56	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London	7	99%	330
57	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge	7	93%	80
58	Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford	7	86%	325
59	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury	7	100%	250
60	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury	7	87%	331
61	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter	7	86%	328
62	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent	7	96%	56
63	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester	7	84%	573
64	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston	7	91%	158
65	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea	7	77%	657
66	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	8	90%	290
67	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	8	92%	287
68	North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool	8	91%	194
69	Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford	8	75%	145
70	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton	8	85%	431
71	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester	8	89%	199
72	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough	8	76%	337
73	East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage	8	81%	154
74	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole	8	81%	763
75	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford	8	95%	58
76	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick	8	97%	187
77	Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot	9	85%	391
78	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield	9	80%	197
79	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	9	69%	306
80	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon	9	81%	170
81	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton	9	85%	87
82	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton	10	77%	326
83	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering	10	72%	264
84	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley	10	85%	61
85	East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield	10	70%	80
86	Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey	10	79%	253
87	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill	10	81%	259
88	Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton	10	77%	679
89	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester	10	70%	70
90	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle	11	71%	287
91	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln	12	69%	384
92	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	12	61%	655
93	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing	12	66%	159
94	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury	12	68%	277
95	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton	13	64%	222
96	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan	14	67%	329
97	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield	14	59%	436
98	North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington	15	62%	385
99	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	16	55%	1,105
100	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham	17	54%	1,164

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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.