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Waiting times/General Surgery

General Surgery waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting general surgery waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

14

week England average

25

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

381k

people waiting across 241 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 25 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Independent Health Group Bath398%320
2Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill395%98
3University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole394%1,106
4Bishops Wood Hospital Northwood494%62
5Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth494%335
6Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London494%168
7Practice Plus Group Hospital Birmingham Birmingham492%167
8Thornbury Hospital Sheffield481%97
9Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow599%352
10Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham593%264
11Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead592%2,299
12The Berkshire Independent Hospital Reading587%146
13Sloane Hospital Beckenham588%90
14The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London590%123
15Benenden Hospital Cranbrook684%128
16Spire Leicester Hospital Leicester691%114
17Spire Manchester Hospital Manchester691%114
18Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley678%559
19Huddersfield Private Hospital Huddersfield695%183
20Meriden Hospital Coventry683%346
21Southend Private Hospital Westcliff-on-Sea684%69
22Spire Methley Park Hospital Leeds686%225
23Ridgeway Hospital Swindon691%87
24Probus Surgical Centre Truro791%172
25Bath Clinic Bath785%54
26Hendon Hospital London786%285
27South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland783%4,477
28The New Foscote Hospital Ltd London794%260
29Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne777%1,227
30Chelsfield Park Hospital Orpington786%105
31The One Health Group Plc Sheffield791%588
32Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Gateshead775%121
33Manchester Surgical Services Ltd Manchester794%203
34London Independent Hospital London786%905
35Spire St Anthony's Hospital Sutton788%388
36Chaucer Hospital Canterbury871%97
37Runnymede Hospital Chertsey878%69
38Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon875%71
39Spire Nottingham Hospital Nottingham889%146
40Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol884%271
41Blackheath Hospital London878%133
42Spire Leeds Hospital Leeds891%222
43Stourside Hospital Stourbridge880%421
44Woodlands Hospital Darlington879%324
45Circle Reading Hospital Reading877%141
46North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington880%807
47Buckshaw Hospital Chorley873%1,003
48Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston881%527
49Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey887%186
50Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton885%683
51Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth873%59
52Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden892%142
53University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol877%111
54Tees Valley Hospital Middlesbrough875%575
55New Hall Hospital Salisbury887%141
56Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds979%1,498
57Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields993%6,518
58One Ashford Hospital Ashford977%150
59Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich973%329
60Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes981%297
61Spire Cheshire Hospital Warrington978%392
62St Edmunds Hospital Bury St. Edmunds988%59
63Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley972%1,570
64Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet978%275
65Spire Alexandra Hospital Chatham990%162
66University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London985%58
67Epsomedical Group Cobham980%230
68Duchy Hospital Truro982%364
69Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital Derby969%58
70Ashtead Hospital Ashtead984%256
71Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield974%5,373
72Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading986%2,925
73Boston West Hospital Boston975%155
74Oaklands Hospital Salford977%719
75Park Hospital Nottingham976%269
76St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby981%184
77Nuffield Health, Hereford Hospital Hereford974%65
78Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford978%2,934
79Nuffield Health, Warwickshire Hospital Leamington Spa974%216
80The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1072%4,723
81South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick1066%1,041
82Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth1069%5,867
83Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1081%391
84Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley1069%2,073
85Euxton Hall Hospital Chorley1069%906
86Fairfield Independent Hospital St. Helens1077%356
87Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate1076%2,084
88One Stop Doctors Limited Hemel Hempstead1073%86
89The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne1074%944
90Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham1073%127
91Spire Washington Hospital Washington1082%249
92Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Chesterfield1079%58
93Glendon Wood Hospital Kettering1072%203
94Highfield Hospital Rochdale1070%70
95Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay1084%270
96Spire South Bank Hospital Worcester1082%200
97The Westbourne Centre Birmingham1077%235
98Spire Little Aston Hospital Sutton Coldfield1074%318
99Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone1071%5,565
100Pinehill Hospital Hitchin1069%385
101Spire Elland Hospital Elland1070%241
102Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford1170%1,685
103East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea1171%4,664
104Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath1172%371
105Kings Oak Hospital Enfield1168%243
106The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1170%3,854
107Springfield Hospital Chelmsford1170%622
108Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral1171%256
109United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln1177%4,882
110Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford1170%801
111Spire Hartswood Hospital Brentwood1178%170
112Beardwood Hospital Blackburn1167%249
113Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1169%1,224
114Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield1185%347
115North Downs Hospital Caterham1172%187
116Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Plymouth1173%163
117Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital Bournemouth1180%54
118North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol1172%659
119East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage1170%2,000
120Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool1180%609
121Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1168%4,077
122Rowley Hall Hospital Stafford1170%125
123Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton1166%4,154
124Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham1168%939
125Spire Dunedin Hospital Reading1185%68
126Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering1265%1,762
127Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool1271%489
128Three Shires Hospital Northampton1262%661
129Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London1269%6,490
130Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1264%1,762
131Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Stockton-on-Tees1269%157
132Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford1265%703
133Woodland Hospital Kettering1270%344
134Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1275%362
135Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton1269%2,524
136Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath1269%2,380
137Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill1265%431
138Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport1264%3,232
139Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester1268%927
140Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby1263%6,072
141James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth1263%3,348
142Barts Health NHS Trust London1366%4,446
143The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1362%1,383
144University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester1368%6,395
145Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Horley1370%83
146Spire Clare Park Hospital Farnham1372%75
147Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot1364%6,536
148Winfield Hospital Gloucester1362%162
149London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow1362%3,371
150University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent1362%9,127
151County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1360%6,312
152North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1362%5,976
153Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1360%5,164
154South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough1364%1,921
155The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley1366%622
156Whittington Health NHS Trust London1363%4,110
157Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth1366%665
158University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry1462%8,347
159East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn1461%3,122
160Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick1464%4,575
161Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London1462%2,717
162Spire Wellesley Hospital Southend-on-Sea1468%253
163Cavell Hospital Enfield1461%247
164Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1460%4,228
165Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro1460%1,988
166Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1461%807
167Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester1461%4,989
168Alexandra Hospital Cheadle1458%177
169Beaumont Hospital Bolton1460%690
170Saxon Clinic Milton Keynes1460%179
171Manor Hospital Bedford1462%120
172East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury1458%8,428
173Spire Parkway Hospital Solihull1463%242
174Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London1460%2,199
175The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham1458%1,878
176North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool1460%2,684
177East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1458%1,406
178Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester1560%5,196
179University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1564%4,424
180Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1558%7,564
181Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton1561%2,729
182Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford1557%7,264
183Spire Montefiore Hospital Hove1566%169
184Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital Cambridge1570%82
185Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton1561%2,560
186One Hatfield Hospital Hatfield1574%50
187Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill1557%1,114
188Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1560%2,420
189University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby1558%4,585
190Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield1556%4,332
191Spire London East Ilford1563%638
192Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath1560%3,773
193University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton1557%765
194Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1657%321
195Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall1656%1,707
196Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham1659%860
197Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1657%4,385
198West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1657%3,257
199Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull1659%592
200Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton1656%3,810
201West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1654%2,212
202George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton1656%1,331
203Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes1659%146
204Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough1655%461
205Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London1656%1,583
206Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1656%1,207
207Spire Norwich Hospital Norwich1672%58
208The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton1753%997
209Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Deal1756%364
210East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1753%5,974
211Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford1753%7,168
212Renacres Hospital Ormskirk1752%361
213Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge1752%1,519
214Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport1752%691
215Oaks Hospital Colchester1753%263
216North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle1752%1,153
217Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe1751%1,207
218Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital Brighton1855%62
219The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley1851%3,313
220Droitwich Spa Hospital Droitwich1851%197
221The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1851%1,630
222Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames1851%1,235
223Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester1850%1,293
224Cobalt Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne1850%328
225Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital Exeter1849%178
226University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal1949%2,239
227Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1948%5,450
228Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea1948%8,646
229Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston1948%223
230Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool2045%2,016
231Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield2048%1,311
232Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes2046%2,094
233Spire Thames Valley Hospital Slough2046%135
234Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan2046%2,041
235St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London2046%1,152
236Claremont Private Hospital Sheffield2143%365
237Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London2242%4,105
238Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke2242%2,921
239King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London2440%4,685
240Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital Brentwood2639%220
241University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing2734%2,806
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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.