Other: Surgical Services waiting times by hospital in England (June 2026)

week England average

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

470k

people waiting across 132 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 22 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#	Provider	Median	Within 18wk	Waiting
1	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London	1	99%	267
2	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London	2	95%	567
3	Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden	2	100%	73
4	Locala Community Partnerships Cic Liversedge	3	97%	115
5	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby	3	91%	640
6	North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool	4	81%	1,422
7	Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill	4	91%	206
8	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon	4	81%	673
9	Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne	5	88%	1,373
10	Epsomedical Group Cobham	6	87%	135
11	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham	6	82%	1,925
12	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone	6	87%	1,205
13	Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool	6	92%	119
14	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford	6	81%	732
15	South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland	6	92%	91
16	Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London	6	93%	203
17	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	6	90%	215
18	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro	6	75%	2,977
19	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton	7	80%	1,092
20	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough	7	75%	1,781
21	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea	7	77%	1,789
22	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury	7	65%	229
23	Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham	7	84%	2,145
24	East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield	7	90%	845
25	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham	7	84%	1,279
26	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall	7	76%	1,944
27	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester	7	79%	1,491
28	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich	7	73%	2,027
29	Phoenix Public Health Ltd Chester	7	83%	196
30	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal	7	77%	1,524
31	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool	8	77%	2,015
32	Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey	8	100%	311
33	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull	8	66%	1,315
34	Uk Vein Clinic Ltd London	8	93%	67
35	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn	8	71%	2,980
36	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford	8	78%	3,610
37	Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Horley	8	95%	719
38	Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company Macclesfield	8	86%	138
39	North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol	8	79%	5,613
40	Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral	8	81%	84
41	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester	8	73%	2,423
42	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield	8	86%	344
43	Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport	9	72%	1,113
44	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton	9	72%	4,241
45	Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull	9	72%	293
46	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath	9	77%	2,078
47	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury	9	80%	1,563
48	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham	9	78%	6,535
49	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley	9	75%	2,473
50	Spire St Anthony's Hospital Sutton	9	100%	424
51	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge	9	72%	3,964
52	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster	9	70%	2,303
53	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford	9	79%	2,069
54	Barts Health NHS Trust London	10	70%	10,606
55	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe	10	70%	3,002
56	Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield	10	100%	911
57	Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath	10	80%	4,938
58	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	10	75%	12,926
59	Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford	10	71%	1,726
60	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill	10	70%	6,710
61	Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	10	73%	3,906
62	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton	10	68%	5,735
63	Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate	10	68%	823
64	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield	10	68%	4,182
65	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham	10	78%	7,805
66	Spire Elland Hospital Elland	10	73%	128
67	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol	10	69%	4,538
68	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering	10	61%	1,277
69	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	10	70%	7,655
70	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford	11	69%	5,969
71	London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow	11	72%	9,439
72	Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill	11	68%	410
73	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester	11	66%	6,119
74	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford	11	68%	3,537
75	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton	11	73%	1,865
76	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth	11	70%	2,081
77	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	11	73%	5,347
78	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter	11	67%	6,544
79	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds	11	68%	3,630
80	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick	11	67%	2,516
81	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke	11	64%	4,432
82	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne	11	66%	10,181
83	Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford	12	75%	1,173
84	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London	12	66%	12,930
85	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley	12	63%	7,839
86	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth	12	64%	6,378
87	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral	12	65%	4,220
88	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore	12	69%	2,068
89	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn	12	63%	2,388
90	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle	12	67%	5,006
91	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes	12	63%	2,393
92	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	12	62%	7,840
93	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	13	65%	9,183
94	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton	13	65%	7,484
95	Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames	13	66%	6,262
96	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge	13	61%	2,042
97	Spire Alexandra Hospital Chatham	13	67%	814
98	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield	13	61%	2,896
99	Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton	13	61%	5,787
100	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	13	63%	11,670
101	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	13	62%	5,677
102	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby	13	61%	7,532
103	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester	13	64%	5,388
104	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole	14	63%	8,963
105	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick	14	67%	5,446
106	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London	14	60%	14,739
107	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York	14	59%	7,946
108	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London	14	62%	1,683
109	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester	14	58%	7,171
110	North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington	14	61%	5,658
111	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough	14	59%	7,179
112	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	14	61%	6,802
113	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford	15	57%	7,941
114	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston	15	58%	7,139
115	Spire London East Ilford	15	60%	482
116	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea	15	57%	7,130
117	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield	15	63%	104
118	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing	15	56%	15,782
119	Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot	15	56%	2,863
120	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	15	56%	9,239
121	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln	15	55%	4,124
122	Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey	16	56%	8,613
123	Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley	16	55%	64
124	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury	16	54%	5,785
125	Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham	17	52%	75
126	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow	17	53%	1,026
127	Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton	17	52%	580
128	Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport	18	53%	215
129	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton	18	49%	531
130	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth	22	43%	472
131	Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust London	22	42%	52
132	Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool	23	4%	435

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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.