Seen Sooner

Waiting times/Other: Surgical Services/Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Other: Surgical Services waiting times at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 5,735 people on the other: surgical services list here have been waiting longer than 10 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 2 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty.

68%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

39

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

62 / 132

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks shorter than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 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 — 29% 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
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London371 wks9 wks
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London382 wks8 wks
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon744 wks6 wks
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone746 wks4 wks
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford576 wks4 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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